http://dryfly.org Beer and Fishing Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:05:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is a great article on homebrewtalk about how to polish your kegs.  Really quite amazing how good they look when they are all cleaned up. http://dryfly.org/beer/brewing/polishing-your-kegs/ There is a great discussion on the northern brewer forums about the best way to use coffee when brewing stouts. The biggest thing I take from this discussion is that cold extraction (as discussed in Radical Brewing) is the best way to extract coffee flavor without the harsh bitterness ... http://dryfly.org/beer/brewing/brewing-with-coffee/ Last year I brewed a pumpkin Saison that turned out pretty well. I just wanted to record some notes for the brewing of pumpkin beers. A couple notes on it: 1. This is not a pumpkin pie beer. The spices come from the yeast. You could probably do ... http://dryfly.org/beer/brewing/pumpkin-saison/ This looks like a great source for lactose for brewing.  At the time of writing the price per pound was $3.33 which is much lower than the five dollars it normally costs at brew shops.  They have $4 flat shipping rates.  Seems like a good deal to me. http://dryfly.org/beer/brewing/online-source-for-lactose/ I have been doing some research on adding a pump to my brewing system.  I would like to implement a new chiller also and the pump will facilitate that.  More on this later, I really just want to document what I have found so far. The best price on the pump, ... http://dryfly.org/beer/brewing/potential-pump-setup/ Up next for me is going to be Santa's Helper which is one of Denny Conn's recipes.  He describes it as a Uber Alt.  I hope to have it ready for Fall consumption.  Im guessing it will probably be a 10 gallon batch, it needs to be fermented at around ... http://dryfly.org/beer/brewing/dennys-alt-up-next/ I know no greater joy in brewing than brewing for other people.  This past weekend we had a pre-St. Patrick’s Day party on Friday night.  I served only my beers.  It was a great time.  It seems that my St. Reds Steam – Or as my friend Mitch calls it ... http://dryfly.org/beer/brewing/brewing-for-gatherings/ When discussing beer, I typically use the following words to describe beer:  "Big", "Hoppy" and "Malty".  Stan over at Appellation, has a great article discussing the language of beer. http://dryfly.org/beer/brewing/discussing-beer/ So this past weekend my entire family gathered at my parents house for a weekend of outdoor winter activity.  We had a great time playing in the snow, running up and down the hills, and generally just playing. It was just what winter should be.  There was a good foot ... http://dryfly.org/beer/brewing/saison-inspiration/ I’ve been busy brewing even though I have been less than busy with blogging about it.  This past fall/winter I brewed up a big Pumpkin Saison, a rye peat smoked stout, my first lager, another batch of Bourbon Vanilla Porter, an Imperial IPA, a Russian Imperial, Stout, an Irish red ... http://dryfly.org/beer/brewing/a-brewing-catch-up/