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Save Money: Brew Beer! (Part 2)

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Brian / April 19th, 2012 / No Comments

When we last checked in, we had left Chris to rack over our beer to the glass carboy for ageing. If we assume a 4 day fermentation cycle, the beer would have been racked over on March 26th. We returned to bottle the beer on April 13th, after approximately 18 days of maturation. Let’s pick up where we left off! Step 4: Prepare for bottling and bottle conditioning Most home-brewers don’t...

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Save money: Brew Beer! (Part 1)

Brian / April 10th, 2012 / 4 Comments

British Columbia has the highest alcohol and liquor taxes in all of North America – A depressing thought, given that I work in the industry part time. On the bright side, this gives me access to a lot of great beer and wine that I wouldn’t necessarily have found otherwise. Unfortunately, good beer costs more! I’m now accustomed to drinking fine craft beer without the budget to...

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