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Packaged and Labeled... finally!

Matthew Chrispen

Matthew Chrispen

21 Feb 2014 — 1 min read

I finally got around to making a couple of labels. I cheated and used photos - despite my intent to break out pens and paint. Just ran out of time. I like the general designs - and the changing logo colors to match the themes.

Ottie's Glass
Stroker
Sweetgrass
Labelling
LineUp

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malt conditioning

Malt Conditioning Exploration

Malt Conditioning is one of those techniques that many home brewers explore, but may not understand. In my efforts toward LO2, conditioning malt is recommended, as it allows one to finely crush malts while doing less overall damage to the barley husks and acrospires. Since I brew with a circulated

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