My Adventures in Home Brewing
Posted in Equipment, Tips & Techniques on Jun 1st, 2011
The latest upgrade in the brewery is going to be a work in progress over the next few weekends. I decided that it was time to upgrade the Hot Liquor Tun and Brew Kettle to something a little larger. My current HLT was 9 gallons and at times it required re-filling during a brew day. [...]
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 Brewing on Feb 17th, 2011
So, after two years of brewing I decided to step it up a notch and brew a big beer. Today’s beer is a Black IPA! For those who are unfamiliar with this style, wikipedia refers to it as follows: “The American-Style Black Ale (Black IPA, Cascadian Black Ale) is a relatively new variant of IPA, [...]
Well, remember the “other updates” I was referring to in one of my previous posts? I decided that it was time to do a little upgrade to my brewery. My equipment in the past consisted of the following: Bayou Classic SP-10 cooker Rubbermaid 5 gallon water cooler Homemade counterflow chiller Homemade 2′x4′ plywood table A [...]