Whoa Tender: Two Weeks with Pipeworks whoatender: The corner of Wabansia & Western smells like beer, and Pipeworks is the reason. I had been biking past their warehouse when I saw eight people standing inside the loading dock, drinking and laughing. So I stopped and talked to the one who most closely resembled a brewer, … Read more
Ale to the Chief: White House Beer Recipe White House Assistant Chef and the Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives (and University of Chicago alum) Sam Kass today posted recipes for The White House Honey Ale and The White House Honey Porter—along with a video—on The White House Blog.
Although almost all American-grown hops are produced in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, I’ve known for a while you can grow hops at home all over the place—heck, I’ve even seen some growing outside the Lion’s Pride pub in Brunswick, Maine. Maine…not, you’d think, the most hospitable place for this sort of agricultural experiment. I figured … Read more
Northern Brewer Bavarian Hefeweizen Extract Kit (simply 6 lbs. wheat malt syrup, 1 lb. Briess Bavarian wheat dried malt extract, 1 oz. German Tettnang hops) pitched with White Labs WLP300 Hefeweizen Ale Yeast. That’s some healthy Kräusen and CO2 production. This morning, about 16 hours into fermentation at 78° F—a bit high, but I’m betting okay. … Read more