Beer Diary...

Cheap Malt Mill

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:55:00 +0000

I received my first order ever from a homebrew store in Mexico! A homebrew store out of Mexico City called Fermentando sold and shipped me four kilos of 2-row to brew a batch of IPA while I'm down here in San Miguel. The order process was easy using my Pal pal account and I received the shipment...

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T.J.'s, 21Beer and Red Pig Ale

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:43:00 +0000

Tijuana brewing or T.J.'s makes a good beer compared to the mass produced lagers that are typical of Mexico, and that's how you need to evaluate this one. It's a light (yellow) lager but with much more flavor then for instance, Modelo. A slightly sweet bready beer with a fast dropping head and a...

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Down Time

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:40:00 +0000

Be back at you when I return from a little beach time. Drinking Pacifico and thinking of nothing. I hope it's not too cold in your part of the beer world. Hasta luego!

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Basic Equipment For Extract Brewing

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:18:00 +0000

I've heard some voice concern over the investment in equipment to start brewing your own beer at home. True, you could spend quite a bit if you buy more than you need and buy the best of everything. However, there are really inexpensive ways to start out and this is what I recommend. The reason I...

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Baja Blonde, Amargator, Rio Bravo

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:44:00 +0000

As I go through the Mexican craft beers available at The Beer Company I'm finding my preference is a pretty narrow list. Most of the craft beer breweries take on classic styles tend to be too malty and too sweet to be considered good examples. At least this is what I'm finding in terms of my...

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Pulque, Pulque, Pulque

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:44:00 +0000

Going to the tianguis or outdoor market every week becomes a regular routine for me while living in San Miguel. I can get the best selection and least expensive produce there, not to mention be entertainment by the plethora of interesting, varied and...

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A Homebrewer In San Miguel

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:45:00 +0000

Homebrewers in Mexico are few and far between so I was excited to be invited to one of the local cervecero's house for a few samples of his beer and a discussion about brewing beer at home in Mexico. Barry lives just outside the city limits here in San Miguel in a beautiful house he designed...

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Cucapa, Queretero And Calavera Brewing

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:58:00 +0000

This is the first set of Mexican craft beers that I've tasted after making a visit to The Beer Company. I plan to review as many as possible here and will use a gentle touch in the process. As this is a burgeoning industry I don't want to be too negatively critical in my...

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The Beer Company In San Miguel

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:34:00 +0000

The last time I was in San Miguel de Allende (a year and a half ago) there was not a lot of craft beer on the scene. The restaurants and tiendas were tied into either the Modelo brand which included Corona, Negro Modelo and Victoria to name a few, or the Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma brewery with their...

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Mexican Sunset Beer

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:58:00 +0000

After the long haul to Mexico (17 hours), sunset on the rooftop of the Antigua Capilla hotel was the perfect place and time for a large bottle or ballena (the slang term here along the coast that means whale) of my favorite Modelo brand beer. Inland, it's referred to as a caguama or turtle. A...

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Mexico Yet Again

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:44:00 +0000

The trip out of San Jose airport was too easy. I purposely scheduled our arrival anticipating the clusterf*ck that is always going on at the airport and so we got to the baggage check ready to endure an extended session of kicking luggage down a never ending maze. But no line. In...

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The Launch Of The 'Gringado' Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:40:00 +0000

Just when I thought I had nothing left to say, I'm launching a new blog. As Susan and I head south for the winter, we thought it would be fun(?) to write about our Mexican experiences in a kind of 'he said'-'she said' format. We will be covering the activities we share together and writing...

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Thanksgiving Road Trip

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:45:00 +0000

I've been busy with family stuff recently, along with getting ready for another trip to Mexico. These events are taking up a lot of my beer and beer blogging related time. Once I get to San Miguel de Allende I will be checking out the local beer scene and reporting my findings here. We'll see you...

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Brewing School Changes

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:34:00 +0000

There will be some changes to the brewing classes this coming spring. I've found that the five week course is too labor intensive and cumbersome for me to continue. The main problem is shuttling full fermentors of beer back and forth between the campus and the area that the fermentation...

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Lager Yeast Starters

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:53:00 +0000

It's time once again for me to get ready to leave the country for a few months and in preparation for my absence I want to have forty gallons of lagers in kegs by December 1st. to begin aging. They will stay in cold storage during the cool California winter months. My plan is to return to...

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Straffe Hendrik Tripel

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:23:00 +0000

Near the top of my list of favorite beer styles is the Belgian Tripel. I can't get enough of these beers and regularly have a homebrewed clone version of Chimay's Cinq Cents on tap at my house, (yeah, pretty pedestrian but they make a great tripel). So when I saw a unique brand on display at...

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More Brewing Disasters

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:45:00 +0000

Part I As a homebrewer, you come to expect a certain number of brewing hassles, tragedies and disasters to occur as time goes on, but when you experience a long string of successes it seems to suddenly comes as a shock when things get screwed up. Case in point for me: this whole...

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Steeping Grains Or Partial Mash

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:49:00 +0000

A subject came up between myself and another homebrewer regarding the difference between using steeping grains in an extract brew and the use of a partial grain or mini-mash regimen and why one is called a partial mash and one doesn't deserve that much credit. It was more like an argument not...

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Cone Top Beer Cans - Sort Of

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:05:00 +0000

The interest in beer cans instead of bottles predates prohibition, but the challenge for manufacturers was finding affordable materials that could withstand the pressure of carbonated beer, not to mention concerns that the metal would negatively effect the flavor of the beer. Ceramic 'cone...

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Stone's Cherry Chocolate Stout

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:43:00 +0000

While I was purchasing the beer at Bobby's Liquors for my recent beer tasting class at Cabrillo College I splurged by getting a bottle of something nice just for me. In this case, Stone's collaborative Cherry Chocolate Stout. The cost? $4 for a 12oz. bottle. This is a beer that was developed...

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Beer Tasting

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:54:00 +0000

I don't know where to begin, except to say that there are no simple answers. So, I'm posing this question to you who happen to stumble upon or are following this blog. But what is the question you ask? Simple. How does one decide on a selection of beers if you're conducting a beer...

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Competition Results For SC County Fair

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:56:00 +0000

Congratulations to all of the competitors in this years Santa Cruz County Fair homebrewing contest. The following are the results from this years event. Please forward this to anyone you know that may have entered beer this year. Competition Results SC County Fair 20119/10/2011 Best...

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Drake's Brewing - Barrel House

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:23:00 +0000

I had an excellent afternoon sampling a hand full of beers at Drake's Brewery barrel room yesterday. I headed up the 880 to San Leandro with friend Brady to find out what was on tap and we were not disappointed. Tucked behind and through the shadowy alleys of a colossal...

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Two Steps To A Better Mash Efficiency

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:08:00 +0000

Three simple words, crush, crush, crush. Wait, that's one simple word three times. Regardless, this is the number one thing you can do in your brewery to increase the amount of sugar you extract from you grain. I went from an efficiency of 75% to 85% with just that one step. I cranked...

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Lambic Brewing For Club Project

noreply@blogger.com (Beer Diary...) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:45:00 +0000

I'm contributing ten gallons of beer to the Zymurgeeks homebrew club barrel project this week. This is a lambic style beer that will be in the barrel for a couple of years. Two years seems like a long time, I hope I'm not dead when the beer becomes mature. If I am, please see to it that some...

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