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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.

Home Brew Wednesday #2: HIBC Breakfast Stout Brew Day

For Part One of this week’s Homebrew Wednesday I’ve edited together the clips I filmed while brewing the base for my Breakfast Stout (an oatmeal stout) on my new all grain equipment. In Part Two of HBW #2 I go … Continue reading

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Going All Grain: Homebrewing in my NYC Apartment

The Holy Inn Brewing Company: When coming up with a home a name for my “home-brewery” I wanted to make sure I wouldn’t be the only one who could understand the significance of the name. Or at least have it be … Continue reading

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TBP Reviews…Beer Hunter: The Movie

As a craft beer enthusiast I’ve heard Michael Jackson’s name and influence praised by brewers, craft beer industry personalities, and fellow craft beer enthusiasts for quite a while. However, despite having watched some of the videos featuring Michael on YouTube, … Continue reading

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The Craft Beer Community: Embracing passion and diversity

(photo courtesy of: restaurantdish.wordpress.com) The depth America’s craft beer culture has now become contagious and spread worldwide and created a contagious passion that affects all who tap into the wonders of great tasting beer. In turn, each individual craft beer … Continue reading

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A Gushing Homebrew aka Seven Blessings Saison

The story of this homebrewed hoppy rye saison started when I went to Brooklyn Homebrew with my older brother as his “guide” in purchasing his first batch of homebrewing equipment aka the store’s “Essentials Equipment Kit” with a few add-ons, including … Continue reading

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Coming back soon…

New posts for The Brewed Palate are coming soon…

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The Brewed Palate Update 3/18/13

First off I’d like to apologize for not posting any reviews etc in quite a few weeks. The primary reason for that is that I recently got engaged and have started planning my wedding, which will take place this summer. … Continue reading

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Green Flash Palate Wrecker

BREWERY’S DESCRIPTION: Palate Wrecker was originally brewed for the Hamilton’s Tavern 2nd Anniversary celebration. It’s the most complicated West Coast–inspired IPA we have ever brewed—mashing and sparging with hopped wort, in addition to our hop layering regimen for IPA. By … Continue reading

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Fatheads Head Hunter IPA

BREWERY’S DESCRIPTION: No other ingredient stirs the passion of a Master Brewer like the hop. Inspired by this legendary flower we challenged ourselves to create a world class IPA. Head Hunter is an aggressively dry-hopped, West Coast-Style IPA with a huge … Continue reading

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Firestone Walker 16th Anniversary Ale

My experience with Firestone Walker’s Anniversary Ales began with their 14th Anniversary Ale, a blend that was primarily stout focused. Then came their 15th Anniversary Ale, which was more barleywine focused (based) and while I enjoyed it, it left me … Continue reading

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