June 20, 2012
Sweating in the Dark
2205 – Since we did a quick brew on Father’s Day, we had to do a midnight brew to finish our second batch: the Sweat. Here we sit munching on ice cream on a Tuesday night while the water boils and the Sparge continues. We have to get the Sweat done so it’s ready for […]
June 17, 2012
Father’s Day Brewing
1100 – In celebration of Father’s Day, we decided to have a light brewing day. We’re only making 10 gallons of Bavarian Hefeweizen. It’s not even noon and the Houston heat forced us to open our first refreshing beer of the day: Simpler Times Lager. We were greeted by a slightly fruity smell. So it […]
February 28, 2012
Brewday Wrap-up – February 25th
TBD Decided at the last minute due to changes in other plans to go ahead and brew up a 10 Gallon batch of our Texas Sweat on Saturday the 25th. The brewday went quite well. We started a bit later than usual and finished up earlier than usual and hit all of our expected numbers, […]
January 15, 2012
Brewday Wrap-up: January 7th
So I’m late in posting this. “Things” have been getting in the way. We did brew on the 7th which turned out to be an absolutely perfect day for brewing. Weather cooperated (aside form a few sprinkles in the morning) and the temps were fantastic. We started with the Irish Red Ale and hit all […]
December 28, 2011
First Brewday of 2012 and First Post
We’re going to be brewing on January 7th. This will be our first Brewday of 2012 and is continuing our recent trend of keeping the keezer stocked as well as pushing our boundaries with new styles and new recipes. This post however starts a new tradition (at least for me) of posting to the greater interwebs […]