http://www.bamfbeer.com Sophisticated Swill, Generously Applied(tm) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:36:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, I took a couple of 1/2 gallon growlers of the Hacker's Knuckle ESB to a barbecue on Friday, and Matt gave it the nod of approval. I have to admit I was surprised myself. It was yeasty, but aside from that it was damn good. The yeasty part will probably ... http://www.bamfbeer.com/2008/04/28/hackers-knuckle-esb-gets-nod-of-approval/ After a few batches now, I'm still not where I'd like to be with my brewing process and setup and everything. Things were much simpler when we just had the old Coleman cooler mash tun and used my porch steps to set up an all-gravity system :) Now I have a ... http://www.bamfbeer.com/2008/04/07/hackers-knuckle-esb-session-notes-and-lessons-learned/ A couple of things have happened in the past year that have given me a chance to spend more time tasting beers. The birth of my first child, and the buyout of a local liquor store. I'll explain. My wife and I had our first child, our daughter Molly, in ... http://www.bamfbeer.com/2008/01/12/tasting-lots-of-beer-brewing-nothing-for-now/ BAMF is already an all-grain operation, but some folks down under developed a technique targeted at extract brewers who would like to move to all grain, but either can't afford it or are confused by all of the extra equipment involved. I was really skeptical when I read this, but ... http://www.bamfbeer.com/2007/04/30/new-technique-beer-in-a-bag/ I went to the Glendale Liquors store in Kendall Park, NJ yesterday. I spent $23.11 (if memory serves) on beer there. I bought one large bottle each of Bluebird Bitter, Sly Fox Saison, Stone Ruination IPA, and I also bought a six pack of Stone Pale Ale. I bought the ... http://www.bamfbeer.com/2007/04/22/do-not-shop-at-glendale-liquors/