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RePublic Brewpub: Underqualified
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Despite having never worked in a commercial kitchen, I'm now a state-certified food manager. I love bureaucracy. My certification expires in September of 2014, so I have plenty of time to reinvent myself as the guy who fires you for doing lines on the prep table. Hmmmmmmm What if I wipe it up with some raw chicken. October 23, 2009 at 2:22 PM. Ahhh, whats the fun of being a cook if you cant do a couple bumps now and then? November 9, 2009 at 10:16 AM. Beat to the Brewpub Bill.
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RePublic Brewpub: September 2009
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Thursday, September 24, 2009. For applying an all-malt philosophy to British beer recipes. Not knowing where to buy British brewing sugars, I've been using Belgian Dark Candi Syrup. Sunday, September 20, 2009. My first attempt at brewing with cherries - a 5-gallon batch of cherry porter - was slightly disappointing. Here's what I did:. Fermented the base beer for four days. Mixed 10 lbs of cherries with enough water to cover the fruit. Mashed the cherries with a giant perforated spoon. If you accept faxe...
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RePublic Brewpub: Assembly Hearing = Meh
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009. Assembly Hearing = Meh. Today's hearing on AB287 pretty much went like this:. Proponents: alcohol abuse, drunk driving and underage drinking cause a lot of problems in Wisconsin. We support a beer tax increase so law enforcement and treatment projects can be better-funded. Opponents: raising the beer tax will result in job losses, and potential business closures, in the brewing and related retail industries which are vital to Wisconsin's economic health. Beat to the Brewpub Bill.
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RePublic Brewpub: Beat to the Brewpub Bill
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Monday, October 26, 2009. Beat to the Brewpub Bill. After a year and ten months of working full-time to open a brewpub, I'm a little jealous that the owners of Vintage. Department of Revenue form). I'm sort of glad that RePublic won't be setting the precedent on how the law is enforced. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). You can download some of our brewing calculations and educational material at the File Cabinet. Beat to the Brewpub Bill. Assembly Hearing = Meh. Madison Malt House craft beer fan.
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RePublic Brewpub: I Need a Job
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009. I Need a Job. Hang in there man, just a tight spot youll laugh at later on. Keep on keepin on. November 5, 2009 at 8:11 AM. Ive been struggling with the balance of my full-time job (not to mention parenting and the rest of life) and work on developing the brewery plan. Some days, it seems easy. Some days, I wish an angel investor would give me money just to work on the development full-time. November 6, 2009 at 12:42 PM. November 6, 2009 at 1:14 PM. November 7, 2009 at 8:48 AM.
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RePublic Brewpub: July 2009
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Session Beers Are Only Part of the Plan. Between many meetings and occupancy negotiations, I was able to sneak in a brewday last week. The beer - a massively strong blond farmhouse ale for my brother's wedding anniversary - is still fermenting at a moderate pace. If the beer turns out to my liking, i.e. dry as hell with subtle saison-like flavors, I may use it as the base of my Grand Cru. Here are some pictures of the brewing process. A 11-gallon yeast starter:. Yeast vs. pH.
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RePublic Brewpub: August 2009
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Monday, August 31, 2009. I'll be on Beer Talk Today. Tomorrow. The station is 91.7 FM, aka WSUM, and the show starts at 9pm. I'm looking forward to finding out if my voice still sounds like Mickey Mouse. Saturday, August 29, 2009. Tuesday, August 25, 2009. The beers sold at brewpubs and specialty beer bars are available at very few places. As such, employees need to taste the beer to be able to describe it to customers and make educated recommendations. So I went down to the capitol and testified against...
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RePublic Brewpub: Lager House
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Monday, October 19, 2009. I don't brew many lagers. It's a matter of logistics, not preference: I use the same fridge for lagering and serving, and beer doesn't have much flavor at the near-freezing temperatures necessary for lager maturation. I have the lager bug right now, though, so I'm going to go without for a while and brew a Munich Dunkel. Here's the plan:. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Jason W. said. Good timing on your post. I just brewed my first lager this past weekend, a Vienna&...
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RePublic Brewpub: Return to Geekery
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Saturday, November 7, 2009. About two weeks ago, my Vermonting friend Shane. Asked me a question that I thought would be pretty easy to answer: about how much alcohol is present in a batch of cider when honey is added after the original gravity measurement? I say "fix" because I don't actually know what the data looks like between 20 degrees Plato and 100 degrees Plato. At least the curve converges on a reasonable endpoint, which is good enough for government work. Here's how the process works fo...3 Ini...
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RePublic Brewpub: May 2009
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Foiled Again (in a Good Way)! Go ahead and disregard any past mention of May 29th, 2009. Jane and I may be able to fund the business with less than 25% equity, but it's going to take some time to figure out. Hopefully it won't take a lot of time, i.e. weeks instead of months, but I'd say we're fairly committed to applying for bank loans. Tuesday, May 19, 2009. If we can fully fund the business with equity capital by May 29th, great! So how close are we? In other news, we recently f...