My Adventures in Home Brewing
Posted in Beer on May 28th, 2009
What do you say we transfer this beer to the secondary fermenter. On day 11 (from the original brew day), I siphoned the beer from the fermenter to the 5 gallon glass carboy. This isn’t the most exciting phase of brewing, but it is one that helps in clarifying the beer. It takes more time, [...]
Posted in Brewing on May 17th, 2009
Well, I brewed batch number to this afternoon. I’ve decided to name this one Driftwood Amber. This batch is a touch different than the first batch. I decided to buy fresh ingredients instead of a packaged kit. I wanted to make sure that the hops were as fresh as possible. If you remember in the [...]
Posted in Equipment on May 12th, 2009
There are a couple new equipment additions to my little brewery. First, I built the wood brew table below. I had some left over wood from a construction project and I decided to put it to use. This table isn’t anything fancy, but it will elevate my boil so chilling and putting the wort [...]
Posted in Brewing on May 11th, 2009
Since the first round went so well, I thought I’d give it another go. Last week I bought the ingredients for the second batch. This time, I’m brewing an America Amber Ale (not yet named). During a brew session at my buddy’s house, we put together this recipe based off of New Belgium’s Fat Tire. [...]