| Name | Tom C. |
| Email Address | tomatunderbrewdotcom |
| Geographic Location | Philadelpha area, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Homepage | None Listed |
Brewing Information |
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| Number of years homebrewing | 12 |
| Batch Size | 5 Gallons |
| Experience Level | Intermediate |
| Favorite beer style to brew | Flemish styles |
Mini Interview |
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| My first homebrew... | Haven't brewed in six years due to grad school. (I used to help a friend brew a lot of English styles, but secretly wanted to do the French thing.) New brewhouse I'm setting up is geared toward step mashing and turbid mashing. |
| Homebrewing Story... | I have dreams about Wyeast 3724 (really). I like to give beers amusing names: my developing Saison is called "Le Docteur" (the Doctor)--this is the brewing project I've been thinking about for a few years while working on my doctorate. The logo for this beer is an old woodcut of a medieval doctor contemplating a patient's urine in a fancy tulip-shaped glass vial (that's how they used to come up with a diagnosis). The official glassware for this beer is a tulip glass that looks like the glass in the logo. My other "dream beer", is a beer similar to a Grisette that I call "St. Donut" (bad pun on St. Donat, a small Belgian brewery). Logo is a doughnut with a halo. At some point, I'll actually make tap handles for these for use on the kegerator. |
| 3 favorite beers | DeRegenboog Guido, Dre Fontain, Gerardin |
| Why I homebrew... | I really enjoy Belgian/Flemish lower gravity beers on tap (dinner table beers). Almost never available on market in US, and very overpriced when they are available. Hence I need to make them. |
| Brewing Accomplishments | My slightly eccentric brewing setup is doing a faithful job on the styles I want to make at about 93 percent efficiency with no strange infections so far. |
| Favorite Online Beer Site | None Listed |
