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Oct 12 2012
Imperial Oatmeal Stout- Batch 55
Gearing up for a beer tasting party next month and need to cap it off with a good stout. Was planning on doing my old stand by Oatmeal Stout, which I love, but I wanted to do something bigger. Something better. Something…. imperial! So, here’s what I came up with for a recipe: 2 lbs …
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Sep 15 2012
IPA and Pumpkin ale bottled- Batch 53 and 54
Bottled my IPA and Pumpkin ale tonight. IPA final gravity was 1.014, and the Pumpkin final was 1.018, giving me an alcohol percentage of 6.56 for the IPA and 8.75 for the Pumpkin. You know, I don’t really trust my alcohol readings anymore. Why is this so different from my others? Oh, well. They …
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Sep 03 2012
IPA and Pumpkin Ale- Batch 53 and 54
Gearing up for a beer tasting event next month, and my beer is the one going to be on the spot. So, for the first two beers I’m making an IPA and a Pumpkin ale. Here are the recipes. God Is Good IPA Preboil tea 3-1/2 gallons (17 L) water 1 pound 60L Crystal malt …
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Aug 03 2012
Weizenbeir, Hefeweizen, Whatever – Batch 52
Finally bottled my wheat beer tonight. Final gravity was 1.010, giving me my standard 5.25 alcohol by volume for this beer. Taste was lacking some of the normal wheat sweetness, but had plenty of wonderfully Hallertauer hoppiness. Can’t wait till it’s bottle conditioned.
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Jul 23 2012
Weizenbeir-Hefeweizen-Wheat whatever- Batch 52
So, a friend of mine asked me if my blog was up to date. Yes, I said. He said you haven’t brewed since April. Yeah, yeah. My beer supplies are running low, time for a summer beer. I brewed my traditional Half-a-weizen on Sunday. Simple recipe- 7lbs liquid wheat malt extract. Hop schedule I used …
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Apr 16 2012
Bottled the IPA and Belgian Dubbel- Batch 50 and 51
Saturday I bottled my IPA and my Dubbel. The IPA I named “God is Good IPA”, and of course I’m sticking “Rob’s Belgian Dubbel” for the dubbel. The IPA final gravity came to 1.022, which doing straight math would give a 6.3% alcohol by volume, but I didn’t do the initial and final before and …
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Mar 28 2012
How to Crack a Wi-Fi Network’s WPA
I knew it was only a matter of time. Here’s a nice little guide on how to crack a WPA or WPA2 Wi-Fi using freely available tools. http://lifehacker.com/5873407/how-to-crack-a-wi+fi-networks-wpa-password-with-reaver
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Mar 21 2012
IPA- Batch 50
Last night I added 1/2 pound of brown sugar to my IPA. Boiled it with 2 cups of water, then waited a bit for it to cool off. After adding it I noticed the activity pick up on it. Next step will be dry hopping it.
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Mar 17 2012
Brewed an IPA and Rob’s Belgian Dubbel- Batches 50 and 51
So, last night my friend Rob came over and we brewed two beers. (Note to self: Brewing two beers on a Friday night is a bit much- do it on a Saturday next time.) We started with the IPA, thinking it would be the easier of the two recipes. Here’s the recipe we used (inspired …
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Dec 30 2011
Tragor’s Brown Ale- Bottled- Batch 49
Oooh, baby! Got this thing bottled tonight. Also got to use my new Christmas present! The top part is called an avvinator. You fill the bowl up with sanitizing solution, use the pump to spray sanitizer into bottles, then hang them on the bottling tree. Worked great. So, while the kids were doing the bottles, …
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