http://www.brewerscache.com/blogs A tasteful expedition into the fine art of craft brewing Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:45:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Milwaukee, home to Miller Brewing and a number of quality craft breweries, is a great destination for a brewing vacation. The city, if you have never visited, is has a history that is expressed in all of its architecture. You'll see the old and the new side by side, beautiful ... http://www.brewerscache.com/blogs/2009/07/27/july-25-2009-milwaukee-a-beer-city/ This beer was produced during a period in which I was experimenting with lower mash temperatures to produce dryer beers. This beer has an intensely dark brown color with a modest chocolate-tinged head. This beer provides a nice complex flavor that starts with plum that resides to leave a ... http://www.brewerscache.com/blogs/2009/03/08/10-11-08-special-brown-porter/ Maintaining a constant temperature during the mash is very important to ensure the proper balance and yield of the beer. For new brewers or the average homebrewer that mashes without the assistance of a mash temperature control system, this can sometimes be a headache. The following 'tricks' might ... http://www.brewerscache.com/blogs/2008/05/28/3-08-2009-reducing-heat-loss-during-mash/ Progress continues on the site.  The Brewer's Cache Community Forum is now available.  Please sign up.  For now, forum registration will be kept independent of registration to the main site. http://www.brewerscache.com/forum http://www.brewerscache.com/blogs/2008/01/08/community-forum-added/ A light-colored, light-medium bodied ale with nice, noticeable citrusy notes that is reminiscent of Boulevard Wheat Beer. This is my all-grain version of the Kansas City Wheat beer. Expected Original Gravity: 1.047 - 1.051 Expected Final Gravity: ... http://www.brewerscache.com/blogs/2007/12/27/12-27-2007-kansas-city-wheat-beer-all-grain-version/ 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 the database functionality up and running and then will certainly ... http://www.brewerscache.com/blogs/2007/11/28/website-is-coming-along/ Blonde ale is what most Amererican's think of when they think of beer.   This is a light, easy drinking beer that is well balanced, lightly hopped, clean, and crisp. The grain bill is very simple--blonde ales can be brewed using only a single grain, the base malt.  Grain Bill 12 ... http://www.brewerscache.com/blogs/2007/11/18/jamils-blonde-ale/ 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 and running with some new features. You should ... http://www.brewerscache.com/blogs/2007/11/02/welcome-to-the-brewers-cache/ 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 love to hear from you; keep the comments and questions ... http://www.brewerscache.com/blogs/2007/10/22/tomorrow-is-a-blogging-milestone/ My batch of Company Cream ale is aging nicely and is becoming more drinkable.  The almost-overpowering ester profile has faded considerably and the corn-like flavor (style characteristic) is starting to come through.  Also, the beer has marginally cleared; it is still hazy but not embarrassingly hazy.  The hop bitterness is ... http://www.brewerscache.com/blogs/2007/10/17/10172007-company-cream-ale-taste-with-age/