Category Archives: Bheer

Beer and homebrewing

Fire burn and carboy bubble

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Marchbanks

The bubbling and the carboy are real enough. Continue reading →

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A customer compliment letter (not to me, FROM me)

Posted on July 2, 2005 by Marchbanks

I am a technical support specialist at the Empire, which also stresses a good customer experience to its employees, and the your partners’ actions and attitudes compared favorably, to my mind, with my employer’s. Continue reading →

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Bottled up

Posted on April 29, 2003 by Marchbanks

The pale ale went into the bottles tonight, all 39 pints (53 cl) of it. Continue reading →

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Doing the Tea-Beer-y Shuffle

Posted on April 20, 2003 by Marchbanks

Lordy, I hope I have enough empty bottles on hand to do two batches at once. Continue reading →

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Begin the Beer-guine

Posted on April 12, 2003 by Marchbanks

The wort for a batch of British Pale Ale is cooling in its ice bath, in the kitchen sink. Continue reading →

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“Beer! Beer! Beer! I like to drink lots of beer!”

Posted on April 1, 2003 by Marchbanks

He explained that if I substituted fresh for dried one-for-one, I’d get a beer that tasted of nothing but ginger. Continue reading →

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39 pints

Posted on December 7, 2002 by Marchbanks

The final gravity was 1.016, so it probably has more punch to it than anything I’d get off the shelf at Central Market. Continue reading →

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’Nother beer mistake

Posted on November 5, 2002 by Marchbanks

I don’t like beer flavored with cinnamon and nutmeg. Continue reading →

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Bottling beer

Posted on October 27, 2002 by Marchbanks

I got 38 pints bottled and on the shelf to condition for the next month. Continue reading →

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Yecch.  0-for-2 on the beer tonight.

Posted on September 30, 2002 by Marchbanks

It’s so hoppy that even I, who like really hoppy beers, think it’s de trop. Continue reading →

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