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Written by Ger Buckley
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Sunday, 29 June 2008 |
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The second Bierhaus Beerfest
was held over the weekend of Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd
June 2008. It was run in conjunction with the Shandon Street Festival
which is a community festival held on the Saturday.
While Dave, owner of the Bierhaus,
made great efforts to have everything up and running for the festival
unfortunately the one thing he did not book was the weather! Saturday
was a really horrible wintry day, which was more of a damper to the
outdoor events at the Shandon Festival which I visited before adjourning
to the warmth of the Bierhaus.
We had hoped to have an ICB
meet-up but this did not materialise, but a few members were there at
different times on Saturday and I hope this article is in tandem with
their thoughts of what beers were on offer.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 29 June 2008 )
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The Knowledge Base -
Equipment
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Written by kev
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Sunday, 22 June 2008 |
 I’ve been needing a mash tun for some time now and after a long search through the mountains of junk I eventually found a long lost old ice box and decided to give it a go using what I could find around the house. I'm fairly useless at DIY etc so this proves that anyone can do it!
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 22 June 2008 )
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The Knowledge Base -
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Written by Barry Masterson
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Saturday, 21 June 2008 |
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 A wort chiller is probably one of the most useful pieces of equipment a home brewer can have, allowing you to quickly cool your wort to reduce the risk of oxidation, achieve a good cold break, and generally speed things up.
The simplest wort chiller design is the immersion chiller; a simple copper or stainless steel coil through which cold water is run while it is immersed in your wort, effectively carrying the heat away from the wort. Although a simple piece of kit, they can be expensive to buy ready-made, so it is definitely worth considering building your own. And to help you decide whether this is an option for you, here's a short illustrated guide to building your own chiller.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 22 June 2008 )
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Written by TheBeerNut
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Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
 I would imagine there are very few craft beer enthusiasts in Ireland who haven't heard of The Porterhouse. Not only did the Dublin microbrewery start a revolution in Irish beer, but it hasn't been slow to build upon its success. As well as owning five pubs in two countries, its beers are a regular fixture at events around Ireland, including the Franciscan Well Easter Festival and the Great Irish Beer Festival in Galway.
The company was founded by two brewing enthusiasts, Oliver Hughes and Liam LaHart. They had previously run an unsuccessful microbrewery in Blessington in the 1980s, before buying a pub in Bray, renaming it The Porter House, and beginning their expansion plans. The beer came next, with a brewing plant installed in their second pub, on Parliament Street in Dublin's Temple Bar. London then beckoned, and by this stage -- in 2000 -- the brewpub kit was no longer up to the job of keeping the bars supplied with beer. A new standalone brewery was established in Dublin's industrial belt, and it was to this facility that an ICB delegation was invited last Wednesday to field test the latest seasonal beer from the brewery: a pale ale called Hop Head.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 15 June 2008 )
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