Back in September, my friend Dan and his girlfriend Holly came over to the Untamed Brewery to shoot a brew day using his fancy-pants HD video camera and one of those fuzzy boom mics. Lord was also with us to assist.
It also happened to be National Bacon Day, so we had legendary BLTs for lunch. [...]
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February 4, 2010Brewing in the Snow
February 3, 2010Last Saturday I had my first experience brewing in the snow. I brewed up a Scottish Ale, so the snow cover outside seemed appropriate. I thought about waiting a week for the weather to improve, but I can just hear the scolding I would receive from some Scottish highlander for being a pansy. So I [...]
I have draft beer in my house!
December 28, 2009I feel as thought I have turned a corner in my life. I now have draft beer accessible in my house. This could be both a blessing and a curse.
The blessing: kegging homebrew is SO much easier than bottling. This will save me hours of sanitizing bottles weeks of conditioning time. This is the second [...]
Untamed-PSG Collaboration Coffee Stout
December 7, 2009A couple months ago, I was approached by my friends at the Palmetto Software Group to brew a beer for their company holiday party/customer appreciation gifts/general consumption. After an evening to tasting a variety of beers at Barley’s they settled on a stout.
But not just any stout. They wanted 20 gallons, so we had the [...]
Untamed Pumpkin Ale vertical tasting
November 4, 2009Earlier this week I had a chance to do my first “vertical tasting” with some of my homebrew. (That’s the term beer geeks use when referring to tasting the same beer brewed in different years.) I saved a bottle of the pumpkin ale I brewed last fall, so I was able to compare it to [...]
Untamed IPA II – my best beer yet?
October 21, 2009Being a homebrewer and a perfectionist is not a good combination. Beer should be a laid back. You drink it with friends, enjoy it outdoors on beautiful days, it warms your soul on cozy, rainy days. When used properly, it’s very relaxing and enhances the enjoyment of most situations.
By association, homebrewing is meant to be [...]
pumpkin ale recipe
October 15, 2009I had a request from @chandlervdw for an Octoberfest or pumpkin ale recipe for an upcoming Halloween party. I’ve never brewed an Octoberfest, or any lager for that matter. A couple weeks ago I brewed my annual pumpkin ale fall seasonal. This year was my first all-grain version. I also jacked up the spice 50% [...]
homebrew workshop at Coast on October 10
September 28, 2009Coast Brewing Co. in Charleston closing their homebrew shop on October 10. As many local homebrew shops have found over the years, it’s tough compete with the prices and selection of large online suppliers.
On one hand, that sucks, but on the other, it has created a good opportunity for some enterprising homebrewers. To celebrate the [...]
Cleveland beer tour, part 4 – The Brew Kettle
August 21, 2009If I had known exactly what The Brew Kettle in Strongsville was, I certainly wouldn’t have made this my last stop on the beer tour. I probably would have gone there when I first got to Ohio and asked them if I could have tossed a sleeping bag in the back and just slept there. [...]
Why Don’t We Gruit In the Road?
July 29, 2009If my experience this past weekend brewing a gruit is any indication, I have a feeling this style is going to be a huge trend in brewing sometime in the next 10 years. Life is cyclical and everything goes retro, even beer.
So what is a gruit, you ask? Gruit is an old form of beer [...]
