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Website is coming along

The brewerscache.com website is coming along.  Having not created a webpage in quite some time, it has required quite a learning curve to get up to date on many of the new webpage technologies.  I am still getting all of…

Welcome to the Brewer’s Cache

This is the new home to the “Brewer’s log” found on http://brewbaron.wordpress.com.

I will leave the old wordpress blog up for the time being, but all new content will be posted here.

Also, with luck, I will have http://www.brewerscache.com up…

Tomorrow is a blogging milestone

Tomorrow is a big day for brewbaron.wordpress.com.  It is the day that, if things go as planned, I will break 10,000 hits.  Thanks for tuning in to the blog; the positive daily traffic is what keeps this interesting.  I always…

10/17/2007 – Step Ladder Stout : Kegged and on tap

Yesterday evening I finally got around to transferring the Step Ladder Stout  from the primary into its keg.  I don’t much like waiting this long before racking it off, but I have been very busy lately getting Brutus, the brew…

New brewer added to the staff

Today I will be adopting a new brewing helper, a boxer-mastif pup named Brutus. Having a curious dog in the house should provide a little more excitment during the brew day. I will finally have someone to help clean up…

9/21/07 – Now on tap: Company cream ale

I just tapped my recipe, Company Cream Ale, brewed some weeks ago.  Though it is quite early to offer my my early observations, I can say that I nailed the color that I was shooting for.  This beer pours crystal…

8-30-07: Sim City IPA, a beautiful thing

This is a pull of Sim City IPA in a Samuel Adams glass ( courtesy of AHA )

From Sim City IPA

August 11, 2007 – Have Grain, Will Brew

I have selected a cream ale for my next batch.  A cream ale is a very light ale that showcases DMS as a key attribute. A good example of this style is Rolling Rock’s pale ale.  I am going to…

August 2, 2007 – Planning out the next ones

Now that I have a free keg, albeit one minus a rubber o-ring, I think that it is time to start planning out the next two brews.  I would like to select two beers that use the same yeast; I…

July 18, 2007 – Never under any circumstances should you assume…

Never under any circumstances should you assume that the large o-ring washer that seals the keg lid is too small to slip off. When I was kegging up some of Jamil’s American Brown–damn, that stuff is going to be tasty,…