April Meeting Delayed 1 Week
Hi everyone, We just became aware that Foolproof is closed tomorrow. As a result, we will be pushing our meeting back one week to the 16th. If there are any further changes, we will update this post. Best, –Patrick
Category Archives: Beer General
February’s Meade Presentation
Last month’s general meeting featured a fascinating presentation by our Social Media Officer, Charles Meyer, all about mead! He covered its rich history, diverse styles, helpful brewing tips, and essential tools. If you missed it, or want a refresher, you can find the slideshow here: Mead: Earth’s Oldest and Simplest Alcohol. Enjoy!
“A Beer that Tastes like Beer.”
Hearing this usually irks me. It’s almost always said by someone who isn’t into craft beer who thinks beer and Bud should be synonyms. In my experience, they follow up with snark about “beer snobs” and the cost of a craft beer versus a cheap macro lager. But in the age of juicy NEIPAs, s’mores-flavored… Read More »
What I’m Brewing
I’m taking to writing this blog post after the inspiration of conversations from a monthly RIBS meeting. My goal here is to highlight what I am working on, struggling with, successes and failures in order to hear from those with more experience in response, and maybe help those in a similar situation. For the past… Read More »
Montel Vontavius Porter
Here we go with another pro-wrestling themed beerski from yours truly, and this one actually won a major award, taking the bronze in the Specialty and Smoked (which apparently includes 34A – Clone Beers) category at the 2020 Dominion Cup. Seeing as it was the first Porter I’d done, I had to name it after… Read More »
Spin the Wheel, Make a Deal
For those of you that are familiar with my brews, you’ve probably noticed that all of my beers are named with an old-school wrestling theme. Naturally when I thought to myself that it was high time I try and do an Oktoberfest that I should name it after the classic annual WCW pay-per-view “Halloween Havoc”.… Read More »
Gaea’s Grove
We’ve got a new small-batch recipe submitted by Keith McAuslan. Happy brewing! Here is a brew that was inspired by a Magic the Gathering card.Many years ago my friend and I were in a long and drawn out game. we were getting down to the last cards in our decks.The cause of the issue was… Read More »
Nineteen Diggity-Two
Our very own Scott had his Amber recipe sampled on the Brulosophy Podcast #151. Check out the recipe and the podcast below! Nineteen Diggity-Two | Amber Ale 6 gallon batch Grains:Mecca Grade Pelton @ 49%,Mecca Grade Lamonta @ 32%,Briess c40 @ 4%,Briess c80 @ 4%,Mecca grade Vanora @ 6%Briess Victory @ 2%,Briess c120 @ 1%,Briess… Read More »
July 2020 Virtual Meeting – Fermenting Veggies!
RIBS member (and teacher, if you can’t tell) Mike Gauthier presents a highly educational introduction to fermenting vegetables.
Park Ave Tripel
So I have always had an affinity for Belgian Trappist Beers. They always stood out to me with their unique flavors that set them apart from most of the beers on the commercial market. They interested me so much that they were among the first beers I ever started to brew and they make up… Read More »