Bearfootdaddy brewing beer

I brewed my second batch of beer today, An American all grain Amber Ale. I have my Barley, Ten pounds of it, Just to make five gallons of beer. Ten pounds of barley was more than I could fit in my five gallon pot. So I made two big "I said big right", Big "tea" bags of crushed barley. I boiled them at 153f for one hour and then took the barley out and boiled for ten minutes. After that It was time for the hops. Since I am making American Amber ale I used Cascade hops. I boiled the two ounces of hopes for one hour and with fifteen minutes left I put in one more ounce of the hops and a teaspoon of Irish moss. Irish moss (Shhhh its a brewers secret) helps with the clearity in the cooling process and a clearer final beer.

Bag of barley

Boiling the barley at 153f for one hour.

Cascade Hops

Irish moss

Wyeast Liquid yeast

Summer time , No its still winter

Took my love Turtle Mama out for her Birthday, We went to Natty Greenes Brewery in Raleigh.

If

If you are in the mood for good food and a good beer go to Natty Greenes at 505 Jones st Raleigh NC.

Did you say wood.

Whats that sound? Oh thats just Bearfootdaddy working with his new band saw. Wait whats he making? Ahh hes making wood toys. Is that cherry wood you have there? Yes hes making a Cherry wood car with Walnut axels.

Pine Needle Tea

Loblolly Pine steeping

foraging

Pine Needle Tea Anyone

I was feeling sick ( Head cold) yesterday, Just the day before I had seen on youtube a video on Pine needle tea, The video was by Frank Cook, god rest his soul, He was talking about the pine family, Found in pine needles is a high amount of vitamin C, The body will have a easier time absorbing vitamin C from a pine tea. It is very good for colds and for bronchitis, The body has a very hard time absorbing synthetic vitamin c.

Back to what I started with I had a bad cold, so being sick We went out to the woods to collect pine needles, Where we are at in the Piedmont of North Carolina the main pine we have is Pinus taeda (Loblolly Pine). The best to use is Pinus strubus ( Eastern white pine). I made the tea ,

Pine Needle tea

1/2 cup of pine needles, cut in 1 to 2 inches
(note pick fresh light green needles)(new growth)

Put the cut needles in very hot water ( not boiling, Boiling makes vitamins dissipate.)

Let steep for 10 to 15 min.

Drink with honey .



I drank the tea and had a rush of energy and today I feel good, Cold gone.
The power of nature.