Back on the Horse
For no reason other than the fact that there are not enough hours in any given day, it’s been a long time since my last brew session. I rectified that situation this weekend by firing up the burner to make an IPA. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before or not, but I use […]
Say Hello to the End of the World!
Since the world is supposed to end this year, I figure I might as well go out with a bang, so I’m proud to announce the Imperial Stout that wasn’t supposed to be!
Happy Brew Year!
It has been a long while since I last brewed some beer. There’s a couple of reasons for that. First off, I was slightly discouraged by the results of my last beer (the neapolitan milk stout), so I wanted to put a lot of thought into my next brew. Also, I wanted to see what […]
brewlog: Strawberries!
The Neapolitan Milk Stout has had about two weeks in primary, and stopped fermenting about a week into it, and I gave it an additional week to just sit with the chocolate and milk sugar in there to condition for a bit. The next step to take was to move it over to secondary to […]
brewlog: Taking the Next Step!
Today I decided to take the next step in my brewing process and dive into all grain brewing. I had been keeping up with many great threads on reddit about all grain brewing (this one in particular) as well as doing a lot of reading on the HomebrewTalk forums (again, this one in particular), and […]
Presenting Brew #5 – Oktobersaurus Fest!
It’s not a proper marzen-style Oktoberfest lager, but a German Ale. Since it wasn’t a proper Oktoberfest, I figured I could get away with adding some additional hops, so I threw in an extra couple ounces of Hallertau towards the end, just so it’s a tad nobler. It’s clarity is much better than I expected, […]