Over the winter of 2016-2017, I decided I would try my hand at brewing an IPA. My best friend Craig loves Driftwood's Fat Tug IPA, and I think that it is among the tastiest beers ever brewed myself, so I decided that I would attempt to brew an IPA with similar qualities. Driftwood does not … Continue reading My First IPA: Planning
Hi beer-lovers! Hoppy Random day in Febrewary to you and yours! Enjoy my adventures in brewing my very first Kolsch! For this brew, I felt ready. I'd been researching recipes like mad, and had decided to try to make a Kolsch based on the one from Doan's Craft Brewing Company, the recipe for which Evan … Continue reading How I Brew Beer Part 2: Marcos Medalla Kolsch – One Point 0
While writing the book review for my last post, I realized two things: I write book reviews that are too long, and I am fascinated by descriptions of the brewing process. With those points in mind, I divided my book review into two parts. Now that you are familiar with Coutts' book thanks to my last post, … Continue reading Descriptions of Brewing Processes in Ian Coutts’ “The Perfect Keg”: Commercial and Pioneer Breweries Contrasted.
I know. I promised to tell you about my first kolsch. And I will. All in good time. Over these cold days of December, I found myself catching up on my reading (and drinking beer, of course). Reading and reflecting, I decided to write a book review. I recently came across a book by a author, editor, and … Continue reading Coutts, Ian. “The Perfect Keg: Sowing, Scything, Malting and Brewing My Way to the Best-Ever Pint of Beer.” Greystone: Vancouver. 2014.
November 10, 2016 was a grey, autumn day in Vancouver. I got up, went to work, and had a relatively uneventful day. I wrote a bit on the train to work, but I was, in large part, preoccupied with the task at hand. I planned to bottle my Red Ale that night! The ale had been fermenting … Continue reading Stranger Music Red Ale 1.0 – Part 2: Bottling Day
Inspired by JM's successful first homebrew, I gathered my resources for my own first brew. I read and re-read howtobrew.com, gathered and acquired a few household odds and ends (a 1L measuring cup, a stainless steel colander, a 16L canning pot turned brew kettle), and readied myself for either the shame of defeat or the … Continue reading Stranger Music Red Ale 1.0 – My Very First Brew
Wow it's been busy in my world lately! Nadine's mom, aunt, and father were all in town for most of a week in October. We went on plenty of walks and had some fantastic meals. Next, my parents were in town for their 44th wedding anniversary, beginning on Halloween. My niece, who is nearly 3 … Continue reading How I Brew Beer: Part 1 – JM’s First Brew
Brewers love hops. Most of us could talk for hours about different varieties of hops, but not everyone knows that hops come in more forms than the frozen hop pellets that most brewers work with. This post will attempt to shed some light on wet hops, which are a relatively new topic on the craft … Continue reading Fresh Wet-Hopped Beer
Hooray fall brewing weather!
This is a blog about brewing. It is also about lifestyle, passion, writing, money, and a host of other sidebars and tangents, but ultimately, it is about how I brew beer, and how you can too. Imagine being able to have whatever flavour, variety, and volume of beer that you want, whenever you … Continue reading Dalton Brew Blog: Why do This at All?
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