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No Power…

By Brian Glenn | Published: 2008-09-18
Hurricane Ike took out the power on Sunday, and Worst Energy has not yet been able to bring it back. I think I might try to use the free time to do some old school brewing. Who needs lights anyhow? I did manage to get to East End in Pittsburgh for growler hours on Saturday. [...]
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Brewing in Ithaca

By Brian Glenn | Published: 2008-09-06
I got the opportunity a couple weeks ago to teach a quick introduction to brewing to a group of my wife’s friends during a birthday party. I’ve never brewed anywhere except my own kitchen, so it was certainly a different experience. The house was on a small farm, and thanks to the industrious nature of [...]
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Disappointment and New Hope

By Brian Glenn | Published: 2008-07-27
The hops project has to be officially called a failure. My plants are about a foot tall still and have no side shoots of any kind. I guess urban backyards with lots of fences and other buildings just are not cut out for hops growing. I believe the problem to be a lack of direct [...]
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SAVOR in Washington DC

By Brian Glenn | Published: 2008-05-24
I was fortunate enough to be able to get tickets and head down to DC for the first SAVOR event put on by the Brewers’ Association. It was held in the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in downtown DC. Being two blocks from the White House is an excellent landmark. It was held in three different [...]
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