Archive for the ‘Brewing’ Category

Fermentation Friday 5: Indigenous Brewing Ingredients

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Fermentation Friday was started by Adam over at Beer Bits 2, and it's a chance for all homebrew bloggers to sound off on a singular theme at a set date - the last Friday of each month (check out Adam's post explaining the origins). This month Fermentation Friday is being hosted ...

The Great Pumpkin Beer Challenge

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

The weather is getting cooler and it has been far too long since I have stirred a mash. I've been dying to make a pumpkin spice beer for quite some time now, and I think the time is right to give it a shot. Sadly, I've read that you won't find ...

Fermentation Friday 4: My Best Beer

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Fermentation Friday was started by Adam over at Beer Bits 2, and it's a chance for all homebrew bloggers to sound off on a singular theme at a set date - the last Friday of each month (check out Adam's post explaining the origins). This month Fermentation Friday is being hosted ...

Fermentation Friday 3: Advice For the Noobs

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Ah yes, another glorious Friday, and it also happens to be July's Fermentation Friday! Fermentation Friday was started by Adam over at Beer Bits 2, and it's a chance for all homebrew bloggers to sound off on a singular theme at a set date - the last Friday of each ...

Judging a Beer by It’s Cover

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Every Spring, BYO magazine runs a homebrew label contest, and every year I forget to enter. They just announced the 2008 winners, and I once again kicked myself for missing the deadline. Then I remembered - hey, I have a blog now, and can share my labels with you, my faithful ...

Fermentation Friday 2: Crazy Concoctions

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Today is my first Fermentation Friday, the brainchild of Adam at Beer Bits 2, and I've been looking forward to it! Unfortunately, I had two wisdom teeth removed, so this is getting posted a bit late. That is my level of commitment to the beer blogging community - not even ...

June 2008 WoT - Summer Wheat

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Summer is upon us, and I am sad to say the kegerator is only functioning at 50% capacity - one tap. I was supposed to have the second tap full of a new batch of Engine 97, but disaster struck and I had to toss that batch. I was nervous ...

Lootcorp.com to Host Fermentation Friday…in 2009

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

This is pretty cool - Adam at Beer Bits 2 (now an official Friend of Lootcorp!) has started up a new, um, "beer blogging community day" - for lack of a better term... You know, where beer bloggers agree on a topic and all post about it on the same ...

Brewing Up a Wheat Beer

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Click here for this brew session's recipe... Sunday, the first of June, was a beautiful and sunny day in Fairfield County – perfect for brewing. I had been planning to make a batch of a Leinenkugle’s Sunset Wheat clone for some time, so I seized the opportunity and fired up the ...

Disaster!

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Just when I thought I had my system dialed in... When the last brew session had gone well and I'd hit all my numbers... When I could do no wrong... Yes, that's five gallons of Engine 97 being poured down the kitchen sink. I kegged it on Saturday and noticed an ...