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Bread Illustrated, my pick for top breadmaking cookbook

Posted on March 9, 2021March 10, 2021by Kyle Bell

This past month I was deep in the early learning phases of making yeasted bread and I came across this great book, Bread Illustrated by America’s Test Kitchen. After looking through dozens of cookbooks, it was exactly what I was looking for. I was struggling to understand the timing of everything: When making a bread, […]

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A perfect cup of coffee requires a perfect grind

Posted on March 18, 2018March 10, 2021by Kyle Bell

Whenever I find a particular beer that I love, I take note and try to replicate it myself. Lately I’ve been trying the same with coffee — I love Blue Bottle, and I’ve been trying to replicate the taste of their pour-over coffee for the last few months. It’s been quite the journey, which actually […]

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DIY: Roast Your Own Coffee (RYOC): Technique

Posted on April 8, 2017April 8, 2017by Kyle Bell

Perhaps you love coffee and would like to experiment, you may be looking to replicate the fresh coffee you tried in some cafe, or you may simply be starting to question why you spend so much to buy roasted coffee from someone else. Coffee is an industrial product like beer, and also like beer, you […]

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DIY: Roast Your Own Coffee (RYOC): Equipment

Posted on April 8, 2017April 8, 2017by Kyle Bell

Roasting your own coffee is a fairly simple process that requires a minimum of finesse. Even better, time investment is only slightly more than making a batch of popcorn. Whether you’re looking to roast for your own daily consumption or to add flavor to a home-brewed stout or porter, here’s a primer on how to […]

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DIY: Hand-Pump Beer Line Cleaner

Posted on January 21, 2017January 21, 2017by Kyle Bell

We’ve all been served from a dirty draft line at some point, leaving us with a flat, soapy flavored beer lacking any of the usual hops “bite” or maltiness that we remember. Since I pieced together my minimalist kegging setup, I have left StarSan no-rinse sanitizer in the lines to avoid this, hoping that the […]

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