Little man – Big progress
RAR has had a real spate of development over the last few weeks, and it’s happening so fast it’s hard to keep track of. It’s really odd, before he was born I was expecting...
Adam's Cerebral Spillage
Bottling It
Yesterday I found a couple of hours to get my Christmas brew out of the fermenter and into bottles, ready to condition over the next few months. Bottling at home is a bit of...
I’m not one for labels…
…but I guess I have to be now. Some of the joy of a good bottle of beer comes from its presentation. When was the last time you were looking through the beers at...
Brew fridge!
Once I’ve finally finished emptying the shed and sorting out electricity at the very least, it’s going to become my own little brewing workshop. The first, most useful thing to get housed there (except...
Ho Ho Ho, Christmas Brew
There was something a bit odd with yesterday’s brew. Spending the hottest day of the year so far creating a beer that I won’t be drinking until winter seems a bit perverse, but as...
Citra Pale Ale Update
As of today, the pale ale I brewed with only Citra hops had been fermenting for 12 days. To me, that meant only one thing: bottling time! I got a good deal on a...
A Quick Round-up
I almost completely forgot to mention the fact that I’ve started training in Tang Soo Do again! I’ve had a couple of sessions back already, and got the same sore legs and excessive sweating...
Understanding the gravity of the situation
Most people who drink beer have some understanding of the strength of it. It’s usually measured Alcohol By Volume (ABV), which tells you what percent of what you’re drinking is alcohol. Once you go...
Beer Update #2
Just a short update tonight. This morning I bottled and barrelled my beer. It was a relatively pain-free process, just a case of cleaning and sanitizing everything (and rinsing it well afterwards), then making...