A great beer to have on tap is an ESB. So what is an ESB? ESB stands for Extra Special Bitter. It’s a British style beer and one that is very much like our Pale Ale. A normal Bitter is about 3.8%, the extra special ones are above 4.8%. This particular one is 5.7%. ESB […]
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19 Steps For Yeast Starter
January 23, 2013
As of late I hear about yeast starters. Seems as if everyone is doing one. Truth be told, I do not make yeast starters. I’ve done them so I can learn how to do them, but I just don’t make them for my beers. Call it laziness, call it product of habit, but how I learned how […]
The Ultimate Dry Irish Stout In 4 Easy Steps
October 27, 2011
So it’s time to start looking at the next step for the Dry Irish Stout. I’ll put up pictures for it when I end up making it (this weekend hopefully) but I wanted to get the recipe out today so people can start working on it or at least have time to make some modifications if […]
Jay's Brewing Blog 
February 1, 2013
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