Tag Archives: all grain brewing

Brewing High Gravity Beers: My Presentation @ the WHALES November Meeting

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Barry W

   Soon after moving to New Jersey from New York City I joined the award winning WHALES homebrew club and was eager to get to know the New Jersey homebrewing scene. So when I found out about the Motown Mash … Continue reading →

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Homebrew Wednesday 83/84: Updates from NJ

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Barry W

On Sept 1 my wife, daughter, and I moved to NJ and have slowly been settling into our new apartment. In this first update video I do a quick review of my doppelbock which has been aging in its keg … Continue reading →

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Split Batch Recipe and Review: B.I.TS. Saison and IPA

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Barry W

After an almost four month hiatus from homebrewing due to the birth of my daughter I decided to brew two 5 gallon batches from one grain bill, an IPA and a saison. To make each of them unique I chose … Continue reading →

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Smooth Transition Stout: Recipe and Tasting Notes

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Barry W

 While it is not recommended for breastfeeding mothers to drink alcoholic beverages there are studies that say drinking stouts (dark beers) and consuming brewers yeast can increase milk supply. In turn, I set out to brew a tongue in cheek lower gravity stout that my wife and … Continue reading →

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Homebrew Wednesday 73-77: Pint glass of updates

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Barry W

For the past month or so I felt that holding back from posting my Homebrew Wednesday videos on my blog was a good idea because most of my readers have preferred posts what straight-forward and useful homebrewing information. However, because I haven’t … Continue reading →

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The YouTube Homebrewing Community Remembers Paul Wicksteed / Time4Another1

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Barry W

My Fellow BrewTubers, Thank you to all who contributed to this tribute video by posting their own tribute video/s over the past week. I hope this video serves as a lasting example of how much of an impact Paul Wicksteed … Continue reading →

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Homebrew Wednesday 61: From Panic to Homebrewed Bliss

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Barry W

  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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Homebrew Wednesday 60: Panning For Updates

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Barry W

  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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TBP Reviews: Ss Brewing Technologies 10 Gallon Kettle

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Barry W

It’s been an exciting adventure over the past couple years in terms of the upgrades that I’ve slowly been able to make to my home brewing equipment, and while I didn’t start formally reviewing any of it until I negotiated … Continue reading →

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HIBC Workman’s Pint Porter Brew Day (Founders Porter Clone)

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Barry W

    Back in March 2014 I brewed two one-gallon test batches to break in my new 1-gallon carboys, one was a porter and the other was a ESB. Despite being a bit estery due to my raising the temperature … Continue reading →

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