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Can’t reseal mylar bags at home? Vacuum seal them!

July 14, 2018 / Leave a Comment

Maybe I’m late to the party with this, but it only recently occurred to me. You can easily vacuum seal hops and maintain the benefits of the mylar bag at home! How, you ask? Cut an extra long vacuum bag, drop your mylar bag full of hops in it, and vacuum seal that! If you … [Read more…]

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On Black IPA, and other IPA variants.

May 13, 2016 / Leave a Comment

I’m getting on my soapbox again with this post, and it seems my opinion isn’t the most popular, but I really don’t understand how a Black IPA can be a thing. Not every hoppy beer has to be an IPA!

Posted in: Thoughts Tagged: IPA

Irrational Dislike of Breweries or Beers Based on Labels or Names

August 17, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Do you ever have a feeling that you know is entirely baseless, but you can seem to shake it? Worse yet, you don’t even know why your bias exists? I have this problem, and very specifically with certain beer labels. While shopping for beer, if I see a label with a human or humanoid face or figure on … [Read more…]

Posted in: Thoughts Tagged: beer labels, brewery names, irrational bias

Dank as an IPA Descriptor

August 6, 2015 / 3 Comments

Am I the only person that feels like ‘dank’ is not a valid term to describe an IPA? Unless I misunderstand the origin, it comes to us from pot culture, where I guess dank is a good thing. I’m not sure how it could ever be a good thing because all it does for me is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Thoughts Tagged: dank, IPA

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