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I Tried It: Extract Brewing
I Tried It: Extract Brewing

The very best way to think of the difference between extract brewing and all grain brewing is to think of the difference between using a cake mix and baking a cake from scratch.

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I Tried It: Backwoods Bastard Vertical
I Tried It: Backwoods Bastard Vertical

There are a lot worse things you can do on a Tuesday night than drink a four year vertical of Backwoods Bastard from Founders Brewing Company. Like anything else, because four bottles of this delicious barrel aged Scotch Ale is a pretty sweet Tuesday night. 

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Jen BlairBackwoods Bastard, Founders Brewing, Bigfoot, Under the Jenfluence, Scotch ale, Dirty Bastard, Sierra Nevada, beers to age, vertical tasting, beer vintages, Sherry, BJCP Guidelines, bourbon, alcohol heat, benzaldehyde, cherries, almonds, imitation almond extract, caramel, maraschino cherries, how to do blind beer tastings, evaluating beer, tasting beer, blind tastingComment