12/9 Homebrewing News

// Home Brew Coffee Machine
// December 8, 2010 at 10:00 PM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/12/home-brew-coffee-machine?fromrss=1
In an office environment the choice of coffee-making technique can have a major impact on workplace harmony - how can people be expected to work happily when the kitchen is filthy with grounds and the coffee is always stale? "Someone have mercy," [Christian Finger] lamented, "and boil a pot of fresh." In the end he took extreme measures, building a ...


// The spirit of the season? Great beer.
// December 8, 2010 at 5:56 PM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/12/the-spirit-of-the-season-great-beer?fromrss=1
Often when people try to buy gifts for the beer geek in their lives, the first thing that crosses their minds is the time-honored "beer of the month'' club.


// London Gets Dappa For Christmas
// December 8, 2010 at 11:51 AM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/12/london-gets-dappa-for-christmas?fromrss=1
With gifts in hands, yelpers arrived for the last Yelp Elite event of 2011. These festive-filled yelpers handed over their generously donated gifts to the Salvation Army's Christmas Present Appeal and then went on through to warm themselves with some "homebrewed" mulled wine.


// Haefer: Shiner's peachy holiday offering loses its cheer
// December 8, 2010 at 5:37 AM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/12/haefer-shiners-peachy-holiday-offering-loses-its-cheer?fromrss=1
It's surprising that peaches are seldom used for fruit beers. I found through my homebrewing adventures that while it takes 15 to 20 pounds of raspberries or cherries to really get their character and flavor to shine in a five-gallon batch of beer, it only took 10 pounds of peaches.


// Milwaukee's Lakefront Brewery
// December 8, 2010 at 1:37 AM

http://www.topix.com/hobbies/homebrewing/2010/12/milwaukees-lakefront-brewery?fromrss=1
When someone mentions Milwaukee, most people think of beer. The town has made its living off of the production of the popular drink, and there is no shortage of tourist destinations that center around it.