So I finally bottled my honey chocolate porter last night. I was hoping to do it last Friday, but the specific gravity was still moving so I decided to wait. After two consecutive days with the same reading, it was all systems go! I set myself up in the kitchen with my new long neck […]
On Monday night I attended my first ever meeting of the Yarra Valley Brewers Club. The formalities were soon over – a discussion about a beer trip to the Beechworth Brewery in October, the Taphouse in St Kilda and the Brew Wizard brand possibly going out of business – and then it was onto the […]
Inspired by a visit to my local home brew shop and the strange mutterings on a new podcast that I have started listening to, I decided to finally brew another batch of beer. I still had a can of Coopers Canadian Blonde that was given to me for my birthday in March, so that was […]
Two exciting things happened today. Firstly, I picked up my ‘new’ fridge that I won on eBay yesterday. It’s huge; much bigger than I expected. I thought it was like a table-top fridge, maybe 600mm high but it turns out to be almost chest high! (see photos below) Secondly, I dropped my second batch of […]
One month after the bottling, these are some prelim notes on my home brewed Alpha Ale, an Australian pale ale. The colour is a clear golden with a nice white head. The carbonation is good and the taste is a dry, hoppy flavour. I just think that it is delicious and everyone that has tried […]