Finally getting back around to homebrewing again was a very rewarding experience. I made a pact with myself to try and brew 12 beers in 2009, one every month. So far I’ve only brewed in January and April, and I’m considering brewing again this upcoming weekend to make up for February, and maybe doing two [...]
My wife doesn’t drink beer. This isn’t such a terrible thing — she still happily carts my fat ass to beer events, indulges my friends and I when we babble on about brewing minutiae, and does a bunch of other stuff for me that makes her a saint in my eyes. The thing about it [...]
California has gotten serious respect for its production of Belgian styled barrel aged beers. Infused yeasts and bacteria that produce an insane array of aromas and flavors, these beers are truly hand-crafted, with the help of the American scientific mind. There are many excellent versions of these Lambic or Geuze styles of beer, often aged [...]
