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Beer Updates: California Vanilla Porter, Gondwana IPA, Fake Tire 3.0

Posted on March 30, 2014 by

I haven’t done a brewing session in two weeks (life has been busy!), but I have been dabbling in a few other beer-related activities. These are outlined below. Fake Tire Amber AleThe Fake Tire 3.0 Amber Ale was bottled on … Continue reading →

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Fake Tire 3.0 and Laurasia IPA updates

Posted on March 1, 2014 by

On Thursday, February 27, I transferred the Fake Tire 3.0 (my first all-grain batch) over to the secondary fermenter. The gravity was down to 1.006, which works out to 5.1% abv. This is certainly the most I’ve ever had a … Continue reading →

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Yikes and Away! Diving into All-Grain Brewing (with Fake Tire Amber Ale 3.0)

Posted on February 26, 2014 by

With a whole bunch more brew space, and over five years of solo brewing under my belt(!), I’ve been rapidly diversifying from the tried-and-true partial volume, extract with steeping grains, brews. The quality (in my humble opinion) on many of … Continue reading →

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Fake Tire Amber Ale 1.2 Update

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

Having brewed my Fake Tire Amber Ale 1.2 on October 7, I transferred the beer into the secondary fermenter on October 14. Due to various life events, I did not get around to bottling until Monday, November 26. So, the … Continue reading →

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Fake Tire Amber Ale 1.2

Posted on October 7, 2012 by

One of my favorite beers from last year was my Fake Tire Amber Ale (a clone of Fat Tire). The first batch was so good that I brewed it again! The second batch was largely the same as the first, … Continue reading →

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