Author: simplybeer

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Simply Peter on Fuhmentaboudit!

Most of the people I know are not big beer geeks or avid homebrewers, so it’s not every day I get to sit down and discuss my beer at length.  But, Monday night Mary...

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DIY – Building a Hop Spider

This is one of the easiest, high reward DIY projects you can do as a homebrewer.  For just over $25 and about 10 minutes of your time you can build a hop spider which...

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Building and Brewing Your Own Session Beer

Are session beers the next big thing for the craft beer drinkers and homebrewers?  I don’t know about you, these sub 5% abv beers are for me.  Session beers are my go to beer...

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NJ State Fair Homebrew Competition Score Review

NJ State Fair homebrew competitions is one of my favorites, probably because I won best in show in 2010, but it’s also my home state largest competition and I like to “brew” local.  Unfortunately...

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NHC2013 retrospective

A couple weeks ago I went to my first Nation Homebrewers Conference (NHC) and it was probably one of the best beer events I’ve been to in a long time. So what took me...

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IPA Glassware, Does it Make a Difference

My family has always been extremely supportive of my beer endeavors, for Father’s Day I received a set of 4 IPA Glasses crafted by Spiegelau in collaboration with Dogfish Head and Sierra Nevada.  ...

How Brauphroaig Came Into Its Own

With the National Homebrewing Conference coming up those of us bring beer want to bring something special/unique to the conference.  I’m bring a bunch of beers including Brauphroiag.  Brauphroiag is a whiskey barrel aged...