Archive for January, 2008

So we’re not even 2 weeks into the new year, and I’ve already brewed 20 gallons. Great start…
Last weekend was 10 gallons of an american amber brewed with 100% homegrown Nugget hops. As with all of my “Homegrown” ales, I have no idea how this one is going to turn out - Bitter? Sweet? Perfectly [...]


OK. Here’s the truth. To date, I have brewed 3 really awful tripels. I sit here right now drinking the 4th glass of my latest (and first all-grain tripel), brewed 18 months ago in July 2006… and not drinking it like “oh, this is good stuff”… I am serious when I say that I drink [...]


Over the past week (and actually starting during the Xmas vacation), I have done alot of thinking about how my homebrewing obsession has progressed for the past few years and where I want it to go during this year. I find it useful to pen a couple broad goals to help direct my brewing activities, [...]