For The Love Of Brewing
The biggest and fastest built craft brewery in America has just been erected in – where else – the land of sun-drenched movie stars and over-the-top excitement, or, as you and I know it, sunny Los Angeles, California. It's called Golden Road Brewing, and it's a testament to grandeur with its cavernous rooms and crazy amount of barrels and equipment. And hey – there's nothing wrong with that. The brewery looks fantastic ( click here to see more images ) - all cavernous and shiny and chromy...sure makes a pretty picture. But for all the hype and crazy amounts of space, I couldn't help thinking, they're really not doing much more than our own Mr.Beer brewers do everyday.
Hippity Hoppity, Sleep Is On Its Way
I ran across this absurd posting in some forum today about a guy who made a pillow out of hops. But it turns out that it was not, in fact, so very absurd. I googled “hop pillow” and got a bunch of children's hippity hop rabbit brand pillows or whatever – not what we're looking for. But once I discovered the German word for “hop pillow,” (Hopfenkissen) the results led straight to what I was looking for. Which I guess is a bit telling – this hop pillow thing must be a much more common practice in countries like Germany, which are steeped in the tradition of brewing and the abundant growth of hops. You can buy them all over online – mostly from various foreign websites like this one I found straight away. But what's that you say?
Episode 27 - Beer and Food Pairings
 Hello culinary cooks and boisterous brewers! Today we are talking about a fun and interesting topic, beer and food pairings. We will talk about how to pair beer with food, good and bad pairings, and how to pair your homebrew with your holiday meals. So listen in and enjoy!! Download an MP3 of this podcast. |
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Congrats David Benson!
I am 52 years old and Live in Janesville WI and also Elgin IL. I am the Sales Manager for a Paper Company that deals in Waste Paper for Recycling and in addition Job-Lot and Seconds rolls of paper to be converted and sold back into the printing Industry. My wife and I enjoy the outdoors and fishing is our biggest activity. We have a cabin near the Mississippi river south of Lacrosse WI. We attend church on a regular basis and living in WI have access to beers that are sold no where else in the country. I have been Brewing with Mr.Beer for 2 or three years now but it really has picked up in the past year. I always have something fermenting carbonating or cold aging at all times. I have learned much about the brewing process in the past year and at this point I see no reason to use any other home brewing system then Mr.Beer.