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• Conditioning... (and Farmers' Markets)
  Tue, Nov 11th, 2008 | Via: The Blind Bat
  

  That first official batch of Hellsmoke Porter is conditioning away in Corny kegs, awaiting bottling (and kegging, if my Sanke kegs arrive soon).The folks at the New York State Brewers Association are getting behind a pending bill in the NY State Legislature to allow small brewers to sell beer at ... Read More

• Local, Local, Local
  Wed, Nov 5th, 2008 | Via: The Blind Bat
  

  Not beer-related, but here is a nice slice of what "local" is about here on Long Island.From the Northport Farmers' Market...For more about the Northport Farmers' Market, see Our NorthportMeanwhile, back at the nanobrewery....I'm cleaning kegs to carbonate and condition the Hellsmoke Porter. Bottling to follow shortly. I'll be sending ... Read More

• Tastes Great! Less Filling! Fights Cancer! (?)
  Mon, Oct 27th, 2008 | Via: The Blind Bat
  

  Not sure what I think of this...University researchers developing cancer-fighting beerA team of researchers at Rice University in Houston is working to create a beer that could fight cancer and heart disease. Taylor Stevenson, a member of the six-student research team and a junior at Rice, said the team is ... Read More

• Fermenting, Kegging, Bottling...
  Mon, Oct 20th, 2008 | Via: The Blind Bat
  

  This week should see me kegging up the Bitter Wheat test batch experiment (A.K.A. "Grodziskie") as well as that first production batch of the Hellsmoke Porter. The Hellsmoke will be bottled up after some time carbonating and conditioning in the corny kegs. Commercial keg options are being explored this week, ... Read More

• Bitter Wheat Experiment
  Sun, Oct 12th, 2008 | Via: The Blind Bat
  

  With last Saturday's back-to-back batches of Hellsmoke Porter fermenting away in my largest fermenter, this Saturday I brewed up a small experimental batch of a Polish / German style that appears to have otherwise become extinct - Grodziskie. Grodziskie, a smoked wheat ale, is considered to be the only beer ... Read More

• Notes from a Brew Day
  Mon, Oct 6th, 2008 | Via: The Blind Bat
  

  Two back-to-back batches of the Hellsmoke Porter are now in the hands of the yeast, which are happily fermenting away since late Saturday. It was a long day, with some brewing time lost when I discovered a leaky connection in the conical fermenter on Saturday morning while filling it one ... Read More

• Buster Keaton Draws a Cold One
  Fri, Oct 3rd, 2008 | Via: The Blind Bat
  

  I'll be brewing up a big batch of the Hellsmoke Porter this Saturday. Meanwhile, here's a vintage (circa 1959) beer commercial with Buster Keaton, drawing himself a cold one... The William Simon Brewery was in Buffalo, New York. Sadly, it closed in the early '70s. Read More

• Blind Bat's First Flight: Hellsmoke Porter
  Fri, Sep 26th, 2008 | Via: The Blind Bat
  

  The test batch with the new smoker worked out well. In a couple of weeks, the first beer to hit the shelves (and possibly a bar or two) will be the Hellsmoke Porter. Stay tuned for more on when and where to be on the lookout for the following label...Meanwhile, ... Read More

• Hoppy Days are Here Again?
  Thu, Sep 25th, 2008 | Via: The Blind Bat
  

  It might be premature to sing the song just yet, but here is some encouraging news from International Brewing Industry News (http://www.brewersguardian.com):There’s good news emanating from the hop fields of the Czech Republic: according to the country’s Hop Growers Union, after two years of disastrous yields, the hop harvest will ... Read More

• Catching Up
  Wed, Sep 17th, 2008 | Via: The Blind Bat
  

  Summer officially fades away soon, and while I've been away from the Brewhouse Blog, I've been keeping busy in the brewhouse itself test batching some Fall and Winter Seasonals. The August 30th batch of the Wheatley Hills Weizenbock will likely be kegged up soon. Got that new smoker, and tested ... Read More

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