Archive for the 'brewing beer' Category

cinco de mayo…let’s have a beer

Friday, May 5th, 2006

so…I was looking back at a post from last year: my quest for baseball-themed beers, and I got to thinking “do i have any beer, and what kind?”
That produced this:

the beers in my fridge
What kind of beer to you have in your fridge? How are you going to celebrate the day — even if you […]

J&J’s Rowdy Brew: Hopped-Up-On-Goofballs Hophead Pale Ale

Thursday, September 8th, 2005

On August 27, Reilly and I decided to kick off the homebrew 2005 season with a bang and brew two batches. Reilly had an itching for an Octoberfest that would be ready in time for baseball playoffs, and I had planned on brewing a big barley wine that would be ready around the time that […]

J&J’s Rowdy Brew: Reilly’s Oktoberfest

Thursday, September 8th, 2005

On August 27, Reilly and I decided to kick off the homebrew 2005 season with a bang and brew two batches. Reilly had an itching for an Octoberfest that would be ready in time for baseball playoffs, and I had planned on brewing a big barley wine that would be ready around the time that […]

it’s been a long time

Thursday, November 11th, 2004

Reilly and I got together two weeks ago to brew the first beers of the year — well, the first beers in a year and a half.
Because of the distance between our houses, and our respective supply stores, Reilly hit up Modern Brewer, and I tried out Strange Brew for the first time.
Reilly wanted a […]

first the beer…next, bathtub gin?

Saturday, February 28th, 2004

My new homebrew equipment was delivered on Thursday night!! It’s only been a year since Erika gave me a gift certificate to Northern Brewer — I’m not the best with gift certificates: I still have a gift certificate for a driving range that Erika gave me two years ago.
For the last two years, I’ve been […]