Archive for category beer
My Hops, They Begin the Flower
Looks like one of the hops plants — the Hollertauer, I believe — is going to start flowering. The other — the Nugget plant — was unjustly trodden upon by an errant squirrel foot and broken before its time. I also spotted a mature plant in the backyard of a neighbour. Maybe I’ll be able […]
Bottling Day: Second Batch, Real Ale
Again, another great use of a vacation day. It started off pouring rain outside, a cathartic release to a week-long, oppressive heatwave. So, I was happy to spend some time in the basement transferring the brew from the primary fermenter into secondary fermentation in the bottles. I cleaned and washed all the equipment with water […]
Brew Day the Seconde
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 […]
My Hops, My Hops, My Lovely Leafy Plots
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.