NHC 2015 Recap

NHC 2015 was a blast. Great content, great people, and great beer!

My club, the Horse Thief Brewers Association, poured during social club on Friday. All of our beers seemed to be well received. The beer judging application I built (judge.beer) was on display via a monitor and Raspberry ...

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National Homebrewers Conference/Competition

The National Homebrew Conference is being held on the west coast this year! I've secured a spot to attend, and my club may be pouring one night during the conference.

I've also submitted two beers to the national competition. I've submitted my Pale Ale (version 3.0 ...

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Brew Year Resolutions 2015

2015 is here! I like to create goals so that I have something to work towards. For 2015, I'm going to declare some Brew Year's resolutions:

  • Water Chemistry: I'd like to learn more about how water chemistry affects my brewing. I'm going to start by reading ...
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DIY Stainless Whirlpool Arm

I like to whirlpool my wort to help drop the solids out of suspension into a nice cone in the center of the kettle. I used to simply clamp a piece of 1/2" ID silicone hose and do my best to position it so that I could get a ...

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Motivation For Building an Electric Brewery

I've been brewing all grain for almost two years. I currently use a 10 gallon Rubbermaid cooler with a false bottom as a mash tun and a five gallon cooler as a hot liquor tank (HLT). I also built a brew stand and mounted my Blichmann burner to it ...

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