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• Ballantine’s Ale- Riffing on a Missing Link, Part 3May 13, 2021
  THE RIFF In music, a riff is a repeated musical phrase or theme, and particularly in Jazz, it’s common to vary that phrase or theme in the repetition- which is the act of “riffing.” A Jazz musician might riff on a theme, varying it while remaining close enough to be still recognizable, or even spiralingContinue reading “Ballantine’s Ale- Riffing on a Missing Link, Part 3”
• Ballantine’s Ale – Riffing on a Missing Link, Part 2March 29, 2021
  THE HISTORY Ballantine holds a unique place in the history of American beer, and in the more recent story of American Craft Beer. The beginning of the Ballantine story sounds similar to many other breweries of the nineteenth and twentieth Centuries. First generation immigrant opens a brewery in his new home of the U.S., carryingContinue reading “Ballantine’s Ale – Riffing on a Missing Link, Part 2”
• Ballantine’s Ale – Riffing on a Missing Link, Part 1March 26, 2021
  THE SPARK I’ve been a bit obsessed with Ballantine lately. Although this beer has always had a place in the periphery of my consciousness (as far back as I remember- all the way to my childhood) nothing about it ever sparked much interest for me until very recently. Even a few years ago when PabstContinue reading “Ballantine’s Ale – Riffing on a Missing Link, Part 1”
• Ready for the 2021 Brewing SeasonFebruary 27, 2021
  It’s been nearly half a year since my last brew day, and now that the snow cover is thawing I’m beginning to prepare for the 2021 brewing season. To that end, I spent some time this week cleaning and reconditioning my four tap keezer. Scrubbed the freezer interior Dismantled soaked and scrubbed the shanks andContinue reading “Ready for the 2021 Brewing Season”
• Pen, Paper, Math! Designing Beer Recipes without SoftwareFebruary 16, 2020
  The other day, I tried to open my copy of BeerSmith 2 on my laptop, only to be greeted with this friendly message: Nope, I was not running a trial version that required activation.  I’ve owned and used this software since 2010 (back then just BeerSmith, and yeah I know there’s now a BeerSmith 3).Continue reading “Pen, Paper, Math! Designing Beer Recipes without Software”