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Autumn Ale Recipe 24 Aug 2013 | 04:27 pm
The homegrown hops crop will be good this year. With the varieties I have on hand, I started to think about a simple American pale ale recipe where they could be put to good use. Since this brew will...
Yeast Inoculation 21 Aug 2013 | 06:38 pm
This is a follow-up from the adding yeast to bottled beer experiment that we revealed last week. Although the video we shot will show you the results of the experiments, here are the details of what I...
German Pilsner Bottling Day 20 Aug 2013 | 07:06 am
I know what you’re thinking – another bottling day. When am I going to start kegging this stuff? Good question. I need to get on that. Until then, I am bottling my beer. After five weeks in the refri...
Honey Saison Bottling 16 Aug 2013 | 08:11 pm
After two weeks in the fermentor, the Honey Saison was ready to be primed and bottled. Taking that last gravity reading made me happy. I was looking for 1.007 reading and I got a 1.006 reading instea...
Adding Yeast To Bottled Beer 14 Aug 2013 | 05:44 pm
I brewed a braggot earlier this year using Scottish Ale Yeast. The primary fermentation was extremely strong. The yeast seemed to be in good shape after it was done. What I didn’t realize was that ...
Smaragd Hops 14 Aug 2013 | 07:01 am
Although the name looks like a typo in our language, Smaragd hops are named after the German word for emerald. It makes sense since they are green like the jewel. Not that other hops are not, I am ju...
Fifty Pound Sack 8 Aug 2013 | 06:51 pm
I preparation for a couple upcoming brews I realized I was going to use upwards of 50 pounds of Pilsner malt (among other things). Buying that much malt at one time in bulk tends to save you a little ...
Brewing Updates August 2013 7 Aug 2013 | 03:26 pm
We have so much going on but sometimes it doesn’t show in solo videos. We thought we’d try something different with this video and post some brewing updates for August 2013. In this video we discuss ...
Mead Recap 6 Aug 2013 | 07:02 am
With 5 gallons of Medium Show mead made, I was able to split up the batch to experiment with flavors. Yesterday, I finally bottled up the last of it and now I am taking the time to write up a recap of...
Honey Saison Update 3 Aug 2013 | 01:59 am
I brewed a honey saison on Sunday and the fermentation has been good so far. The wort was chilled to 65 degrees Fahrenheit to start off with, which was pretty close to the temperature of my yeast star...
