It’s November and autumn is slipping past here in Qinghai. Riding my bike in the early morning with a fresh coat of snow layering the fallen leaves makes me think of cider. Cider translates into Mandarin as 苹果酒 (ping guo jiu) meaning apple alcohol or apple wine. Cider is delicious. I […]
Monthly Archives: November 2018
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I’ve wanted to brew a hua jiao saison for a while now. My brewing friend here told me it was a bad idea. He tried once and failed. His beer came out overwhelmed by the additions he made. Hua Jiao (花椒) or Sichuan pepper is a spice famously used in […]
This is the recipe reiteration of the original Calamity Grain Stout as featured on episode 69 “Sunshine, Hop Dreams and Disastrous Days” on the Experimental Brewing Podcast. Give it a listen or read the full story here. Last week I got together with my good buddy Brian to brew yet […]
A couple weeks back I noticed my keezer wasn’t maintaining temperature anymore. After a little investigating I determined my compressor was going out. I decided to build a new one and reasoned that I could most likely still use the old keezer as a fermentation chamber (turns out that it […]