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Recipe: Blue Ribbon Bitter (1st in English Pale Ales @ Piedmont Brewer's Cup) Brewer: Chad Ward Style: Standard/Ordinary Bitter TYPE: All Grain Taste: (35.0) Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 5.50 gal Boil Size: 7.16 gal Estimated OG: 1.039 SG...

If anyone is curious about how traditional British floor malting is carried out, Hugh Fearnely-Whittingstall does a bit of it in this BBC River Cottage excerpt, starting about 4:00 in. You'll see why Marris Otter and other traditionally floor malted English pale malts cost so much more. It's...

I just splurged on my first wine kit, a Selection Estate New Zealand (Marlborough) Sauvignon Blanc. It was a little pricier that I might have liked, about $150, but my wife, who generally supports/tolerates my beer brewing hobby, is skeptical about home wine making. I figure I have one shot to...

Texts from Last Night. Go to the bathroom before you begin reading. Otherwise you will soil yourself. I have a headache from laughing so hard.

Whatever you might think of the Prince of Wales, he produces a damn fine beer. Duchy Originals Traditional Ale is one of the tastiest English pale ales I've had. I know that it is made from Plummage Archer barley, but other than that I can't find many clues about the recipe. It appears to be...

Grocery shopping yesterday I stumbled across bulk packed chicken leg quarters on sale for 37 cents a pound. It was clearly a sign that I needed to make stock again. I never knew omens came in the form of semi-frozen chicken parts, but you take what you can get. I bought two packs, 12 pounds of...

Ordinarily I wouldn't do this, but my book, An Edge in the Kitchen, made Slate.com's list of Best Books of 2008. Damn. That's just amazing. Chad

My wife and I used to give each other obscure, brain mangling clues about each others Christmas gifts. The more convoluted the better, though you always had to be able to make the logical connection. For example, for her new Palm Pilot PDA one year I gave her the clue Hugin & Munin. Hugin and...

From the brilliant xkcd.com. I need to hotlink this to a dedicated key on my keyboard. I see it getting a lot of use. Chad

Here's an article from the International Herald Tribune on the new artisan beers of Italy. Interesting piece. Has anyone tried any of these beers? Chad

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - BeerSmith Brewing Software, Recipes, Blog, Wiki and Discussion Forum Recipe: Carolina Gales Brewer: Chad Ward Asst Brewer: Style: Special/Best/Premium Bitter TYPE: All Grain Taste: (35.0) Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 6.00 gal...

Bobby, you need to empty your PM box. It's no longer accepting incoming messages. Package received & redirected. Thanks again. Chad

I generally don't pass this sort of stuff along, but I thought the golfers in the crowd might appreciate it. Chad

Finally got a kegging setup! Woohoo. I have a question, though. I'm trying to break down the kegs for a good cleaning and am having trouble getting the posts off. A crescent wrench doesn't fit well in the gap in the top, and I don't have a socket deep enough to fit over the post. I can get the...

Not to be a complete shill :rolleyes: but I'm doing the CBS Early Show tomorrow morning. The plan is to show Harry Smith (and maybe Maggie Rodiguez) basic knife skills -- the Pinch & Claw, dicing an onion, and maybe roll cutting a pepper if time permits. I think it's a little ambitious for...

"Cask ales have this blossoming aroma and a very full but also somewhat softer palate than pasteurized beers," explains Matthew Brynildson, brew master at Firestone Walker in Paso Robles. "The natural carbonation from the yeast actually gives you a less carbonated, smoother beer with a fluffy...

Might be kind of obvious that sales of different styles of beer ebb and flow with the seasons, but I've never seen anyone put it into chart form before. Interesting article, too. Taste for Beer Changes with the Seasons from the Colorado Beer Examiner. Chad

At my publisher's suggestion ("We understand the Interwebs are very popular today"), I'm doing a series of basic knife skills videos. Fellini it ain't. wq0FH2IGPAw Chad

Saw this today and had to share.

Good article today on organic beers in today's Washington Post. The Post has really been doing some interesting food/beer/wine coverage lately. There's a Tinge of Green in the Glass Chad