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About Barry W

Israel (formerly NJ) based sourdough baker and fermentation enthusiasts sharing his baking, fermenting, cooking, and brewing adventures on thebrewedpalate.com.

Homebrew Wednesday 66: Homebrews New and Old

Over the past couple of years I’ve been constantly amazed by how much me and my fellow NYC homebrewers have been able to accomplish in terms of beer quality and how much equipment and packaged beer we’ve been able to cram … Continue reading

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Coffee Journal: 11/9/15 – Changing of the Roasters – Stumptown

  After finishing two great African coffees from Elixr Coffee Roasters it was time to return to my NYC coffee adventures and check out another local roaster’s café. Though they’re not based in NYC, I was excited to check out … Continue reading

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Homebrew Wednesday 65: Wednesday Night Live!

After returning home from Bitter and Esters’ November bottle swap I decided to cam up and film an update video… Episode Notes: Northern Brewer purchases: Bottles and custom caps for my Belgian quadrupel and a new PET carboy (The Bubbler). My … Continue reading

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HIBC Brewer’s Log: Where do I stand in terms of brewing my favorite beer styles?

Over the past two years I’ve brewed more consistently than in my first four years of homebrewing due to my finally taking the necessary steps to purchase my own brewing equipment (rather than brewing with friends who had more space … Continue reading

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The Brewed Palate’s Newest Venture: Specialty Coffee

Over this past Summer I began moving away from major chain coffee shop coffees (cough..cough Starbucks aka “Charbucks” to some coffee geeks) and started visiting local specialty coffee roasters; the first of which is located right in my neighborhood. Buunni … Continue reading

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Homebrew Wednesday 64: Back With Another “Big Beer”

Episode Summary The Holy Inn Brewing Company is back up and running! In this episode of Homebrew Wednesday I first pour a full glass of my imperial stout and share some brief tasting notes. Then I move on to footage from Sunday, … Continue reading

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The “New England Style” IPA: Four IPAs from Trillium Brewing Company

Watch out West Coast IPA brewers! New England breweries are now brewing the latest and greatest hop-gasmic beers. Now, you may ask…What’s different about these New England IPAs and pale ales? Simply put, they’ve moved away from the west coast … Continue reading

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Homebrew Wednesday 61: From Panic to Homebrewed Bliss

  As I discussed in my previous blog post, this past Sunday’s imperial stout brew day did not go so smoothly and I therefore did not film as much as I would have for a full brew day video. I … Continue reading

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Lessons Learned: The Imperial Stout Mash From Hell

This past Sunday I brewed an imperial stout (might be more of an imperial brown ale or porter, but more on that later), a style that I hadn’t brewed before using my new Ss InfuSsion mash tun (mistake #1 – … Continue reading

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Homebrew Wednesday 60: Panning For Updates

  After not posting an HBW video last week I chose to film a quick update video with my phone before heading out to my LHBS’ monthly bottle swap (1st Wednesday of every month). The name for this episode was … Continue reading

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