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Return to Brewing with a Scottish 60/-
After taking almost 8 months off from brewing (which was not by intent but by real life getting in the way), I was finally able to dust off the brew kettles this past weekend and get a brewing session...
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Lug Wrench Chart on Brookston Beer Bulletin!
When we started posting Beer Charts on the blog, I remember sending the first chart to Tom and when I asked if it was worth posting, the response was "my wife just saw it, rolled her eyes and mumbled...
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General Homebrewing Equipment Recommendations
One of our readers left a comment on a recent post asking for equipment recommendations for new homebrewers. I know this reader personally, as he attended the last all-grain training class I taught,...
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Vaderdag '12 Lambic Tasting
In preparation for a homebrew club meeting (the first I’ve been to in a long time), I figured I would pull a sample from the Lambic that was brewed 8-9 months ago to see how it is progressing. In...
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Poll: Favorite Season To Homebrew Beer?
Like all our prior poll posts, this post takes a moment to memorialize the results we received on the most recent blog poll. The readers' responses to the question "What's your favorite season to brew...
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Lug Wrench's Collection of Beer Recipes
While wandering through the over 300+ posts we've published here at Lug Wrench, I noticed there are a considerable number of beer recipes given and discussed. Even as the author of many of them, there...
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Themeatic Recipe Design
Beer recipes can be inspired from a wide variety of different sources. These can range from brewer memories, such as Fat Tire, brewing practices, such as 90 Minute IPA, regulatory events, like...
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Evaluating Taste and Aroma Of New Hops
New hop varieties are raining onto the beer scene in surprising quantities, which is of course great if you're a hophead. However, getting familiar with the flavor and aroma profiles of all these new...
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Oatmeal Stout Aging - Revisited
I have been given a rare gift by a good friend, a bottle of oatmeal stout that we brewed together three years ago. My friend, Tres, possesses an amazing ability to resist the urge to drink well-aged...
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Poll: Favorite Homegrown Hop Varietal?
Like all our prior poll posts, this post takes a moment to memorialize the results we recieved on the most recent blog poll. The readers' responses to the questions "Growing your own hops: what's your...
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Start of the 2013 Summer Brewing Schedule
Every summer, around July 4, a good friend of mine hosts a seafood-themed party. There are crabs, clams, and a host of other good food. For a number of years now, I have also worked with him to...
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Lug Wrench Chart Featured on Brookston Beer Bulletin...Again!
Back in February, Tom and I were floored when one of our Beer Charts was featured by Jay Brooks's Brookston Beer Bulletin. Both being fans of Jay's site and the information it extolls, we were...
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Doctoring Beer Post Kegging
I have posted previously about my experiments using tinctures and other elements to alter the flavor of finished beer. The general idea is that by tasting small volumes of beer, and adding measured...
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Two Lugwrench Beers Medalled at OSHC
The results of the 2013 Ocean State Homebrew Competition were announced last night and Lug Wrench was elated to see two of our "beers" on the list of winners. It has been a real pleasure watching the...
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Mason Dixon Line Mead Tasting
Jeff recently posted that our Mason Dixon Line Mead won a gold medal at the 2013 Ocean State Homebrew competition. He had mentioned to me that he brought it to a recent homebrewing club meeting and...
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Electric Hot Liquor Tank Regulator
Having an engineer as a friend can have its rewards. My friend John, the one who I brew beer for his summer party, has come up with a new gadget for the homebrewery. I like to fly sparge, which means...
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Modern Times Beer's Use of Kickstarter
I have been following the development of Modern Times Beer for quite some time now. The brewery, which will be opening in San Diego later this year, is the brain child of Jacob McKean. Jacob was...
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Ryetronic Pale Ale
Back in January, I resolved to try and brew more session ales this year. This decision was made for a number of reasons, including the challenge of making flavorful lower gravity beer. Last month, in...
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Poll: Percentage of Your Beers That Are Lagers?
Like all our prior poll posts, this post takes a moment to memorialize the results we recieved on the most recent blog poll. The readers' responses to the question "In the last year, what percentage...
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2013 Summer Party Beer Descriptions
One of my favorite events of the summer is brewing beer for and attending my friend's crab and clam party, held just after the Fourth of July. John and I have a good deal of fun picking beer styles...
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Lug Wrench Brew: Cait the Grate, Imperial Stout
It has been nearly four months since our last blog post, and nearly 18 months since our last Lug Wrench collaborative beer. Shame on us...we know. Tom and I have the best intentions of continuing to...
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Heady Topper - The Taste of Hops
My good friend, Jeff, recently presented me with an awesome treat - a can of Heady Topper. Heady Topper is a Double IPA that is brewed by The Alchemist Brewery, located in Vermont. Its intense...
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Happy Thanksgiving from Lug Wrench
Another year has passed, and today we give thanks for all that we have been blessed with. Tom and I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and hope that everyone had the chance to reflect on...
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2013 Homebrewing Year in Review - Tom
Even though we have not posted this year nearly as much as in previous years, Jeff and I thought it would be a good idea to continue our annual tradition of posting each of our homebrewing years in...
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2013 Homebrewing Year in Review - Jeff
For the fourth year, Tom and I have been posting our 'Year in Review' numbers to commemorate our homebrewing accomplishments. With 2013 in the rearview mirror, it was time to break out the...
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