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I don’t know how I managed to make it two weeks into June without trying a New Belgium Skinny Dip. I’m hit and miss with most New Belgium styles. Fat Tire, while interesting and popular, has yet to achieve “anytime” status. In other words, I have to be in the right mood.
Skinny Dip though, has [...]

I putting this in my Hammacher Schlemmer gift registry! Will it do bottles?

From Beverage World: MUNICH, Germany: A key ingredient of beer may contain a cancer-fighting substance, a German study indicated. Studies indicated xanthohumol, found in hops, inhibits a family of enzymes that can trigger the cancer process, as well as help the body detoxify carcinogens, science newswire Ivanhoe reported Monday. Preliminary studies at Oregon State University [...]

All craft breweries should be on alert.

In tribute to the demise of the 2007 Cubs in yesterday’s 5-1 loss to the Arizona Diamond backs, I’m brewing a very simple American Pale Ale.
I’m using the following ingredients:
Munton’s light Malt extract (6.6 lbs)
Willamette pellet hops - boiling (1 oz.)
Amarillo whole hops - bittering (1.oz)
Safale US-05 dry ale yeast (11.5g)
I boiled the malt and [...]