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Back to the old world

Submitted by aliquot on Sun, 11/23/2014 - 14:59

Dear friends,

in a ridiculous attempt to keep the Guild alive, I decided to contribute (again) with an entry. And this is a most joyous occasion, since after months of being apart, Dr. Jackie and I are together again, in Switzerland. This also means that the brewing operations will commence again soon. My new job kindly will ship all my stuff over, including the brewing equipment. I need to find suppliers of malts, yeasts, hops, etc, buy a stove and some fittings, and then we should be in business. 

Anybody brewing or thinking about beer?!?

Submitted by aliquot on Tue, 06/10/2014 - 02:46

Hello colleagues, 

looking forward to seeing you all in a few weeks, I've been thinking about beer a fair bit. A couple of weeks ago I had an intense brewing weekend (after a long hiatus) and I made about 90 liters. Other than that, I can't wait to have some european beer in july. 

anybody else doing anything? should we cancel this website?

Interesting encounter

Submitted by aliquot on Sat, 04/05/2014 - 16:36

Dear colleagues,

as usual, nobody seems to come on this website. I continue with my deluded attempt to keep it alive, reporting in interesting beer-related instance that occurred to me on my flight back from switzerland (Donna Jackie just moved there). 

I started chatting with the guy sitting next to me, and he told me he was going to a food show, because he is an exporter. "Exporter of what?" I say. "Beer" he says. "What beer?". "Chimay".

Holy shit. 

More beer

Submitted by aliquot on Tue, 12/17/2013 - 06:22

As part of the Aliquot renaissance, we brewed more beer last night. again using leftover grains, hops and recycled yeast. The closest style to this beer should be an alt bier, but there s a lot more roasted barley than there should be. oh well, still, 30 liters of bad-ish homebrew beats the heck out of 120$ of bad store bought crap. 

is anybody else brewing? I guess not. 

Don Stuart in beer paradise. 

Herr Markus in cheap beer paradise. 

Dr James in beer quasi-paradise. 

Fuckers.

Dottoressa Tesoro

Submitted by aliquot on Fri, 12/06/2013 - 03:07

Dear colleagues,

after brew day in canada, a new beer has been made at Aliquot. it's called Dottoressa Tesoro, to honour the CFO of Aliquot, Dr. J-bizzle, who successfully defended her thesis last monday. Now officially the guild is composed entirely of PhDs.

Brew Day in Canada

Submitted by aliquot on Sun, 12/01/2013 - 08:22

Dear Colleagues,

after a long, shameful hiatus, we resumed production. In a 9 hour brewing day, we joined forces with Flathead Brewery and got brewing. Thanks to their facilities, allowing for 52l batches, we made a total of 100l of beer, which is more than 10l/h. Great success. The product of our labor should come just in time for Christmas, hopefully curbing the cost of keeping lubricated over the holidays. 

Keep on brewing!

Collaborative project

Submitted by aliquot on Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:23

Dear Colleagues,

with considerable delay, I finally describe the beer we made here in Calgary when BBB came for a visit. After days of debate and planning, we came up with an appropriate project: ShaganappIPA. The recipe was based on BBB world-renowned IPA, but with a twist. Hibiscus flowers. Letting aside some discussion on the use of american vs european hops (here at aliquot we're a little europe-centric, as odd as it might sound) and some technical errors on my part, the brewing was a great success. 

Back in business

Submitted by aliquot on Sun, 03/24/2013 - 15:49

After a long, shameful hiatus, we came back at full force. With the crucial contribution of Donna Jackie, we brewed 3 beers (for a grand total of 70l) in one day. Besides being our brewery record, this endevour will also put an end to the massive purchasing of expensive, flavourless, disgusting, commercial beer. It easy to imagine that one or two local competitors will go out of business without our money. 

Happy brewing!

BBB and Aliquot Breweries join forces in a Canadian Dunkelweizen Extravaganza

Submitted by aliquot on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 21:42

Ginger tea aside, it was a day of unparalleled brewing success. The CEO of BBB,  currently on a tour of the great white north, and the CEO of Aliquot brewery engaged in a collaborative effort to merge technique and talent to create a truly special brew. Straffanstrops, as the dunkelweizen has been named, will be the liquid verse of sweetness and aromatic intensity. The exuberant essence of heat and vehemence in the mouth (ok...

Midweek brewing

Submitted by aliquot on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 06:18

Dear colleagues,

just a little update. I grew really fond of midweek brewing. good way of keeping the weekend free, but still have something to drink when it comes. today I'm brewing my famous IPA. when BBB's CEO will be here we should have a few tens of liters of beer, just to make sure we don't go dry. 

is anybody else brewing at all? I know don Stuarto is active with the kettle, but silent on our website. what about the others?

cheers

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