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First stop: My homebrewery
Ok, so obviously this doesn’t count as a real brewery but I couldn’t resist an opportunity to take a few jabs at my self and serve up an underhand softball pitch for the big boys in ensuing posts....
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Bandit Brewing – Darby, Montana
Darby. The word and it’s ping-like finish sound more like a bi-syllabic sputter that would describe something you’d say when you stubbed your toe more than the name of a town that demands any...
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Coffee, cheese, beer. They say these items are acquired tastes. As a child, I never understood that. Why would you want to punish your mouth with the hopes of someday liking the product you were...
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Hello Caution, meet Wind.
Trying to replicate a prison brew scenario should I find myself there. This was pretty much all the equipment I used. I’ve brewed, and thus consequently, imbibed a lot of beer. This...
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Hello Caution, meet Wind pt. 2
Not your Granddaddy’s glory hole. Edison failed a thousand times before he stuck the landing on the light bulb. WD-40 got its name after perfection took the inventor 39 failed attempts at a parts...
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Snowshoeing uphill, both ways
Expensive supplies, inclement weather and no off-the-shelf gear to speak of, this guy’s plight in some ways reminds me of home brewing in Korea a while ago. Even if you aren’t a homebrewer, some of...
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Stop #2: Bitter Root Brewing, Hamilton, Montana, USA
You could say that Brad Pitt and the Bitter Root valley have something in common besides being impossibly beautiful. They both were the first to bring something to Montana’s Bitterroot valley. In...
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Stop #3: Higher Ground Brewing, Hamilton, Montana
Higher Ground was one of those places that initially greeted me with great skepticism. Having opened in 2012. it’s a relative new-comer to the Western Montana brewing game. Its nearby proximity to a...
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Black Friday deals on brew related gear.
Ironically available for discounted purchase on Black Friday. The year was 2001. It was the first, and subsequently last, year I took in the modern marvel that is “Black Friday”. As I stood in this...
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Winter Meetup 12/5 @ 6pm – Daejeon, South Korea
Remember that time your uncle Rick got shit-canned on Schlitz Lite, cornered you in his garage and proceeded to tell you that he was in a loveless marriage with your aunt Claire (Not Rick on your...
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Christmas Hops deals
Not sure if you were naughty or nice this calendar year? Why not stack the deck in your favor and fill your own stocking with vacuum sealed bags of hops instead of crusty lumps of coal? While all...
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Brewflection — 2015.
We’ve got a lot to be thankful for in Korea this go around the sun. We’ve still got 2 LHBSs (craftbrewer.co.kr & seoulhomebrew.com — “local” obviously varies in context but when you live in a...
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New Years Brewing Resolutions
Ah, 2016 — a fresh start, a clean sheet, a new beginning. Two thousand sixteen — the year that you are going to lose weight, learn a new language or reduce your social networking dependence. Living...
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Daegu, Korea – Stout Smackdown 3/12/16
Daegu Brewers of South Korea are hosting their 2nd annual “Stout Smackdown” on March 12th, 2016. While beers entered into this competition will be of the dark variety, conversation about beer in...
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What does it take to win the specialty portion of a stout contest? Apparently...
Apparently later rounds of the judging — Feelin’ little to no pain. Photo courtesy of Tashia Mante. How does a beer stand out in the specialty crowd?...
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Spring has sprung.
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time to is now” ~ Chinese proverb So what pray tell is so difficult about picking up that shovel and planting that seed or rhizome? If...
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Confessions of a session beer brewer.
“How long is a piece of string?” is the non-beer equivalent to “What’s your definition of a session beer?”. To some, it’s 4% while others will say 5%. Breweries who make beer and people who make...
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It’s not too late.
Wouldn’t it be great to watch some hops growing instead of your waistline this summer? Ok, maybe your waistline is a lost cause but it’s not too late to put a few rhizomes into some dirt. Don’t have...
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JuneToberFest VI – Daejeon, South Korea
In 2015, it was the MERS outbreak. What will it be in 2016? 2016’s JTF is shaping up to be a dandy with nine confirmed (and documented) kegs to be on tap. Walk, boat, bike or stumble your ass down...
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Pick a mart, any mart.
Drinking alone, on a weekday, at 11:30 a.m, outside of a girls’ high school: totally acceptable in Korea. Telling someone to meet you at an unspecified GS Mart is a lot like paging Mr. Kim in a Korean...
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