Homebrew
Notes from CrookedBullseye.com, my 2016 homebrewing blog, folded in here. See also About CrookedBullseye.
Pekko Saison — New World Farmhouse Ale
A new trifecta of firsts for CrookedBullseye: Chris offered to do a Brew & A for GTA Brews, where people from the group are welcome to come out, brew with another brewer and learn from their processes, and ask questions. …
Belgian Candi Sugar
We love farmhouse beers, particularly saisons. And if you starting digging through saison recipes, you'll keep seeing an ingredient with an annoyingly spelt name, specifically "Candi" sugar. It sounds like a sugar …
Hipster Bitchslap — French Farmhouse IPA
It's no secret that we have a real love for the fantastic Wyeast 3711 French Saison yeast. And making farmhouse style beers in general. So a few weeks ago, when Chris' friend Mike who is from Muskoka said he was coing …
DIY Stir Plate 2.0
In fine Crooked Bullseye form, our first stab at a DIY Stir Plate (read about it here, this will all make more sense) was, perhaps not a disaster, but certainly not a success. But we learned a bunch of things! The basic …
Vermont IPA
Partially because, at heart, Chris is just a giant hipster (even if he shaved off the beard), it was only a matter of time until he tackled a vermont-style IPA using Conan. Inspired by his recent video with Rudy from …
Chinook Farmhouse Pair
Here in Toronto, we don't get the real Chinooks like out west. That said, Josh and Chris were planning a brew day, and it was set to be an unusually warm day for an early March day. So throwing an homage to the warms …
DIY Stir Plate 1.0
I want to be honest with, this is how not to make a stir plate. As in, it didn't work. We didn't succeed. But there will be a follow-up 2.0 post about how to actually do this. I hope....
Here's a Start
Hey, it's Chris and Josh, and our crew of other people who sometimes come out and brew with us. Welcome to the Crooked Bullseye Homebrewing blog. Here you'll find posts about our brews, diy projects, and other stuff. …