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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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