• Hefe Secondary
    Interview with a Homebrewer

    Interview with a Homebrewer – A Self Portrait

    Name:  Christopher Graf aka The Abbot Day Job:  Sr. Network Security Engineer for large telecom Night Job: Founder and blogger of CellarMonk.com When did you start homebrewing? I started homebrewing in early 2007.   What got you into homebrewing? A person? An unfulfilled interest?  Sheer boredom?This answer has many parts.  I had always been fascinated with the idea of brewing my own beer, but had never taken the steps to do so.  After a trip to Europe with some friends (hitting many a brewery along the way), I decided I wanted to try and emulate some of the beers that I had had.  With encouragement from one of my traveling companions, himself…

  • Euston Tap
    Travel

    Luckily Lost in London

    It was a dark and stormy night…as it usually is in London in late February.   There we were, one floor deep in the London Underground, with nothing but our thirst, a day pass and some pounds. A shot rang out…No, no, that was a taxi backfiring.  Standing outside the Euston Tube stop, wondering if we would ever be able to find a pub before closing time. ________________ Our journey had started much earlier (actually about three weeks earlier when the author had asked the #beer Twitterverse for suggestions on can’t miss pub stops in London and vicinity). The name Euston Tap seemed to be at the top of everyones list of…

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