Today makes ten gallons. I went with an American Pale Wheat Ale of my own devising. This was a little more challenging than normal since my phone app that I use for calculations updated itself and now crashes whenever I try to open it. Therefore I had to do all my own calculations. Below are a few It was a good brew day I picked up my supplies this morning and ate lunch with Leif. Started brewing alet, around 1 o’clock. I drank...
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The year has started. I have my first sponsor and a bag of Poha berries. I spent this past Sunday brewing my first batch of beer in 2014. I brewed a Poha berry California Common. It was interesting using the Poha berries. I’m still not sure how it will effect the flavor or bitterness. Should be interesting. I’ve also re-used some yeast from my last batch of beer. It’s currently bubbling away in the fermenter, so all...
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About: I am going to brew 1000 bottles of beer in 2014. Homebrewing beer is now legal, on both federal and state levels, in all 50 states. With the regulation of alcohol predominantly left to the individual states, home brewing laws vary widely. Here in Hawaii, the legal limit a person may brew is 100 gallons per year. At 10 bottles per gallon, that makes the yearly limit 1000 bottles of beer. Thus, I am making it my goal to brew...
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