{"id":122,"date":"2014-04-26T15:31:35","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T15:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timvandergrift.com\/?p=122"},"modified":"2014-04-26T15:31:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-26T15:31:35","slug":"working-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timvandergrift.com\/?p=122","title":{"rendered":"Working Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

A busy weekend: today I’ll be teaching a beer brewing class at Beyond the Grape<\/a>\u00a0in Port Moody. The last time I taught a class there I had a great time.<\/p>\n

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If they’d had beer classes in college I would have gone on to do a doctorate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The thing that keeps impressing me every time I have a beginners class is how young the new brewers are. I guess I shouldn’t be so startled: I began brewing in my teens, and was as enthusiastic as could be, so it stands to reason it isn’t just old guys who like to make their own suds.<\/p>\n

We’ll be making a Brewers Best <\/a>Belgian Witbier today. It’s a classic wheat beer,\u00a0an\u00a0ale that’s lightly hopped, with spicy fruity notes from coriander seed and orange peel added right to the boil. It’ll be perfect, just ready to drink in June when the heat is upon us.<\/p>\n

The class itself goes through the entire process, from how to choose equipment, an explanation of ingredients, sanitation (cleanliness is next to goodliness), brewing, racking, bottling and more sanitation (it’s kind of a thing with beer), all in a single class.<\/p>\n

If you’re near Beyond the Grape, they hold classes regularly, so give them a call and sign up. If you live in another area, almost all home brew supply stores hold classes–the fee is usually nominal, it’s much easier than you think, and you not only get the knowledge, you get a support network of the store, it’s staff, and a bunch of like-minded brewers who want to do the same things as you.<\/p>\n

Look at me: thirty-five years after my first batch I still love to make and drink my own beer.<\/p>\n

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Beer mandatory, fez optional<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A busy weekend: today I’ll be teaching a beer brewing class at Beyond the Grape\u00a0in Port Moody. The last time I taught a class there I had a great time. The thing that keeps impressing me every time I have a beginners class is how young the new brewers are. I guess I shouldn’t be … <\/p>\n

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