IPA Honey Oat Homebrewed Beer Grain Bread

Throwing out those precious beer grains after barely steeping them in hot water for 20 minutes seems like such a waste and tears at my environmentalist heartstrings. So, as with many environmentally conscious brewers, I’ve taken to re-purposing those “spent grains” in various ways. An co-worked and friend, whose husband homebrews, pointed me to the …

Batch 3: Scottish Ale with a Twist

This impulsiveness that resulted in the Ungeheuer that is my Full Moon Half-Caf IPA produced something of an inundation of intense coffee flavor that drowned out the glorious hops I hoped to love in the pale ale. Scottish Ale unboxing porn Not wanting to make a similar mistake on batch 3, but still wanting to …

Gettin’ Yer Affairs in Order: Equipment

From my earlier post, you’ve probably gathered that I’m not entirely an impulsive individual. My decisions have the tendency to be well-pondered and executed only after extensive deliberation and research, especially in the realm of financial transactions. So, after much agony (including on the part of my wife, who more than once voiced, “Oh my …