Thursday, June 18, 2009

The Sad and Unfortunate News for Our Tanks

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It appears that we have the old style tanks that do not have the saftey protection valve (or whatever) that is now required of all tanks. Bo...
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LP Tanks that Need a New Home

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Here are some pictures of the LP tanks, including a general picture (with ruler for scale) as well as a few closeups. Let me know if you hav...
Monday, November 07, 2005

Brewing Day, Part 1

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Our new brewing system has three kettles, one for each specific purpose: 1) MASH, 2)SPARGE, 3) BOIL. See PHOTOS BELOW... The MASH is locate...

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Adding water to the mash kettle so that it can be heated for the mash

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Making sure the water level is just right, having calibrated the kettle previously

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Adding grain to the malt mill... note the variety of types

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Crushing the grain in the malt mill

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Waiting for the water to reach 168 oF

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Stirring the mash before sparging

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Sarge water enters the mash grain bed through a rubber tube connected to this perforated copper circle.

The Malt

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While the water was being heated to 168 oF, Ed crushed the grain using this malt mill. Instead of turning the crank by hand, he hooked up a ...
Saturday, November 05, 2005

Dry Stout

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Today we brewed a DRY STOUT. I got lots of photos while Ed (my husband) did most of the work. I plan to post some photos within the next cou...
Tuesday, October 04, 2005

What's Brewing?

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Welcome to my new website called, "What's Brewing." This may get off to a slow start because it has been a few years since we ...
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Monday, October 03, 2005

Ed Adds Hops

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Here is a photograph of Ed getting ready to add hops to the boil. Over the next several months, I plan to add more informative details about...