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January 25th, 2012 - 8:55 am § in Events

Learn How Your Malt is Made at BrewVIC’s February Meeting

Mark your calendars for the next big BrewVIC event!

The Island Maltster, Mike Doehnel will give BrewVIC a tour of his malting facilities and the entire malting process. He will have his last batch of the season in process for the club to see. 

Saturday, February 18 from 12:00 to 4:00
8510 Alec Road (Saanichton)

Topics**
-Malting Education
-Brewers without Borders (brewing with US clubs to serve beer at NHC in Seattle)
-National Homebrewer’s Conference (Seattle June 21-23, 2012)
-Next BrewVIC event

Feel free to bring your own brews to share. If you’re wanting to go big (Since we know several people made use of the ontariobeerkegs.com sale), please make sure to bring cups and a designated driver!

There will be updates posted, but expect some carpools to be organized leaving from different places in Victoria.  See the Facebook group for more.

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January 23rd, 2012 - 2:01 pm § in Competitions, Events

2012 NHC Canadian Regional Qualifier/ALESHomebrew Open competition

Hello fellow Canadian Homebrewers! The Ale and Lager Enthusiasts ofSaskatchewan are hosting the 2012 NHC Canadian Regional Qualifier/ALESHomebrew Open competition from April 9th to 14th, 2012 at the Bushwakker Brewpub in Regina, Saskatchewan. Not only is this the largest competition in Canada, but i[...]

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January 14th, 2012 - 5:15 pm § in Events

National Homebrewers Conference – June 21-23

The American Homebrewers Association’s 2012 National Homebrew Conference is quickly approaching.  Brewing with Bigfoot will be taking place in Seattle (Bellevue) from June 21-23. The NHC is an amazing event that is put on by homebrewers for homebrewers.  The conference features two streams of co[...]

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December 9th, 2011 - 8:34 pm § in Recipes

CAMRA X-mas Party IPA Recipe

If you’re interesting in replicating the beer served at this year’s CAMRA Christmas Party, try this homebrew recipe.  This is a Firestone Walker Union Jack clone. For 5 US gallons… 6.3kg Pale Malt 81.9%100g Carastan 1.3%900g Munich 11.8%380g Carapils 5% Mash at 145F for 60m, 155F [...]

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October 20th, 2011 - 2:41 pm § in Homebrew Tips

Brewing with Victoria’s Water

Someone recently asked me a few questions: I know there is some chlorine in the Vic tap water but I dont have a filter system. I was wondering if buying the filtered water at the grocery store would be good and then adding some gypsum to harden it.  Ive never used any water hardener before, [...][...]

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September 11th, 2011 - 10:06 pm § in GCBF

GCBF Post-Mortem

Well, the kettles are clean, the extension cords are dusted off, the carboys are full and the yeast’s been pitched.  We made it through twenty gallons of brews at the beer fest. I had a great time brewing at the beer festival this year.  What made it so great was hanging out with and meeting[...]

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September 5th, 2011 - 4:27 pm § in GCBF, Recipes

GCBF Homebrew Tent Recipes

I’m ecstatic that there will be a tent dedicated to homebrewing at this year’s Great Canadian Beer Festival. We’ll be on the festival grounds actually making beer while the hordes drink themselves silly.  And here’s what we’re making: On Friday it will be a Best Bitt[...]

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