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| By Tom K on Dec 20th 2007, 11:55 pm | Permalink |
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Bouncing back from a 6 month brewing hiatus while we got out of debt. Did the Dave Ramsey thing, and we're debt-free except for the house. Feels great! But the closet is bare, and it's time to restock with brew. Started with a cream ale that I will add vanilla to in secondary this weekend. Using part of the cake for a brown ale tomorrow, and then will use the whole cake from that to do an american barleywine (recipe TBD). After those I want to do a belgian golden ale to practice having a light touch, and then use the cake for a rochefort 8 or 10 clone. Seems like I'm planning my beers around my yeasts these days. I used to pitch a new vial and not reuse it. I also want to start planning brews for competition. I'm not looking to gratify my competitive streak (though it exists!), but I think that I need outside input and more discipline if I'm going to keep improving at this point. And maybe the wife will be impressed if I put a few ribbons on the wall.  |
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