I will say it now and I am sure I will say it again but honesty is the best policy as we go through the best journey together. Therefore, in the interest of honesty and just in case you didn't follow along closest enough to the last brew (which I doubt many of you did)... Continue Reading →
Pale Ale Homebrew The Breakdown For those of you who aren't following us on Instagram (it's Hard12Brews - so if you're not going ahead and make that change), we want to let you know that the latest brew happened this past Sunday. This is the first major attempt at brewing a 5-gallon beer in the... Continue Reading →
Bring On The Next Beer It has been a while. In fact our last post about homebrewing was a little bit over a month ago. This was almost done on purpose, there hasn't been enough time lately to brew and more importantly we were busy gathering input and feedback from our friends on the first... Continue Reading →
Amber Ale - Homebrewed Expectations were not high but we were optimistic for the first five gallon homebrew. There were a lot of unknowns when it came to temperature control for the boil, cooling down the wort and bottling that much beer. In the end it was the best beer when it came to carbonation,... Continue Reading →
Bottle Selection: Brewing your own beer takes quite a bit of hard work and effort in general but bottling day is by far the most labor intensive day. In an attempt to make the day a bit easier we went with 22 ounce bomber bottles instead of traditional 12 ounce bottles, which changed the number... Continue Reading →
The Breakdown This past weekend as many of you know (if you aren’t following our Instagram you are missing out) we brewed our first 5 gallon batch of beer. In last week’s post we talked a lot about the potential concerns for brewing this larger batch. There was one issue that we didn’t even consider... Continue Reading →
We were very lucky to be spoiled over the holidays when it came to brewing equipment. We picked up a second one gallon kit and our first five gallon brew kit. We have plans - special plans that involve fruit for the one gallon kit but that's for another day. Today we are talking about... Continue Reading →
Porter Styles vary from American to English and from there the combinations of malts and additions to the brew are endless. For our homebrewed Porter review we are going to use the description from the box as a baseline. "A classic dark ale featuring specialty grains. A nice, hoppy character is balanced well against this... Continue Reading →
The Process: During the last update we reviewed what I considered to be an extremely successful brew day. It was only the third brew but it felt like I was getting comfortable with the process. The fermentation went well and the transfer to the secondary fermenter was seamless. This is also the first time we... Continue Reading →
In our last homebrewing post I was wavering between brewing a Porter or a Stout, ultimately the Porter won. I went this direction for two reasons, both of which may have nothing to do with the actual outcome of the beer. One, I have heard from other homebrewers that this is a fairly easy style... Continue Reading →
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