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Author Archives: Rob Friesel

About Rob Friesel

Software engineer by day. Science fiction writer by night. Weekend homebrewer, beer educator at Black Flannel, and Certified Cicerone. Author of The PhantomJS Cookbook and a short story in Please Do Not Remove.

Homebrew #19: Professor Severus Snape’s “Dragon Cloak” Malevolent Wizard Stout

by Rob Friesel

Since I first started brewing, I wanted to concoct a big chocolatey but also peppery-spicy imperial stout. I chipped away at the recipe for over a year, working on a bunch of different versions of it. When Alan Rickman passed away, that was the inspiration to go for it. I had the recipe, but now […]

Homebrew #20: Churlish Otter

by Rob Friesel

The blog post in which I unveil and discuss my twentieth homebrew, 1 Churlish Otter, a strong bitter in the style of those classic British pub ales: ”Twentieth?” (you ask) “What happened to no. 19?” Ah, you astute and perceptive reader you… We’ll come back to #19; don’t you worry about that. #19 just needed […]