Jamin Hegeman

For my friend’s birthday, I decided to give him a few of my home brews. But none of my beers had labels. Lucky for me I have a girlfriend who’s got some decent graphic design skills.

I bottled my tea and toast brew this afternoon. Looks like tea, no? This is the fourth beer I’ve bottled. No major complications with bottling. Though I was disappointed to only get nine beers again. One day I’ll get 10! One day!

I decided to try something a little different for my recent batch of beer. Again, it was a recipe from Brooklyn Brew Shop Beer Making Book. But this time, it involved steeping tea for a few minutes after the boil.

A couple weeks ago a brewed up a third beer from the Brooklyn Brew Shop Beer Making Book: a Well Made Tripel at 9.9%.

After four long weeks, my first batch of beer, one gallon of Brooklyn Brew Shop’s Everyday IPA, was ready for drinking. Friends were gathered. Food was made. Pineapple was soaked in vodka (unrelated). “It takes like beer!” exclaimed my beer-averse girlfriend. “It’s a lot better than Miller Light or those other beers,” said a jovial [...]

When I bottled my first beers using the equipment and directions from the Brooklyn Brew Kit, I didn’t find the siphoning all that easy. For the bottling of the chocolate maple porter, I got some new tools: an auto siphon and an auto stopper (I’m making up the name of the second item, as I [...]