I Brew Beer (Part 3)
Bottling Day! In case you can't tell from the picture above, I decided to name the inaugural beer batch after the dog. Specifically I named it "Professor Shelby McBarkface Nut Brown Ale." It's a mouthful, I know.
I Brew Beer (Part 2)
Okay so beer takes time to brew. The truth is that nothing exciting has happened since my last post. I did, however, leave off with a cliff hanger as if something were going to happen. It's my marketing strategy. So where did I leave off? Oh yeah, beer in hand, in the kitchen, ready to go (Read Part 1 if you haven't yet)...
The first thing everyone told me (and everything I read about brewing beer) is that cleanliness is critical. My kit came with some packets of C-Brite cleaner, so I cleaned my fermenter, the brewpot, and the various pieces of plastic that I'd need (airlock, etc.). After feeling pretty good about the sanitation going on, I put 1.5 gallons of water in the brewpot and fired up the stove to bring it to a boil. It turns out that 1.5 gallons takes its sweet time to boil. It probably didn't help that I didn't have the cover on the brewpot, but about a half an hour later (I don't remember if it was actually that long, but it felt like it) the water finally started bubbling.
New Site Layout and Features
Okay okay, to go with the yearly and obligatory 'fresh new start' post from earlier today, I also went through and gave 'er a facelift. New theme, new colors (long time markpude.com 'fans' will recognize the obnoxious orange), a few new widgets. One of the changes of noteworthy note is the addition of Facebook Connect functionality. In short, now you can leave comments on posts using your Facebook credentials instead of having to make a unique account on this website.
I Brew Beer
Well its that time of year again. You know, the time when I remember that I have a website, server space that I pay for yearly (I may or may not have just gotten the bill), and that I don't use either of them very much. Typically my excuse is that I don't have anything going on that I feel like sharing with the entire world (or more accurately the two or three people that land on this site due to a Google search gone awry), let alone something that anyone would want to read about. Well as a result of a Christmas gift from my lovely wife, I think I have the former concern solved - something I want to write about. The later problem, whether anyone is interested in reading, is really none of my concern - thats your problem. The exciting topic to which I am referring is homebrewing beer.
Status update on May 20, 2010 at 1:59 pm
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