Rambling
The BrewUnited Challenge 2015: I already sent out an announcement, but it got eaten in the website drama. I am really happy to announce that this blog is a sponsor. BrewUnited is an exciting new community of homebrewers that live by the "Don't be a jerk"
Rambling
Apologies for the downtime. My blog was taken down by a DDoS attack. I took the opportunity to fire my previous host for their incredibly lousy support and unwillingness to help me determine how to get back online as quickly as possible. So I have a new hosting service and
Brewer's Notes
In February 2015, I brewed Brülosopher’s Best Brown Ale which naturally turned into a series of experiments. The intention was to ship beer off to Marshall from Brülosphy.com for evaluation, and that twisted into preparing some bottles, doctored, for sensory evaluation. I kept a set of the evaluation
Brewer's Notes
It has been a few weeks since my last article. In that time, I have chewed hard (over a beer or two) on what to do with this blog. When I started it, my intention was really to just cover my brewing - basically yet another brewing blog. Since then,
LHBS
If you live in Austin, you are aware of the great divide. The bridges over Lady Bird Lake, just south of downtown, is the demarcation point between the true “Keep Austin Weird” South Congress (SoCo) community and the rest. SoCo Homebrew fills a big gap that has existed for years…
Experiment
Well, the jury is in on this first stage experiment. Fail. Crash and burn... In the spirit of honesty the beer sucked. This is all hop flavor soup and way too much sweetness. A lesson in the need for balance, especially bitterness. Tastes like overly back sweetened Bud soaked in
Bru'n Water Tutorial
In March 2015, Martin Brungard released the Bru'n Water Spreadsheet 3.2 to subscribers with major improvements to UI and functionality. This walk through supercedes the 2.0 version which will remain up if you choose not to upgrade. If you have not yet received your 3.0
Safety
"Danger - this sign might contain traces of nuts " Photo Above by Simon Lieschke. Licensed under Creative Commons. We often do not recognize the very real and specific dangers in home brewing. I am not trying to scare anyone straight here, but any reasonable person would recognize that
Rambling
I finally got around to cleaning a few things up to hopefully make this site more accessible. The biggest change is the topic selections in the main menu across the top. Now when you click, say, Brewing Water Series - a page displays with the Post titles organized in order
Process
American Brown Ale The application of water profiles for homebrew typically starts with the beer style, and secondarily with the beer color and hop character. An American Brown Ale can be difficult as there is some variation between Brown Ales, ranging from a more malt forward beer to some that
Brewer's Notes
It was absolutely frigid. Frightfully cold, and I say this with the slightest nod to friends and family that are north and north east getting pounded with snow, sleet and ice and truly freezing again. After 20 years here in Texas, I have lost my tolerance for the cold. My
Brewer's Notes
We have some wonderful weather here in Central Texas during wintertime... truly the most redeeming quality of this area. That and crazy good BBQ. Anyway - an A/V document of my brew day... a truly beautiful day and most everything went extremely well. [playlist type="video" ids=