Well, after more than two years of not posting anything I am officially back.  Expect quite a few updates in the coming weeks as I finally resume blogging about brewing and a bit about motorcycling as well.   I doubt anyone still remembers about this page, but I’m going to post anyway. 

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In the process of cleaning up the garage a bit, I opened a conditioning chest that I had all but forgotten about.  As it turns out it contained a keg of my peated english ale and a keg of a strong IPA that I brewed last year.  I had wanted to age both a bit, […]

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During my brew day yesterday I did manage to keep the wine moving along.  As you may recall, I have one batch of syrah and 3 batches of zinfandel going.  They have been ready for oak for a couple of months now, but I hadn’t found the time to do the work.  Yesterday, however, I […]

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Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I’ve been in Italy with my lovely wife for the past couple of weeks.
For those of you who didn’t know, I am attempting to make wine for the first time. I purchased some beautiful grapes from a local vineyard and I am making 4 very small […]

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So I finally set up a beer gas (25% CO2, 75% N2) draught system with a Guinness tap. I’ll add some pics later, but in the meantime, here is the video I took while pouring one.  I hope you enjoy watching this as much as I enjoyed making it.
Cheers!

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Well, I finally have a camera to use, which should make this blog a bit more interesting.  Unfortunately, I ended up kegging the pluot pale and chocolate rye imperial stout rather late on Monday night and the camera doesn’t take great night shots.  In a couple of days, when the beers are fully carbonated, I will […]

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I’ve decided to ask the (very) small reader population help me pick one of the two beers I will brew in my next brew session.  I’m open to any kind of beer, and if you don’t know beer styles that well but you have a commercial favorite, just use the commercial name.  What I’m asking […]

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