I love brewing as many styles of beer as I can. It helps me get familiar with different styles and ingredients, and it keeps the brewing process from getting stale. Although I am looking forward to brewing more of my Double IPA, continuing to tweak the recipe and really nail it. This time I brewed … Continue reading Keller Kölsch
My first original beer recipe came out wonderful. A big double IPA at 8.2% ABV with about 70 IBU and great citrus and grapefruit aroma and flavor from the hops — Citra, Galaxy, and Simcoe. Despite some incredible slip-ups during brew day, which had me juggling two pots and a pasta strainer while trying to … Continue reading False Start Double IPA
I recently purchased a larger kettle for brewing. Today I added a few accessories to make it more functional. With this upgrade and my new mash tun, I’m finally where I want to be with my small home brewing setup. Here’s the adventure in pictures. Some things I learned for next time: Use a … Continue reading Upgrades to my brew kettle
After a stroke of luck in which I spotted an old cooler on the side of the highway, I finally have the last piece to complete my all-grain home brewing system. Some people order stainless steel ball valves and pieces which aren’t favorable to a budget. With a trip to Lowe’s I was able to convert it … Continue reading My $15 Mash Tun
This week has been a marathon of beer and cider bottling. It wasn’t really planned this way, and I’m kind of happy I won’t be bottling again for at least two weeks. Tuesday: cleaning In the homebrewing world, cleanliness is the absolute most important aspect. I knew I would be bottling about two cases between … Continue reading Back to back to back bottling
Watching my beer ferment is a fascinating thing to me. A by-product of yeast fermenting is CO2, which is what you see pushing the bubbles through the tube. This tube is called a “blow-off” and is an outlet for escaping gases. It prevents those gases from creating too much pressure in the fermentation vessel (this … Continue reading And the beer ferments
One of the coolest gifts I got this past Christmas was from my wife. It was a homebrewing starter kit. She has since referred to it as the gift that keeps giving. Because I’m now obsessed. I finally got around to opening up the kit at the beginning of February to brew my first beer. Even after … Continue reading My new hobby has consumed me
Dan Hauk 