Davik Brewing

This is the time of year to brew those favorite lager beers that will sit in cold storage for months, aging and mellowing and creating the complex flavors we all love in a good lager. Since lagers ferment at lower temperatures, a yeast starter is highly recommended. The yeast must become comfortable at the lower [...]

Filed under: Brewing 101 on June 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

7th Annual Craft Lager Festival
Manitou Springs, Colorado   August 8-9, 2009
All proceeds from this event support open space and parks in Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs.
The  Festival, held for two days this year, will feature:

America’s first solar-powered beer festival
The finest hand-crafted lagers in the U.S.
Live music and dancing in Memorial Park
Discounted [...]

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As an all grain brewer you want to extract as much sugars from your grains as possible. This is called mash efficiency, and it’s an important role for home brewers who are looking to improve their techniques.
Careful notes should be taken during the brewing process, as should be done with all aspects of brewing. If [...]

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If you’re a homebrewer that’s still stuck in the expensive routine of using brewing kits or liquid malt extract, this just might be what you need to know.
You can easily brew better tasting, higher quality and cheaper brews by switching to all grain brewing. Don’t be intimidated, it’s actually alot easier than you might think.
Sure, [...]

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Oregon Brewers Festival July 23-26, 2009
Celebrating 22 years of craft beers

It’s the event that brings together 80 craft breweries and 70,000 beer lovers for a celebration of beer. The 22nd annual Oregon Brewers Festival, one of the nation’s longest-running and best-loved craft beer festivals, will take place July 23 through July 26 at Tom McCall [...]

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Beer Lovers Celebrate Sustainably at the Organic Brewers Festival
Portland, Or June 26-28, 2009

With the world’s largest selection of organic beer, the North American Organic Brewers festival June 26-28th is a celebration of the earth. This year the festival is powered by a combination of solar panels, waste vegetable oil and biodiesel generators.
Organizers have been striving [...]

Filed under: Articles on June 23rd, 2009 | Comments Off

No longer is brewing beer at home about drinking beer on the cheap or—as back before the craft brewing renaissance—out of necessity to drink full-flavored beer. Today, hobbyists brew to express creativity, to get in touch with their ancestors from 8,000 years ago when humans first learned how to ferment, to impress their close friends, [...]

Filed under: Articles on June 23rd, 2009 | 2 Comments »

To get the most out of a visit to Oregon, you’ll need to try a local craft beer.  Even if you don’t like to drink craft beer, it’s something you should at least experience.
If you are new to microbrews, you should know that just because the beer is a microbrew, it doesn’t mean that you’ll [...]

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Brewed on every continent around the world and enjoyed in every nation, beer can quench every type of thirst and go down as easily as spring water to thick, heady concoctions that resemble that of the thickest oatmeal.
Just as the gourmet blends have conquered a large portion of the coffee business, handcrafted brews continue to [...]

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American Barleywine
OG 1.100
Batch size: 5 US gal
Grain
5lb    2 Row
5lb    Marris Otter
1.5lb    Munich
1.5lb    Crystal 20L
3lb    Amber Malt Extract
3lb    Liquid Malt Extract
Hops
2oz    galena 60min
2oz    centennial 30min
2oz    cascade 5min
Yeast
White Labs WLP001 California Ale Yeast
or
White Labs WLP028 Edinburgh Ale Yeast
(1qt yeast starter recommended)
Single mash infusion
60 min boil time
7-10 days primary
10-14 days secondary
6-8 months in a corny at 45F, set [...]

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