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My gang - just dropping by for a quick read. It's dark beer season - enjoying my imperial stouts these days. Nov. 23, 2009

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The Dark Side

A group focused on the enjoyment of darker brews. Porters, Stouts, Browns, etc. Share your favorite beer from the dark side! Darth Vader would be proud.

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The Dark Side

A group focused on the enjoyment of darker brews. Porters, Stouts, Browns, etc. Share your favorite beer from the dark side! Darth Vader would be proud.

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The Dark Side

A group focused on the enjoyment of darker brews. Porters, Stouts, Browns, etc. Share your favorite beer from the dark side! Darth Vader would be proud.

January 29

Paul Bailey commented on Chipper Dave's group 'The Dark Side'

Greetings fellow Dark Beer lovers from a snowy England, just the weather to be out and about enjoying a drop or two of the dark stuff. Locally we have the excellent Harveys Old Ale (4.2%) on sale, and also the superb Larkins Porter. This 5.2% beer t…

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The Dark Side

A group focused on the enjoyment of darker brews. Porters, Stouts, Browns, etc. Share your favorite beer from the dark side! Darth Vader would be proud.

January 10

Chipper Dave replied to Eli the Mad Beer Man's discussion 'Fantasy Sports'

Talk about a squeaker! Modus Hoperandi edges former champion Monday Night Brewery by 0.02 points!!! Final score was 111.98 to 111.96. Couldn't get much closer than that. A last second fumble by Adrian Peterson snatched victory from the jaws of defea…

December 29, 2009

Chipper Dave replied to Eli the Mad Beer Man's discussion 'Fantasy Sports'

If anyone is still following the Aleuminati Fantasy Football league - it all boils down to tonight. Chipper Dave's Modus Hoperandi has a 23.7 point lead over the Monday Night Brewery in the fantasy final. It all depends on Adrian Peterson of the Min…

December 28, 2009

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The Dark Side

A group focused on the enjoyment of darker brews. Porters, Stouts, Browns, etc. Share your favorite beer from the dark side! Darth Vader would be proud.

December 14, 2009

Lee Chameleon commented on Chipper Dave's group 'The Dark Side'

Yes! It tis the season for browns. This weekend I tried Pullman Brown Ale, Dark Horse One Oatmeal Stout and the Goose Island Christmas ale. Fantastic drinking. The Dark Horse was delectable. Dark and smokey. The browns were good however the Goose ha…

November 30, 2009

Heathen commented on Chipper Dave's group 'The Dark Side'

The darker the better. There are some nice lighter brews, but there are few bad dark beers.

November 30, 2009

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The Dark Side

A group focused on the enjoyment of darker brews. Porters, Stouts, Browns, etc. Share your favorite beer from the dark side! Darth Vader would be proud.

November 30, 2009

My gang - just dropping by for a quick read. It's dark beer season - enjoying my imperial stouts these days.

November 23, 2009

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Favorite beer style(s) of the moment:

Sour beers, Porters, Stouts, ESBs, Kolsch, Belgian Strong ales, IPAs and American ambers mostly but I'll try any beer once. Recently getting into the Imperial porters and stouts.

Who am I?:

I'm a 50 year old beer geek who is Fermentedly Challenged. I'm a long time corporate IT cubicle slave who lives for his ale after a hard day on the keyboard. I moonlight as a beer blogger focused on the Northern Colorado craft beer scene. I first homebrewed back in the late 90's but got lazy and just started buying all those great craft beers. I'm now back brewing my own once again. @ChipperDave on twitter.

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www.fermentedlychallenged.com

How did you find out about the Aleuminati?

Word of mouth

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No, found this site merely by chance.

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1st homebrew day of 2009 - brewing an extract

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Making a simple yeast starter.

Getting ready for a homebrewing day begins a few days prior to the actual brew day. There is a lot of cleaning and sanitizing to do. There is also one task that you may want to do to help ensure a good fermentation later on, and that's making a yeast starter. It's simple, quick and will speed up the fermentation process. It can also help reduce the risk of other bacteria getting a foothold first in your wort.

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Posted on January 11, 2009 at 8:58am —

All Colorado Beer Festival 2008

Just uploaded about 25 pictures from the All Colorado Beer Festival this last weekend in Colorado Springs. 24 breweries and over 70 beers made for one heck of a nice time. Check out the review and pics at FermentedlyChallenged.com.

http://www.fermentedlychallenged.com/2008/11/all-colorado-beer-festival-2008.html

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Posted on November 10, 2008 at 11:28pm —

The breweries of Longmont Colorado Part II - Left Hand Brewing Co

Part II in a 3-part series on the breweries of Longmont Colorado was posted this week. I recently visited the tasting room at Left Hand Brewing and sampled some of their seasonals and recent award winning beers. For several pictures and a video tour - visit the blog post over at FermentedlyChallenged.com.

Part III will be posted soon and feature the new brewing facility for Oskar Blues.… Continue

Posted on November 3, 2008 at 11:30am —

The breweries of Longmont Colorado Part 1 - Pumphouse Brewery

Today begins the first of a three part series highlighting the breweries of Longmont Colorado. The Pumphouse Brewery & Restaurant is the first to be featured. Chipper Dave took the day Friday to visit three breweries in Longmont and chronicled the event. For a review, pictures and video (coming soon) head on over to Fermentedly Challenged.

Part II will feature Left Hand Brewing.
Part III w… Continue

Posted on October 25, 2008 at 9:30am —

GABF from a volunteers point of view

I had the pleasure of working three shifts volunteering at the Great American Beer Festival yesterday in Denver. If you want to get an idea of what goes on behind the scenes at the GABF check out my blog entry on it over at Fermentedly Challenged. I took a lot of video last night and will be putting together a short video summary of behind the scenes at the GABF. It was a long day volunteering bu… Continue

Posted on October 10, 2008 at 11:48am —

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At 8:36pm on March 3, 2009, Ian Watson said…: Thanks Dave. Sorry for the huge delay getting back to you. :)

At 2:16pm on February 9, 2009, Robert Dougherty said…: Thanx for having me brotha

At 12:58am on February 9, 2009, D.K. said…: Yeah auto-pilot comes in pretty handy when you drop your bottle opener. HAHA. Thanks for the welcome.

At 7:35pm on February 6, 2009, Ryan O'Connor said…: Thanks, Dave. Nice to be here.

At 3:00pm on January 30, 2009, JMoriarty said…: We're all from Pennichuck Brewing Company out of Milford, NH

At 3:12pm on January 29, 2009, Hey Joe said…: Thanks Dave.

Have a great weekend, Cheers!

At 12:54pm on January 28, 2009, Hophead said…: Nah, they're waaaay too bitter. ;-)

Thanks for the welcome!!

At 11:22pm on January 26, 2009, Rob Boostrom said…: Thank you! It's good to be among friends!

At 7:26pm on January 24, 2009, Shawn Kelso said…: Thanks!

At 7:50pm on January 22, 2009, Damien Lawrie said…: Thanks for the comment and welcome Dave!
I'm entirely jealous that you live in such a wonderful beer state. I look forward to keeping up with your blog and reviews.

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