Adventures in Brewing Hi there. Pilot Jim here, with another adventure in brewing. Imagine that you are a small-ish Farm Brewery. You have been in business for a couple of years. You are brewing a wonderful selection of beers. People come from far and wide to enjoy the great beers, the great music and the[…]
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Roger visits Honey Hollow Brewery
Driving high up into the Helderberg Mountains the roads got smaller and smaller, finally bringing me to a dirt driveway. A bright yellow sign announced I’d arrived at Honey Hollow Brewery. (www.honeyhollowbrewery.com, 376 Honey Hollow Rd, Earlton, NY.) I rolled down my window to take a picture. The sound of banjos echoed in the hills. […]
Roger’s visit to Harvest Spirits’ Experimental Gin Lab
An evil looking brown liquid boiled away in a one liter vial as I walked into Harvest Spirits’ tasting room in Valatie. Evaporating liquid rose and passed through a water cooled, coiled glass tube. Crystal clear liquid dripped into a glass. Derek Grout, owner of Harvest Spirits, is testing recipes for a new product, gin.[…]
Rebuilding the Milling Station at MHE in 2016
Building the new mill was one thing. Rebuilding the milling station at the Modern Homebrew Emporium was another. We definitely wanted to preserve the existing small mill (a MashMaster we installed back in 2014) while upgrading the station so that the milled grain was enclosed behind doors to help cut down on dust generation. The[…]
Replacing the Primary Mill at MHE in 2016
Here at Modern Homebrew Emporium, it is not hyperbole when we say that we sell tons of grain. Over 23 tons last year alone. If only half of that passed through our mills, that’s still more than a ton a month. We’ve relied on our faithful JSP MaltMill for well over a decade in various[…]
QBC 2016Q1 Update: The Unveiling
Back in the first quarter of this year we had our inaugural Quarterly Brewing Challenge. The idea was that we’d explore the excellent variety of limited-edition English yeasts being released by both White Labs and Wyeast. Our winner, Tyler McSorley, used the White Labs 022 Essex Ale to great effect in brewing an English Golden[…]
Results of the 2016 Q2 Quarterly Brewing Challenge
For our second Challenge of 2016 we wanted to explore the world of hops a bit. What’s the hoppiest beer style? Why, American Pale Ales and IPAs, of course! Rather than having your brew your go-to IPA recipe, we changed things up a bit by requiring that whatever hops you chose came from Europe. No[…]
Making Wine and Beer from Fruit Bases
Vintner’s Harvest has a marvelous selection of Fruit Wine Bases. Fruit Wine Bases use only premium quality pure fruit, packed in it’s own juice, with no sugars and no artificial preservatives added. Prepared especially for wine makers, these products offer the home wine maker year round supply of premium quality fruit. Equipment & Supplies Primary fermenter, a minimum[…]
Seasonal Yeast – Wyeast 3822-PC Belgian Dark Strong Ale™
This article is one in a series describing the seasonal yeasts put out by our liquid yeast manufacturers. This one is.. Wyeast 3822-PC Belgian Dark Strong Ale™ “[A] unique Saccharomyces strain which produces spicy, phenolic and distinctly tart aromas and flavors, which can be increased through warmer fermentation temperatures. Very tart and dry on the[…]
Seasonal Yeast – Wyeast 3739-PC Flanders Golden Ale™
This article is one in a series describing the seasonal yeasts put out by our liquid yeast manufacturers. This one is.. Wyeast 3739-PC Flanders Golden Ale™ “[A] well-balanced strain, producing moderate levels of both fruity esters and spicy phenols while finishing dry with a hint of malt. Robust alcohol and temperature tolerance plus strong attenuation[…]
