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Wie gut kannst du Deutsch sprechen? Kunt jij Nederlands spreken?

Flemish is a dialect of Dutch. A beer called Duvel, the proper Dutch word for Devil is Duivel.

German is not a problem for me. I had four years of it in high school. There is some Dutch terminology in brewing. Comes from Belgium, where 60% of the population speaks Dutch. I am studying Dutch now -- Ik leer nu Nederlands. Dubbel, Trippel, Oud Bruin. I have learned to pronounce...

I don't do beta-glucan rest for wheat beers or all-barley beers. For oat beers, well I would do a protein rest for 45 minutes. I have thought of beta-glucan rest as something to do for rye beers. My beta-glucan rest is like this, be sure to use rice hulls: 15 minutes at 122F. This first...

As of yet, it would only be legal in Washington or Colorado. I'm talking about hop's evil twin. Are there any Washintonians or Coloradans who would be interested in trying this? How much cannabis would you have to use, in a 5 gallon batch, to make it worthwhile? Yeah, get drunk and stoned...

Belgian Tripel, so I wanted it to have either a French or Dutch name. I don't know French, but know enough Dutch to translate "Dutch Apocalypse." After working some muscles and struggling to add heat to mash, I decided that next time I do a high-gravity mash, to do a decoction. 1/2 # Honey...

I bought a second keg with its own regulator so that I would not have so many bottles. I need to get the beer out of the keg and into bottles so that I can put another beer in the keg.

What ever happened to Brewmasters? I heard word that Anheuser Busch pushed it off the air. I'd honestly be surprised if they were not involved in the show's demise. Corporate shenanigans? (grabs swear jar, and swears in it)

...or some kind of extreme beer. Last year for 12/21/12, it was Mayan Apocalypse. This year, a paler tripel called Nederlands Apocalyps.

Wow, some guys have all the luck! Wait, what? 0.37 BAC? He's getting too much of a good thing.

Beer people are annoying? If it weren't for ancient beer people, there would be no such thing as civilization. The Sumerians knew it. Read the Epic of Gilgamesh. Prostitute comes to ornery barbarian bent on destroying Sumeria. He eats the bread, yeah fine. It was after drinking the beer...

Say hi to my college roommate for me. He lives in Chicago.

I'd say used flaked maize as an adjunct with some 6-row. I don't know if that's alpha-amylase or beta-amylase. I'd thought about buying some sweet corn from someone selling at a stand, then mashing with base grain. If you really want a 100% corn mash, try looking around for maize malt. There...

Welcome to homebrewing, literally. Mississippi signed their law first, but it took effect later.

Beer people are annoying? [tinfoil hat] This is a damned lie propagated by those wine, mead and cider people! [/tinfoil hat]

Brew during summer -- watch my utility costs rise. Rye beer without rice hulls and beta-glucan rest -- lost gravity points. lager without good temperature control, overdo by putting fermenter in freezing stairwell, beer freezes. Until I buy a kegerator or something, stick to ales. let...

Right next door, Minne-sauna. Well, we've had a heatwave this week.

Counter pressure bottle filler! With one, you can first puff gas into bottle to chase air out, then fill under pressure. If you use a beer gun, you need 1 foot of hose for every 2 psi of pressure. This supplies enough resistance so that you get 12 ounces of beer, not 12 ounces of shaving cream.

For many years, I wondered where civilization came from. Humans have been around for 2 million years, but only civilized for 10,000 of it. Kind of an epiphany! I explored things like Ancient Astronaut Theory, you can thank Georgio Tsoukalos for that. Then in January 2012, it occurred to me that...

you should try a pound of peeled and zested limes, along with Belgian Saison yeast. ;) Sometime I want to try tomatoes in a beer.