My typical brew day goes something like this: Wake up fairly early, grind coffee with my manual burr grinder, and get that going. Since I’ve … Read More

Toasts and Chars After the initial release of the Wood Primer, my work on it fell behind and stopped altogether while I focused on articles for other sites … Read More

I imagine most people, like myself, see the term “oak-aged” and automatically assume the term is synonymous with “barrel-aged”. When I first started looking into … Read More

I don’t have a mind for numbers. I love the idea of math and theoretical puzzles and problem solving, but I just can’t wrap my … Read More

I love Russian Imperial Stouts. I’m not a beer collector or trader, but I’ll go out of my way for a good RIS. I horde Yeti … Read More

I love Russian Imperial Stouts. I’m not a beer collector or trader, but I’ll go out of my way for a good RIS. I horde Yeti … Read More

In the last part of this series, I explicitly stated my opinion that there is no place for a big hop presence in an Imperial … Read More

You may remember me talking about a friend of mine in the Czech Republic who is ranting and raving about their Pilsners, and that I took said … Read More

When I first started brewing I had no palate whatsoever. I couldn’t taste the difference between any sort of IPA (I still have trouble with this), … Read More

I have a friend named Evan who is currently teaching English in the Czech Republic. I don’t have too many opportunities to talk to him, but … Read More