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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Brewing on Jan 20th, 2010
If you remember on one of my previous posts, I said that I was going to improve on my Black Stone stout. It’s still fairly cool outside and an oatmeal stout pairs perfect with some spicy chili on those cool nights. Some of the feedback I had on my previous Black Stone was that the [...]
Posted in Brewing on Dec 1st, 2009
Well, it’s getting close to winter here in North Carolina so I decided I’d brew up a winter ale. If I’ve timed it right, it should be ready to go the week before Christmas this year. This batch is a Belgian Winter White Ale. You know, come to think of it; I don’t know if [...]