My Adventures in Home Brewing
Posted in Brewing, TopTier Brewstand on Oct 1st, 2011
After nearly three years of brewing (and two and a half years of all-grain brewing) 5 gallon batches, I decided to step it up a notch and brew my first 10 gallon batch of beer! That’s right, 1/3 of a barrel (well, almost [a barrel is actually 31 gallons]). Doesn’t sound like much or to [...]
Posted in Brewing on Jul 12th, 2010
Well, we’re a week and a half into fermentation and I have an update… I filled the fermenter on Friday, July 2nd and pitched the yeast without a starter. This wasn’t the first time I’d pitched the yeast straight out of the vial. Only recently had I started using a starter when I pitched the [...]
Posted in Brewing on Jun 28th, 2010
Four days till the Loopy Trout Brewery fires its kettle up again. I’m brewing an IPA from Austin Homebrew Supply. It will be the second IPA that I’ve brewed. This year has been a little slow as it will only be batch #3 for the year. I may dry hop this batch since I have [...]
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 [...]