The Witbier is a Delight
So I opened up two of my witbiers (bringing the total remaining bottles down to 20 — it was a small batch in only big bottles) last night and they were quite delightful. Both seemed to have achieved...
View ArticleBack from Vacation
Hi folks! I’m back! For some of you (like 99% of you) this probably means squat, but for those of you playing the home game, you may have noticed that I have not written a post in ten days (since Nov....
View ArticleHabanero Stout is Bottled
Ending a busy extended weekend yesterday I finally got around to bottling up my Habanero Stout, which has been sitting in the closet for well over a month now (since initial brewing that is). I am...
View ArticleContemplation: On Water
Yeah, I’m gonna write a contemplation about water . . . what of it? Okay, you’re probably asking yourself, “why would he want to write that?” Well need I remind you that water covers 71% of the...
View ArticleA Belgian Dubbel for Spring
I’ve waited a week out to post about this beer. Back in February my Smoked Habanero Imperial Stout won the beer challenge of the Upstate Brewtopians “Local Ingredients” competition and so I was...
View ArticleHickory Hops Festival, 2010
This past Saturday Eliza and I went up to Hickory, NC for the Hickory Hops Annual Brew Festival. Untamed Beer‘s Brian had kindly given us tickets to the festival and so we left Greenville in the late...
View ArticleBig Brewing May 2010
Well this past Saturday (May 29th) I went and hung out with my good friends Brian and Nicole for another Big Brewing Day (though not like the officially recognized nationwide big brewing day, just a...
View ArticleThinking About Fruit Flavored Beers
This past weekend Eliza and I spent the day on Saturday up in Asheville at the annual Brewgrass beer and music festival. It was a lot of fun (and a lot of drinking). I cannot recall all the beers I...
View ArticleAbout My Wedding Beers (as best as I can remember)
Leading up to mine and Eliza’s wedding this past weekend we had a lot of decisions to make in regards to what we were going to do for the reception. We ended up choosing to do a potluck style...
View ArticlePresidential Homebrews
You are free to think what you want about the presidency of Barack Obama, but I have to say, it is pretty flippin’ jazzy that he bought homebrewing equipment for his White House chefs and that they, in...
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