This is big news in the craft brew world. I’ve had Magic Hat IPA on occaision and found it deliciously hoppy. To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of wheat beer and so only by Pyramid on the rare occasion I find the IPA somewhere. nesAnywayz, here’s the press release.

I kegged my Kolsch today after about eight weeks in the fermenter. The last five weeks or so it’s been sitting at about 40 degrees. My major concern at this point is the cloudiness. I’ve never used any clarifying agents or anything like that. And all of my beer has been just a little cloudy. [...]

So I brewed my first batch with the Partial Mash method I discovered at BYO. I had ordered the grain for the Strauss in the Haus Vienna Lager, what would have been my first lager as it happens. But I hadn’t planned on it taking so long for my chest freezer to be delivered. It [...]

I’m just ordered my first kegging system. I’m excited! Too bad I don’t have any beer to put in it right now.

I finally got a taste. Lord almighty, the taste. It’s still hanging on … and I love it.
On Saturday my wife and I found ourselves in the neighborhood of one of three full-scale craft breweries in the Chicagoland area: Two Brothers Brewing Company. Their pale ale, The Bitter End, is widely available in local stores. [...]

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