My Adventures In Brewing

Well, I finally finished the "Homemalted" Pale Ale , so last night before bed I decided to transfer my Toasted Lager into the keg ...

The life cycle of ale yeast is an extremely fascinating thing to see in action, that is, if you have the benefit of brewing beer in a glass ...

Yesterday I finally brewed the Belgian Dubbel and my brew session was quite successful. I ended up with about 5 1/2 gallons of wort (a littl...

Usually when I make a yeast starter, I use dry malt extract (DME) - only because I believe it is the "standard method," and it has...

My friend Steve just got married last week and unfortunately I was unable to attend the wedding. However, when Steve and his new wife Jodi r...

Over the course of the last week I have been malting the remainder of my 25 pounds of barley seed. I had about 4 pounds left after the othe...

When I force-carb my beers and I want to get them ready to taste as fast as possible, I put the CO2 at 30 psi for 48 hours, then drop it dow...

I just kegged my "Home-malted Pale Ale" the other day and, surprisingly, it didn't taste too bad - very hoppy with a bit of a ...

By now it's probably pretty obvious that I'm all about cheap, easy solutions to common brewing issues, and since currently I am just...

So now that I have my own nifty, homemade grain mill and my own awesome homemade malted barley , I feel pretty cool. The day after I finishe...