This month’s Fermentation Friday topic (hosted by lootcorp 3.0) is:
Give us your ‘brew year’s resolutions’ for 2009. Was 2008 a good brewing year for you? What can you improve on or change that will make 2009 even better? Any promises to yourself, like brewing a certain style for the first time, going all-grain, or upgrading [...]

Over the last year or so, Tim and I have made quite a lot of upgrades to our brewing process. So I thought I’d go over the various gadgets we’ve acquired over the past couple years that have made homebrewing life easier.
First up — a grain mill. Absolutely essential for all-grain brewing. We’re able to [...]

Since we’re currently in the dead of winter, and it happens to be snowing right now as I type this, I thought I’d write about some comforting, soul-warming beer styles.
(Sweet) Stout and Porter
There’s an on-going debate about how to define the distinctions between these two styles. The line between stout and porter is pretty fuzzy [...]

Making your own pasta is a really fun weekend project. I say “weekend project” specifically because it’s a bit time consuming — not something you’d want to try on a Tuesday night. But if you enjoy spending time in the kitchen like I do, all you need is a pasta roller and you’re on your [...]

Just after Christmas, Tim and I had the pleasure of dining at Restaurant Alba in Malvern, PA. The description from their website reads: A casually elegant BYOB restaurant featuring hand crafted, locally grown, artisan foods, simply prepared and cooked over a wood burning grill.
We actually used to live on the same street as Alba. We [...]

This month’s Session topic (hosted by Beer and Firkins) is a New Year theme.
What will you miss about 2008 and what do you expect will excite you most in 2009 in the Beer World?
2008 was a big year for me. I finished my Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering, got married, started a new job, [...]