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Posted by Old Blog
on August 5, 2003
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While idly perusing BevNet this afternoon I ran ac…
Posted by Old Blog
on August 4, 2003
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While idly perusing BevNet this afternoon I ran across Grown Up Soda. I think I’ll have to source some of this and give it a try. Certainly sounds interesting.
After another lapse of updates, and any progress, …
Posted by Old Blog
on August 4, 2003
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After another lapse of updates, and any progress, I’m back with some info.
A friend and I had a brew day on Saturday. He did one of his beers, and I did another attempt at a Root Beer. I decided to keep it a bit simpler this time, while trying a different yeast to see if we could get past the damn skunky issue that plagued the last 2 batches. So I used an extract for flavoring, corn sugar for sweetener, and Nottingham Ale Yeast from Northern Brewer. Went with a slightly larger batch as well at 1.5gallons so I could fill all 12 of the grolsch style 16oz bottles that I bought last winter, though we had enough spare to fill one of the friend’s plastic bottles as a carbonation indicator.
We expected that with the ale yeast the carbonation might take a bit longer, but the test bottle as of this morning was pretty tight and only after 42 hours. The color is a deep brown, though still fairly translucent with some sediment, and a bunch of sediment already settled out in several of the bottles.
I’m considering chilling a bottle as early as tonight so I can get an idea of what the carbonation, and smell, is like but I haven’t decided if that rushing things just yet or not.
I finally got to see Mama Digdown’s Brass Band and…
Posted by Old Blog
on August 4, 2003
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I finally got to see Mama Digdown’s Brass Band and Youngblood Brass Band on Friday night live at the Cabooze.
What a show!
It was the “Blowin’ Up Brass Band Summit III” with the 2 bands mentioned, as well as the Jack Brass Band. I didn’t honestly expect a lot from the Jack Brass Band from the little that I’ve heard of them from the web, but they were much better than expected and put on a good set.
Mama Digdown’s was really good, as expected, but there was something about their set that just wasn’t quite right. I still can’t put my finger on what it was, and they were damn good, but it wasn’t quite perfect.
Then Youngblood took the stage and took the place apart! How Nat McIntosh can make those sounds from a sousaphone, I have no idea but he is a god. A GOD, I tell you!
The Cabooze is a fairly small venue really, and oddly shaped at that. It’s a fairly deep building, with the stage in about the center on the north wall, but angled slightly toward the east bar. We got a table right across from the stage and so got the full effect, and loved every second of it.