Month: August 2011

  • My professional background is in live television production. If you know anything about live television once it happens its happened….there is no turning back. I like doing things right the first time, then being able to sit back and enjoy. So when it comes to beer post ferment I rarely doing anything else to the…

  • Quick update for everyone. I’ve got a few posts almost ready to go. Finishing up some fact checking. Here is a great read on Lambic and fruit beers by Jay Brooks. Brooks on Beer: Fruit beers – San Jose Mercury News. One of the oldest and most enduring types of fruit beers is the Belgian…

  • Broederlijke Liefde (Brotherly Love) is a slightly higher gravity interpretation of the saison style. It is fermented with two yeasts – a classic saison yeast as well as brettanomyces from an original gravity of 1066 (16.5 plato). These yeasts yield a dry and slightly spicy ale with a strong hint of farmhouse character that will…

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  • Last Sunday was the day after the Music City Brewers Fest   and I think we were all moving a bit slower than usual. Loading and unloading cold plates, tap systems, kegs, etc… after a beer fest in the almost 100 degree heat can be brutal. To top all that it’s Sunday…which means a new episode…