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Hop Pole 2
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
 
Since I put up the hop pole I have suffered a bit of a set back.  The Tettnanger from last year did not return.  But we bought some Sterling to replace them.  They have started but are nothing like the Hallertau from last year.
 
As you can see the hops have grown up the starter poles and have
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Hefe and Bitter
Sunday, July 8, 2007
 
Since the last of the Hefe (which was emergency brewed for the contest and then not needed/available) is gone it was time to replace it.  Since success has been its name since January of ’06 I figured it was time to make 10 gallons.
 
Brian Courville was ready and due for another batch (his first
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Lightfoot Porter
Friday, July 6, 2007
 
The IIPA (now being re-dubbed Old Ale), while tasty in it’s own right, is not quite the light summer beer that inspires easy drinking.  I bit too high on the % for that.
 
So it was time to make another beer and the ingredients for a clone of the Great Lakes Brewing Co.’s Edmund Fitzgerald were
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IIPA
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
 
Considering how bad the BB turned out and that DiGennero is hosting a beer tasting party on the 23rd we decided that we must make up some beer.  (Brian is also disappointed in some of his recent efforts.  Seems that there is a rash of bad beer running thru the Grand Rapids branch of the Francis
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Baptismal Braeu 3
Friday, June 8, 2007
 
As I feared the BB is a total loss.
 
I kegged it up earlier this week anyway but pretty much knew it was not going to be worth it.  But I cannot give up that easily.
 
Now, after the too long fermentation, cooling and carbonating it is totally confirmed.
 
This beer will be poured down the drain as
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Welcome to my blog: If you have visited Villenke then you know that there I rant and complain and celebrate life.  Here at 2.0 we only talk about beer.  Making it, building stuff for it, and growing stuff to make it.
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Name: Henry Bierman
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Birthday: 30 November
Status: Married
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Home: Grand Rapids, MI
Favorite Quote: “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”  Bejamin Franklin
New Reading: Radical Brewing
Favorite Movies: Indiana Jones and...,  Star Wars (IV-VI), Godfather
Favorite Movies (Recent): Sin City, V for Vendetta, Match Point