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-<a href="#sec1">Past Brews</a>
+<a href="#sec1">Current Activity</a>
+</dt>
+<dt>
+<a href="#sec2">More Recent Brews</a>
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<dt>
-<a href="#sec2">Pale Ale</a>
+<a href="#sec3">English IPA</a>
+</dt>
+<dt>
+<a href="#sec4">Cernunnos (Ginger-Chamomile Wheat Ale)</a>
</dt>
<dt>
-<a href="#sec3">Porter</a>
+<a href="#sec5">Nowruz (India Pale Ale)</a>
</dt>
<dt>
-<a href="#sec4">Wheat Ale</a>
+<a href="#sec6">Thoth (Foreign Extra Stout If You Bend a Bit)</a>
+</dt>
+<dt>
+<a href="#sec7">Pale Ale</a>
+</dt>
+</dl>
+</dd>
+<dt>
+<a href="#sec8">Cider / Apfelwein / Cyser</a>
+</dt>
+<dt>
+<a href="#sec9">Long Past Brews</a>
+</dt>
+<dd>
+<dl>
+<dt>
+<a href="#sec10">Pale Ale</a>
+</dt>
+<dt>
+<a href="#sec11">Porter</a>
+</dt>
+<dt>
+<a href="#sec12">Wheat Ale</a>
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-<!-- Page published by Emacs Muse begins here --><p>Once upon a time I brewed beer. Then I lost access to my roommate's
+<!-- Page published by Emacs Muse begins here -->
+<p>Once upon a time I brewed beer. Then I lost access to my roommate's
kettle owing to moving three hundred miles, and there was much sadness
for my poor kit lacked all but this very expensive kettle. A new
kettle has finally fallen into my hands, and so beer may be brewed
again.</p>
<h2><a name="sec1" id="sec1"></a>
-Past Brews</h2>
+Current Activity</h2>
+
+<p class="first">I started brewing again with a few friends (makes it much easier to
+actually get around to doing it when you have help). Since multiple
+people are involved we are using <a href="http://wiki.calefaction.org/HomeBrewing">a wiki</a> to collaborate. This poor page
+will probably remain dusty because I can just put things there
+instead.</p>
+
-<p class="first">I present to you my poorly annotated <a href="http://www.usermode.org/code.html">QBrew</a> files from my ancient
-brews.</p>
+<h2><a name="sec2" id="sec2"></a>
+More Recent Brews</h2>
-<h3><a name="sec2" id="sec2"></a>
+<p class="first">I decided to at least make a stab at being unlazy and actually linking
+to the files that are stored with the website. I keep a reasonable
+brewing log (probably dry and boring to almost everyone) in the files
+themselves.</p>
+
+<p>I'm only bothering to list recipes that have been brewed and bottled
+here—information on anything in the pipeline is at the <a href="http://wiki.calefaction.org/HomeBrewing">brewing wiki</a>
+since it is liable to change a lot.</p>
+
+<p>Since old trusty <a href="http://www.usermode.org/code.html">QBrew</a> is no longer actively maintained and <a href="http://brewtarget.sourceforge.net/">Brewtarget</a>
+is I've switched over to that. Meaning my newer recipes are in <a href="http://beerxml.com">BeerXML</a>
+that theoretically can be imported into other programs, but may very
+well only work in Brewtarget.</p>
+
+<h3><a name="sec3" id="sec3"></a>
+English IPA</h3>
+
+<p class="first">We had a lot of leftover ingredients after
+<a href="http://pursuing.calefaction.org/2011/11/the-things-i-do-for-love/">Steve's amazing brewing Odyssey</a>, most of them English grains and
+hops. As such I threw together the leftovers into what seemed like it
+would be a good approximation of an English IPA. We even threw this
+onto the yeast cake of the last batch in the wedding brews (an ESB).</p>
+
+<p>Unfortunately, it was a wee bit underwhemling. Since we have a fancy
+temperature controlled fridge now, I decided to brew around 68F (no
+risk of overshooting). It came out slightly musty and generally
+bland... still, for being made from leftovers it's alright.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/8-English%20IPA/english_ipa-8_a.html">Batch A</a> 2011-10-16 (<a href="beer-recipes/8-English%20IPA/english_ipa-8_a.xml">source</a>)</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec4" id="sec4"></a>
+Cernunnos (Ginger-Chamomile Wheat Ale)</h3>
+
+<p class="first">Cheap and quick to make, this is ready to drink after a quick
+fermentation and as soon as the bottles carbonate. The chamomile
+really shines here adding a honey-like note; the ginger adds
+additional earthiness and a bit of zing; Sorachi Ace hops finish
+everything up with notes of lemon cream.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_a.html">Batch A 2011-05-04</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_a.xml">source</a>)</li>
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_b.html">Batch B 2011-07-05</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_b.xml">source</a>)</li>
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_c.html">Batch C 2012-02-18</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_c.xml">source</a>)</li>
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_d.html">Batch D 2012-02-18</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/7-Ginger%20Chamomile%20Wheat/ginger_chamomile_wheat-7_d.xml">source</a>) - My first ten gallon batch. I lost
+about a gallon, but what can you do.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec5" id="sec5"></a>
+Nowruz (India Pale Ale)</h3>
