Back in September, I wrote about the hops that we harvested from our garden. The harvest ale we brewed with these hops is still on tap at our house, so I thought it was about time to write a quick post about how it turned out!

The grain bill was comprised of US 2-row, Munich malt, [...]

Every fall, the moment that pumpkins become available at the local farmers market, Tim and I brew a pumpkin ale. We’ve made it for a few years in a row now, and each time, we’ve put the pumpkin in the mash since this seems to be the most common practice amongst brewers.
This year, we decided [...]

This past summer, I wrote a post about sour beer, the different critters that do the dirty work, and different ways of making sour beer at home. Weeks later, Tim and I did our very first sour mash for a Berliner Weisse, so I thought I’d post an update on how it went!
We made our [...]

This month’s Fermentation Friday topic (hosted by CNYBrew.com) is “Remember why we brew?”:
Whether it’s the inflated sense of independence that the smell of mashing malt brings or just some image of yourself as a beer artisan that brewing creates, I want to hear about it. No limits here, it can be what started you down [...]

September… Labor Day comes and goes, and with it, the end of beautiful, blissful summer.
*sigh*
But, there are a few things that I do love about the fall. The slightly cooler weather, colorful fall leaves, and HOP HARVEST TIME, WAHOOOO!!
It’s finally time for us to see what we got from our 21 hop plants! We’ve (well, [...]

This month’s Session topic (hosted by BetterBeerBlog) is “Summer Beers”:
With the summer coming to a close, what was your favorite beer of the summer?
As usual, I mostly stuck to homebrews this summer (it’s hard to resist the call of a six-tap kegerator). We’ve had a lot of different beers on tap; in fact, we’re brewing [...]

This month’s Fermentation Friday topic (hosted by A World of Brews) is about breaking away from the norm:
Most home brewers I know and read about use the standard 2 row base malt and the 3 big C’s for the hops and maybe a nice 1056 or 05 for the yeast. In my book that is [...]

This past Saturday, I threw a bridal shower for my future sister-in-law, Melissa.
Wait!! Don’t click away from the page yet! BEER! We brewed BEER for it! This post is about BEER and FOOD, not wedding dresses and gift registries!!

*ahem* Anyway. Melissa is beer- and food-crazed, much like myself (check out her and my brother’s blog [...]