by Jamin | Feb 20, 2014 | Beer
While I typically brew one-gallon all grain recipes, I got this Bomber Barley Wine recipe kit from Northern Brewer using a gift card I got for Christmas. Compared to all grain, Northern Brewer’s recipe kits are simpler and faster. Instead of creating the mash...
by Jamin | Feb 12, 2013 | Beer
I ordered the White House Honey Ale and Honey Porter from Northern Brewer as an experiment. They now offer one gallon recipe kits, but they are not all grain, as I have been doing for the past year. Instead of mashing the grains, you steep the specialty grains for 10...
by Jamin | Jan 6, 2013 | Beer
Gingerbread Ale I followed the Brooklyn Brewshop’s Beer Making Book recipe for this one, but I swapped out Cascade hops for the Centennial, because I already had Cascade. I used Nottingham for the yeast. Mash 1.8 lbs English Pale malt 0.2. lbs Caramel 10 malt...
by Jamin | Apr 1, 2012 | Beer
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. With only an hour before we had to get out to meet up with the birthday...
by Jamin | Mar 24, 2012 | Beer
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! Next time I’ll fill...
by Jamin | Mar 14, 2012 | Beer
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. But first, a gratuitous shot of the mash. At the boil,...