+
+<p class="first">Perhaps my finest recipe to date. A suggestion to continuously hop was
+heeded and the result was incredible.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_a.html">Batch A</a> 2011-03-20 (<a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_a.xml">source</a>)</li>
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_b.html">Batch B</a> 2011-06-11 (<a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_b.xml">source</a>) This adds Centennial and expanded the
+dry hopping a bit — the Centennial was out of place, and the extra
+dry hopping overpowered the fruity notes present in Batch A. But
+the extra bitterness and attenuation definitely improved things.</li>
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_c.html">Batch C</a> 2012-01-11 (<a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_c.xml">source</a>) Back to the basics, but adding Citra to
+the boil and using Chico Yeast. First impressions are: even better
+than Batch A!</li>
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_d.html">Batch D</a> 2012-05-06 (<a href="beer-recipes/4-India%20Pale%20Ale/india_pale_ale-4_d.xml">source</a>) Ten gallons, half on US ale yeast, half
+on Wyeast <a href="http://www.wyeastlab.com/rw_yeaststrain_detail.cfm?ID=136">Belgian Ardennes</a> yeast. Initial impressions are that the
+Belgian version is amazing: the fruit flavors and phenols from the
+yeast complement the hopping quite nicely.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec6" id="sec6"></a>
+Thoth (Foreign Extra Stout If You Bend a Bit)</h3>
+
+<p class="first">An attempt at experimentation—an adjunct (blackstrap molasses), a
+spice (star anise), and a reused yeast cake (Ringwood from a
+<a href="http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/113/576/">Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale</a> clone).</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/5-Strong%20Stout/strong_stout-5_a.html">Thoth</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/5-Strong%20Stout/strong_stout-5_a.qbrew">source</a>)</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec7" id="sec7"></a>
Pale Ale</h3>
+<p class="first">My first brew, resurrected.</p>
+
<ul>
-<li><a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/1.html">First Brew Ever</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/pale_ale-1_a.qbrew">source</a>)</li>
-<li><a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/2.html">Revision B</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/pale_ale-1_b.qbrew">source</a>)</li>
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/pale_ale-1_c.html">First Time on the New Rig</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/pale_ale-1_c.qbrew">source</a>)</li>
</ul>
-<h3><a name="sec3" id="sec3"></a>
+
+<h2><a name="sec8" id="sec8"></a>
+Cider / Apfelwein / Cyser</h2>
+
+<p class="first">My girlfriend hates carbonation and so, inspired by Edwort's
+Applewine, I started experimenting with batches of cider. I'm keeping
+some notes, but doing it more by "I guess this is the gravity..." than
+with brewing due to the fairly different production
+methods. Eventually I hope to get wine making down a bit better...</p>
+
+<p>Occasionally I dump the text notes from my phone to
+<a href="http://wiki.calefaction.org/ClintonEbadi/Cider">a page on Steve's wiki</a>.</p>
+
+
+<h2><a name="sec9" id="sec9"></a>
+Long Past Brews</h2>
+
+<p class="first">I present to you my poorly annotated <a href="http://www.usermode.org/code.html">QBrew</a> files from my ancient brews
+made in the lands of pleasant living.</p>
+
+<h3><a name="sec10" id="sec10"></a>
+Pale Ale</h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/pale_ale-1_a.html">First Brew Ever</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/pale_ale-1_a.qbrew">source</a>)</li>
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/pale_ale-1_b.html">Revision B</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/1-Pale%20Ale/pale_ale-1_b.qbrew">source</a>)</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<h3><a name="sec11" id="sec11"></a>
Porter</h3>
<ul>
<li>The record of the first brew has been lost in time</li>
-<li><a href="beer-recipes/2-Porter/2.html">Second Attempt</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/2-Porter/porter-2_b.qbrew">source</a>)</li>
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/2-Porter/porter-2_b.html">Second Attempt</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/2-Porter/porter-2_b.qbrew">source</a>)</li>
</ul>
-<h3><a name="sec4" id="sec4"></a>
+<h3><a name="sec12" id="sec12"></a>
Wheat Ale</h3>
<ul>
-<li><a href="beer-recipes/3-Wheat%20Ale/1.html">Bannanas</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/3-Wheat%20Ale/wheat_ale-3_a.qbrew">source</a>) — A very hot fermentation made this taste like
+<li><a href="beer-recipes/3-Wheat%20Ale/wheat_ale-3_a.html">Bannanas</a> (<a href="beer-recipes/3-Wheat%20Ale/wheat_ale-3_a.qbrew">source</a>) — A very hot fermentation made this taste like
liquid bannanas it was ... interesting.</li>
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