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 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 [...]
Posted in Equipment on Nov 24th, 2009
So, the Loopy Trout Brewery got the approval from the CFO to purchase a refractometer. I picked up this Auto Temperature Compensation refractometer from Austin HomeBrew Supply: This will allow me to take gravity samples at any point during the boil. If I need to measure the gravity to calculate my efficiency out of the [...]