Today I brewed my second batch of beer. In the words of my wife, it was more like Kraft Dinner. The can was pre-hopped and all I had to do was dissolve the syrupy goo with a little less than a kilogram if corn sugar into two liters of boiling water. Then I chilled the […]

After a so-far successful batch I have to say I am filled with a particular horticultural joy at seeing my two hops plants thriving in the yard. They aren’t likely to produce anything this year, since they probably need to get established. But so far, so good.

Delicious!

Well, after 6 or 7 days the fermentation stopped and I figured it was time to get the beer out of the primary fermenter (what I understand they call a carboy) and into the bottles. Lucky for me, my favourite baffled expert came over to give me a hand. The first thing to do was […]

Yesterday was a great day to take off work and make beer. Even tough it took about five hours from the time I began sanitizing until the time I plugged the fermenting jug, it was a very good use of a vacation day. There’s something relaxing about stirring a boiling pot of wort for an […]