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Brew Day!… “Cuvée Covid”

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

An experiment in ageing and “cutting” beer.

Brew Day!… “When Galaxies Colloid!”

August 19, 2020August 20, 2020 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

Brewing my first genuine hazy IPA.

Wort Cooling, Demonic Interventions and the Universal Telos

February 11, 2020February 14, 2020 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

The thermometer begins to plummet, like a clock ticking down the moments to the end of things. Time’s arrow is loose.

Brew Day!… “Icon”

December 29, 2019December 29, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

On Imperial Russian Stouts, art, truth and mystery.

Brew Day!… “Mosaic”

October 21, 2019November 5, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / 5 Comments

Sometimes it is good to get back to basics.

Brew Day!… “Black Forest Stout”

August 5, 2019August 16, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

After a Cherry Wheat Beer fails to carbonate, I set it off in two new, and radically different directions.

Brew Day!… “Equinox”

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

As the summer lion overcomes the winter bull, the brewer turns his mind to the joyful high time of the year.

On Clones, Colour and Cassonade

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / 2 Comments

One of my Pursuit of Abbeyness XII brew-day posts received a spike of traffic from the Homebrew Talk forum. I went and eavesdropped on the discussion.

Brew Day!… “My Cherry Amour”

October 29, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 2 Comments

My first attempt at a fruit beer had me grappling with a mathematical formula and a lot of questions.

“Memento Mori”: Another Lesson in Serendipity

October 2, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 4 Comments

If you stumble blindly and incompetently into your brewing masterpiece, will you ever be able to revisit that triumph?

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