Sunday, June 28, 2009
H1N1, R.I.P.
I guess it was a good beer -- five gallons of H1N1 went pretty damn quickly at the BBQ last night. We’ll have to do a new brew very soon!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
H1N1 Ready to drink!
As of 2 PM, June 13, I declare the H1N1 ready to drink! After sitting a few days at 20 PSI (at 35º F), it now pours with a lovely head. It’s sweet, it’s strong, it’s good. Hooray!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
H1N1 (The Tripel Formerly Known as Swine Flu)
On May 2nd, 2009, in honor of National Homebrew Day (The Big Brew), we reconvened at Admiral Sasquatch to finish the brown ale and bring unto this world a Tripel!
The Brown Ale (hereafter referred to IPtFTIDGB), was finished early in the day. Nate could not make it, Ti showed up injured and stitched, but we still had a great brew day. I feel more like this is my brew, since I did a lot more of the process than I did on the first beer.
There was still some improvising to be done -- we learned just as it was time to steep the grains that the kit did not include a grain bag as it was supposed to. Instead, we used an unused pair of pantyhose that Tisha had on hand. They did their job, and we were well on the way.
We opted to reduce and caramelize a pint of the wort, adding it in later in the boil. Things went very smoothly, and the new wort chiller performed admirably!
An excellent brew day. Pics here. Beer card below.
The Brown Ale (hereafter referred to IPtFTIDGB), was finished early in the day. Nate could not make it, Ti showed up injured and stitched, but we still had a great brew day. I feel more like this is my brew, since I did a lot more of the process than I did on the first beer.
There was still some improvising to be done -- we learned just as it was time to steep the grains that the kit did not include a grain bag as it was supposed to. Instead, we used an unused pair of pantyhose that Tisha had on hand. They did their job, and we were well on the way.
We opted to reduce and caramelize a pint of the wort, adding it in later in the boil. Things went very smoothly, and the new wort chiller performed admirably!
An excellent brew day. Pics here. Beer card below.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
It Passed the First Test... I Didn't Go Blind
On Saturday, Feb 7, 2009, Brian, Ti, Nate, and I brewed my first homebrew. A brown ale inspired by Bell’s Best Brown, there was some improvising, a longer than planned boil, and some last minute runs to the store for ice. All of this due to the fact that Brian’s trusty immersion wort chiller had finally given up the ghost. We mourned it briefly, then drank more beer.
Pictures of the process can be found here.
In the end, we ended up with about 4 gallons of what I thought was a pretty tasty brew.
We unveiled it at my St. Paddy’s Day party on March 14, 2009. It went over well.
The label and Beer Card is below. I put one of these beer cards by each tap so people know what to expect:
Pictures of the process can be found here.
In the end, we ended up with about 4 gallons of what I thought was a pretty tasty brew.
We unveiled it at my St. Paddy’s Day party on March 14, 2009. It went over well.
The label and Beer Card is below. I put one of these beer cards by each tap so people know what to expect:
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