I feel like I was moving non-stop all weekend. Between activities in the garage, activities in the yard, and everything between I didn’t get much downtime… but I actually prefer that, even though the weekend goes by fast.
One thing I did was rack my 10 gallons of wheat to secondaries. 5 gallons of it was [...]

… as in worn out, not visited the kegerator too many times this evening (which may be true too).
Last few days have been really busy - Saturday I hung drywall in the garage, so all that remains is taping, priming and painting. It was exhausting work, and I certainly learned some good “Dos” and [...]

This Sunday marked my 4th 20 gallon all-grain batch, the inaugural run of my new 26 gallon kettle, and several other brewing moment firsts for me. Brian and I worked up a recipe and managed to get through the brew day with a minimal amount of drama… he took a full 10 gallons home, and [...]

Yesterday was a brew day - and trying to ensure I stay true to my homebrewing resolutions for 2008, it was a lager - two, actually. I wanted to brew with whole hops, but I lack a false bottom for my 10 gallon polarware kettle. Instead of trying to brew 5 gallons in my 14 [...]

I have been chipping away at my to-do list for BrewzNET - its going painfully slow compared to what I want, however an hour here and a few minutes there just isn’t cutting it for getting major blocks of work done. I’ve added context menu items to the Pipe, Tank and Coil designer classes that [...]

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 [...]

I’ve brewed the last two weekends, and it has been great - I can’t really explain the long hiatus (1 1/2 months) other than I was busy with other things… But last weekend I brewed 10 gallons of my black honey ale (w/ 4 lb buckwheat honey), and yesterday was a 5 gallon batch of [...]

“I… like… big… beers and I cannot lie
You other brothers can’t deny
You crave rich malt pouring in your face
Sticky hops and belgian lace…”
So I won’t give Sam Calagione’s “Pain Relievas” a run for their money… but I crack myself up.
OK. So this past Sunday I brewed another 15 gallons of Choking Sun Stout. Ever since [...]

Yesterday I brewed the base for another beer destined for fruiting - a darker-colored wheat. The day went VERY well - I was done brewing in under 5 hours, and with cleanup it was about 5 1/2. The yeast, an expired packet of Wyeast 3056 Bavarian Wheat that I nursed back to health through a [...]

So I haven’t been Blogging very much lately… I have been kind of busy. Doing what, you ask?
Bottling and brewing my friends. And both in large amounts. In the picture you’ll see 10 gallons of American Brown Ale on the left that I brewed this past weekend with the help of my friend Brian. It [...]