Aqua Vitae

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Brew log is here. Will update throughout the process.

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Check out the Brewing Techniques magazine link in the sidebar. The back issues contain a ton of useful information. As close to The Cook’s of brewing as I’ve found so far.

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Last night I started cleaning the labels off the bottles which I stole from the homeless. I soaked them in hot soapy water for a couple hours; scraped off the labels and then used a green scrubby to get off the remaining gunk. Citris-Solv worked great to remove the worst of the label glue. Couple […]

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So, while laying in bed unable to sleep last night, I had some thoughts about chillers and found myself Googling at 3:30am. The results of which lead me to the conclusion that we should do some math pre-chiller construction. Many of the commercial chillers make claims to the ability to cool 10gal of wart in […]

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I’m an increasingly big fan of Belgian & Belgian-style beers. Belgian Strong Pale Ales and Triples can be just amazing. Think Westmalle Tripel, Koningshoven La Trappe Blond, Unibroue La Fin du Monde, Allagash Triple - all great beers, and quite distinct from one another.
So this is exciting. I ran across this page while searching for […]

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