4 Nov

MoreBeer.com November Sales

MoreBeer.com, a leader in the homebrew equipment space has a monthly sale that they announce on their site and via a podcast each month.  I just listened to their podcast via itunes and they have some great sales going on.  Additionally, they are running a contest from not until the end of December to give [...]

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11 Oct

Brooklyn Brew Shop Offers Apartment Sized Homebrew Kits

One of the challenges for me for my Year of Beer is to have an easy and cost effective way to experiment and try out new recipes without committing to a 5 gallon batch.  In my search for small batch home brewing I came across this new company, the Brooklyn Brew Shop.
The company is pretty [...]

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29 Sep

Northern Brewer Spiced Beer Kit Sale

Northern Brewer, a popular online and brick and mortar home brew store is offering a 10% off sale on all spiced beer kits this week only.  They have 8 kits available in this sale.  Most are all-grain kits but there are 2 kits that call for malt extract.  Check out the details at Spiced Beer [...]

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20 Sep

Bottled My Irish Stout Tonight

Last weekend, I had a blast brewing my first batch of homebrew, it’s an Irish Stout and I can’t wait to taste the finished product.  It’s been fermenting all week and all signs point to it being a great fermentation.  I brewed it last Saturday and when I woke up on Sunday, the wort was [...]

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13 Sep

First Batch of Homebrew – an Irish Stout

Yesterday was a very good day, I made my first batch of homebrew.  I had an absolute blast doing it and can’t wait to bottle it and taste it.  Much to my wife’s chagrin, my 3 year old son even helped me and marched around the house singing “beer, beer, beer, beer”.  She actually didn’t [...]

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31 Aug

I just joined the American Homebrewing Association

A big part of my Year of Beer is going to be home brewing.  In fact, the main focus is going to be on homebrew, the rest is just to help me learn how to taste the differences, identify flavors and incorporate those aspects into my own beer.
The American Homebrewers Association boasts a membership of [...]

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