Would you like for me to pop your top?

New and Old all at the same time


Hey you need me to open your beer? No problem I have my old school bottle opener.

I made this from a wall mount bottle opener and a piece of fence panel.  I was going for a "just cut this out of the old bar" look.

Brew Day. I'm thinking 1610 Brown ale.

I got all my ingredients needed for my partial mash brew Brown ale, I got all my grains and DME from my local brew store, HomeSteaders Brew supply.  This being my third brew I wanted it to really work and taste like BEER.  My first batch was a Mr. BEER kit, Good to get my brewing passion going, but no good as far as beer. Next as you can see here  I brewed an all grain California Ale. I jumped right in to the deep end and could barely swim. My Cali. ale came out as beer, but was weak. It hardly fermented and tasted very young.

This time I...

This time I did a lot of watching youtube and after all of that I feel I have a good idea on how to brew.   I knew I wanted to brew a Brown Ale.  So I want to my local brew supply shop in town and picked up my LME, my barley grains, my hops, and my dry yeast.   My 1610 Brown Ale is ready to brew. I got the recipe from local brew supply shop, I told the owner what I was looking to brew and he helped me tweak the recipe to my liking. 

 

 After that...

After that it was time to brew .

Getting that right Temp. to pitch the yeast

That's it.

OG 1.065
Now it's in it's fermentation bucket and bubbling away.  

It's that time again. Beer Time.

Well it's that time again. Beer time. I am going to try my hand at brewing again. I just got done watching Brew Masters on Netflix. A documentary type show, Featuring Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales.  Watching it really got me pumped to start home brewing again. It has been almost three years since I have brewed any beer, Drank a lot of beer in the past three years but none brewed by me. The only thing I have brewed in the past three years is a lot of coffee. The last batch from almost three years ago I brewed came out  carbonated but tasted sweet, as if the yeast went dormant before it could consume all the sugars.  Also tasted of apples. Which I just learned from Brew Masters means the beer is a immature.

I want to try to harvest yeast from other beers, I don't know if that is possible, but it sounds like a good science experiment.  I think I will try it from both a lager and an ale. Lagers live and ferment  best from 45 to 55 deg. F and ales live and ferment best at 60 to 70 deg. F. Which makes me think that ales will be easier to harvest Yeast from at room temperature. You know since I do not have a refrigerated science lab to keep the lager yeast thriving.

Well that's it now .

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