Kurt Brews Beer

Follow my exploits as I brew, taste, and talk about beer and related beverages! Brew days, DIY projects, tasting notes, information, and (humble) opinions.

Several years ago a good friend forwarded me College Humor’s Guide To Craft Beer (warning NSFW language). Included in the list was “Steel…

Kurt DresnerFeb 28

I Made a Thing

As a follow-up to my blog post about making root beer, I documented my next batch via video. Here you go.

Kurt DresnerFeb 8

Dogs Don’t Know It’s Not Bacon

Sometime last year I wound up at the Gordon Biersch in Seattle and I ordered a Rauchbier. I think I just wanted something different. It was…

Kurt DresnerFeb 27

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Kurt DresnerFeb 58 min read

Heady Tilapia

Some of you may be familiar with Heady Topper, the hazy double-IPA from The Alchemist, a brewery in Vermont. Sought after by beer enthusiasts from all over, it’s actually fairly hard to come by if you’re not in the Vermont area. Additionally, much of its characteristic juicy, fruity flavor is said to…

Kurt DresnerJan 93 min read

Pappy Kurt’s Olde Tyme Root Beer Mk. II

Early last year I experimented with making root beer from extracts. It went pretty well, the product was very tasty. Unfortunately, the process is not really that fun or creative, as you don’t get a lot of leeway to adjust the recipe beyond sweetening the…

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Kurt DresnerJan 22 min read

Brew Year’s Resolutions 2016

It’s a new year. It’s that time when we catalog our priorities, look over the things we’ve done and try to make an adjustment to better reflect the things we think are important. I’ve done some of that, setting goals for lots of areas of my life, but I wanted to write something…

Kurt DresnerDec 29, 20152 min read

Brewing Clark Kent At A Brewery

My last post talked about winning best of show at a homebrew competition that was also a ProAm qualifier. Commercial breweries were able to sample the winners and choose to partner with one of the brewers to brew the beer commercially. Well, nobody picked my beers. That’s…

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Kurt DresnerDec 8, 20151 min read

Bests of Show

I submitted five of my beers to the Joint Novembeerfest/Puget Sound Pro-Am (JNPSPA) back in November. Then I forgot about it. I got an email a few weeks ago telling me that I had qualified to submit an entry for the Bert Grant Competition due to my placement. I didn’t realize what the placement was…

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Kurt DresnerNov 8, 20154 min read

Mild Mannered

I’m almost out of dark beer. I recently cleaned my beer lines at home and all I have on tap now (aside from the stouts) are lagers…

Kurt DresnerNov 8, 20153 min read

Backyard Hop Crop Report, May 2015

I had a bumper crop of hops last year, especially for first-year plants. I planted four rhizomes last year, two Mt. Hood and two Cascade. The Cascade were a little slow getting off the ground, but the Mt. Hood exploded. This was a little disappointing because Mt. Hood…

Kurt DresnerNov 8, 20153 min read

Kurtoberfest

Every year I’ve been brewing, I’ve made an Oktoberfest/Märzen. For those who don’t know, the style is traditionally called “Märzen” because it is made in March, which you might have noticed is quite a while before Oktoberfest (which is, strangely, in September). This beer is a lager, which means it’s…

Kurt DresnerNov 8, 20154 min read

Bitter Pils To Swallow

It’s Pilsner time. In fact, it might be late for Pilsner time. But I made one anyway, because my wife likes ’em, and…

Kurt DresnerNov 8, 20157 min read

Tilapia: A West Coast IPA

The time has come again to brew! I went so many weekends thinking, “I should brew this weekend” only to have it come to naught. Not last weekend! I had the ingredients and I was ready to go this morning. This was a really long brew day with a few interesting twists. So I wound up…

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Follow my exploits as I brew, taste, and talk about beer and related beverages! Brew days, DIY projects, tasting notes, information, and (humble) opinions.

Authenticator: A Doppelbock & Parti-gyling Starter Wort

Steel Cabin “Not Bud” Lager

I Made a Thing

Dogs Don’t Know It’s Not Bacon

Heady Tilapia

Pappy Kurt’s Olde Tyme Root Beer Mk. II

Brew Year’s Resolutions 2016

Brewing Clark Kent At A Brewery

Bests of Show

Mild Mannered

Backyard Hop Crop Report, May 2015

Kurtoberfest

Bitter Pils To Swallow

Tilapia: A West Coast IPA