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		<title>Bravo IPA and UPDATE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, the stash of Bravo IPA is dwindling,Â  I am sad to say, but sour beers are kicking in!
At work I have some Brown Ale that sat on some lambic blend for 3-5 months, as well as a few gallons of a MAPLE SYRUP ESB experiment with CRJ, and here at home I have some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ioniaales.com/?p=247</link>
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		<title>Well, That Failed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I really want to write about beer again.
It&#8217;s very difficult to now though, even my brewing at home is far less frequent.
But, a friend and I did brew and ESB, but we split the wort before theÂ  boil so we could try different hops and yeast/ ferment temps etc.
His beer is wonderful. Great FugglesÂ  nose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ioniaales.com/?p=246</link>
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		<title>OK. &#8211; Breathing life into IA once again.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Revamp, and slimming down.
I will going though links, some are down, some aren&#8217;t continuing, and some are are more interesting to me than others.
Beer notes. -
Sam Adam&#8217;s Blackberry Witbier, &#8211; Not bad at all.Â  But come on&#8230; Their Spring beer is already out, as isÂ  SN&#8217;s ESB, and NB&#8217;s Mighty Arrow.
IPA&#8217;s &#8211; Boulevard is expanding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ioniaales.com/?p=245</link>
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		<title>Great IPAs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been enjoying some wonderful hoppy brews lately.
First mention goes to the new 6pk offering from Sierra Nevada. &#8211; Torpedo IPA.
Wicked.Â Â Â  Great bitterness, and just enough to nuke your tongue so follow up sips seem &#8220;not THAT bitter&#8221;Â Â  The mouthfeel has the perfect balance of malt to prop up the hops, and dryness that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ioniaales.com/?p=244</link>
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		<title>Great Beers Over the Holidays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Along with the crazy dry hopped wheat/porter that I bottled a few weeks ago, we had some Saison-Brett/IPA/Quad from Boulevard, Wisconsin Red by New Glarus, and a GREAT beer &#8211; Trader Joe&#8217;s 2008 vintage ale- Really nice.
Not a lot of notes, etc.Â  just enjoying some beers as always.Â  Titan IPA has been solid lately &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ioniaales.com/?p=243</link>
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		<title>Should be bottling soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I brewed a dark wheat beer that was moderately hopped.
The grain bill consisted of:
5lbs maris
5lbs vienna
12 lbs pale wheat
.5 crystal 70L
.5 Roasted Barley
1  Chocolate
Hopped with Challenger and Tetnang to  around 30-40 ibus.
Small dry hop with tettnang and Columbus.   Has sat in primary for several weeks. 
Other than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ioniaales.com/?p=242</link>
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		<title>Continuing brewing at work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks I have been more of a cellarman and assistant brewer and I really enjoy it.Â  I have harvested and stored yeast for future beers and am winding down on the training side of brewing on the 15 barrel system.Â  I few things that I need to focus on is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ioniaales.com/?p=241</link>
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		<title>Brewing At Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have begun to train on the Newlands brewing system at work .
It&#8217;s pretty amazing. It relates to homebrewing, signal flow through a tape machine into a mixer and outboard gear.Â  There are many valves and switches, and pumps and even more mathematical formulas goinse, I have learned that it is best to figure out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ioniaales.com/?p=240</link>
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		<title>So neglected&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d really like to be able to take 15 minutes each day and do a little recap.
Here&#8217;s a month&#8217;s worth in a minute or two.Â  So I no longer deliver to the lincoln restaurants (omaha might be in my future, and with it comes the line cleaning) but more often I have been running the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ioniaales.com/?p=239</link>
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		<title>Guinness Extra Stout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Picked up a 6pk the other day.
I used to love it, but this just tasted poor, stale and bad.
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		<link>http://ioniaales.com/?p=238</link>
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