My Adventures in Home Brewing
What better way to spend the day than brewing a beer! Summer is just around the corner and I wanted a summer beer to be on tap when the temperature heats up. It has been a while since I’ve brewed a “summer” beer so I decided a wheat beer would be my summer libation this [...]
Posted in Beer on Apr 29th, 2011
I didn’t make a post about my latest brew day, but here’s an update on the Pale Ale batch I recently brewed. Back in early April, I fired up the TopTier stand and cranked out a Pale Ale. It had been quite a while since I made a Pale Ale as I’ve been on the [...]
Posted in Beer, Uncategorized on Mar 15th, 2011
Here are a few links to some cities in North Carolina and their breweries. These are provided by BreweryMap.com Asheville – 9 breweries Charlotte – 3 breweries Fayetteville – 2 breweries Greenville – 2 breweries Nags Head – 1 brewery Raleigh – 9 breweries Rockingham – 1 brewery Wilmington – 1 brewery
Posted in Beer on Mar 1st, 2011
After 16 days in the fermenter I racked the Black IPA to the secondary. I had a little feeling, based on the sugar content of the wort (right out of the brew kettle), that it would take a day or two longer to ferment. What I did not expect was a 16 day fermentation. Maybe [...]