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DISSECT My Brew #1 - Black IPA
This is the first BLOG in a series where you the home brewer or beer lover, get to pick my brain about beer recipes or beer styles that...
Lisa Watts
May 19, 20185 min read
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Summer Brewing...what you need to know to save your beer!
Most of us are reveling in the amazing weather that has finally come after a very long and very snowy Alberta winter. But...with that hot...
Lisa Watts
May 15, 20183 min read
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What Happened to "cheap" Beer?
What is "cheap" beer? To many of us, "cheap" beer is that beer brewed by the biggest of brewers in the largest of quantities. And like...
Lisa Watts
Mar 7, 20182 min read
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Keith Miller and why his story should matter to brewers...
If you don’t know who Keith Miller is and you own or operate a brewery, you might want take a few minutes to read this BLOG because his...
Lisa Watts
Jan 29, 20185 min read
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Who's Serving Your Beer?
Alberta is in the middle of a beer revolution unlike anything it has ever seen before, with so many breweries and soon-to-be breweries...
Lisa Watts
Jan 22, 20184 min read
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So you got a Brew Station for Christmas...now what??
We know how busy we were over the holiday season and that means there are a lot of you out there, staring at a classy (yes even brewing...
Lisa Watts
Jan 14, 20187 min read
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Building a Home Brew Calendar so the beer you want is ready when you want it!
January just might be one of my favourite times of year for no other reason than the chaos of the holiday season is over and the feeling...
Lisa Watts
Jan 7, 20183 min read
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Kombucha - Ringing in 2018 on a healthy note!
If you haven't heard of Kombucha by now, you may be living under a rock...don't feel bad, I've been there too (many times in fact) so you...
Lisa Watts
Jan 1, 20182 min read
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It's the most wonderful time to brew beer!
The kids are back in school, the weather is cooling and you're starting to think about all the great beers you could brew over the coming...
Lisa Watts
Sep 10, 20171 min read
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Beer Chemistry in High School?
While writing this BLOG it donned on me that I would have been much more successful at chemistry in high school if I had learned how to...
Lisa Watts
May 19, 20176 min read
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No Mother's Day Contest???
Mother's day is almost here and I'm feeling guilty...I have planned a HUGE contest for Father's Day out of the assumption that "men like...
Lisa Watts
May 13, 20173 min read
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The Beer Lover's Inner Child...
I'm diverting away from my typical BEER talk today to tell you a different kind of story. This one is about FEELINGS...hahaha don't...
Lisa Watts
May 10, 20173 min read
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White Lung...are you protected?
Not many know this but when I finished college 17 years ago, I started my career as a Gas Field Operator...that means I worked in...
Lisa Watts
May 3, 20173 min read
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Butter Popcorn...beer?
Have you ever brewed a beer that leaves you with a taste that is slightly reminiscent of the buttered popcorn you get at the movie...
Lisa Watts
Apr 5, 20172 min read
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Carbonation...to be or not to be
As any brewer can attest, the most exciting part about opening a bottle of your own homebrew is that moment when you hear the "pssst"...
Lisa Watts
Feb 19, 20173 min read
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Can beer save your next Valentine's Day?
Valentine's Day...to us it's the excuse we need to finally, selfishly, take a little time to remember that we were once a couple before...
Lisa Watts
Feb 15, 20174 min read
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Controlling Mash Temperatures...
Unfortunately not all ovens are created equal...which means, some of our clients are struggling to maintain mash temperatures. In our...
Lisa Watts
Feb 5, 20173 min read
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ARGH...my beer is too sweet!
It's happened to all of us at least once... It's been weeks since brewing your favourite IPA and you finally get to taste the finished...
Lisa Watts
Jan 20, 20172 min read
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Our Interview with Jason Foster at beer.org...
Although a few of the details aren't quite right, the jyst of our story is accurate in our interview with Jason Foster, beer writer for...
Lisa Watts
Jan 16, 20171 min read
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Building Recipes...where do I start?
Last week it seemed logical to offer a sale on our bulk grains since like all brewers, there comes a time when your "creative brain"...
Lisa Watts
Jan 8, 20174 min read
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