Tag: homebrew

HOPS! Oktoberfest

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Saturday the 24th, as I posted a while back, was the date for HOPS! Oktoberfest. Earlier in the week, the weather reports all predicted a nice sunny day, but as the week wore on, rain started creeping into the forecast. Friday evening, as I left work, it wasn’t looking too good. And sure enough, the…

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Iron Brewer recipe, update

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  It’s now been 11 days since I brewed my Iron Brewer entry. I’ve checked the gravity the last couple of days and it’s been pretty steady, within a couple points of where I imagined it would end up (and I was hoping it would finish a bit high as I’m looking for a bigger…

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Weekend Brew Report – My Iron Brewer Entry

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Yesterday I brewed my entry for Round 6 of Iron Brewer Batch 2. But let’s back up a minute. What’s Iron Brewer? Iron Brewer is a homebrew contest that I first read about last year and have been interested in participating in since the beginning.  Due to some e-mail issues and schedule conflicts, I was never…

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