http://biergotter.org/blog/ en-us 2008-07-21T17:57:05-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000075.shtml saison is a style that i've been interested in brewing ever since the first time i tried one. it's an interesting and very broad style. after reading farmhouse ales i was even more interested. with such a broad style, there... brewing day grub 2008-07-21T17:57:05-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000074.shtml this year we celebrated canada day by brewing up a belgian. after brewing the little monk to generate a fat yeast cake it was finally time to brew this year's edition of the monk's elixer, now 10gal instead of just... brewing day grub 2008-07-02T17:20:25-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000073.shtml time to make up more belgians. the quad and tripel we made last year turned really well, and i knew i wanted to make the monk's elixer again - partially because i didn't get to drink nearly enough of it... brewing day grub 2008-06-16T14:07:37-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000072.shtml may 24th saw the return of jan's successful summer saison tasting. we all had a blast last year and were looking forward to it again. as always, jan had assembled a huge pile of food and snacks to compliment the... grub 2008-05-28T15:59:18-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000071.shtml After a long hiatus, I'm back to brewing. A few things sort of got in the way, namely switching jobs, moving to the US, having a baby, and buying a house. Once all of that was done, it was time... brewing day beerbaron 2008-05-17T09:52:38-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000070.shtml after the fun that eric and i had last year, it was pretty much definite that we'd be heading back to three floyds for dark lord day 2008. we also convinced jan to come along for the fun. this year... festivals grub 2008-04-30T10:29:40-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000068.shtml after our sub-zero brew day on november 2005 i swore i'd never brew again when the temperature fell below zero. well, the final brew day of 2007 was planned and got postponed a couple of times, and it looked like... brewing day grub 2007-12-05T14:59:37-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000067.shtml nov 10th saw another markham brew day. on the docket for the day were a batch of hopocalypse for josh, the winner of my yearly beer raffle for our october charity drive at work, and a jamaican export stout for... brewing day grub 2007-11-12T19:04:26-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000065.shtml a couple months back, jayc sent us all an email indicating that he was hoping to come and visit the toronto area sometime before christmas, likely in the october/november timeframe. he wanted to see as many people as possible while... brewing day grub 2007-10-30T21:48:24-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000064.shtml another october brings the annual volo cask days festival. although there are other festivals through the year, this is the only one that i always consider a "must see". there's just no topping the array of excellent cask beer that... festivals grub 2007-10-23T12:29:42-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000063.shtml as our most junior member (both in age and brewing experience) jan always has many questions on brew day. i'm always happy to take time to answer questions, but brew days can be pretty busy making this difficult. i'm usually... brewing day grub 2007-10-19T14:19:47-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000062.shtml another brew day in markham. on deck saturday was a 10gal batch of pumpkin ale for eric and jan and a 5gal batch for the secret october project. for the 5gal batch, i debated between a few options, eventually settling... brewing day grub 2007-09-23T20:14:30-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000061.shtml now that the 2007 hop season has wrapped up, i've got a series of photos from this year's crop. you might want to check out my writeup on last year's crop for comparison. may 20th/2007 the hops were already up... misc grub 2007-09-12T12:35:13-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000060.shtml soon after the success of last year's volo cask days, eric and i started planning and plotting for our return this year. from the start we knew that even though hopocalypse was a huge success and crowd favourite, we didn't... brewing day grub 2007-09-05T12:29:48-05:00 http://biergotter.org/blog/archives/000059.shtml when we setup our brewing operations at my place in markham, most of the equipment came from my apartment-bound biergotter bretheren, mostly DrJay. when a new job brought him down to philly he left most of it here since they... equipment grub 2007-08-27T12:24:59-05:00