Why Do You Brew?

Here’s a video that I cobbled together using footage from a couple of different brew days. Thanks to fellow club members for sitting for quick interviews. Learn more about Dallas Homebrew Collective. Here’s to more labor of love video projects in the future!

2014 Hops

The cascade plants took off super early this year. And just like last year, the chinook were late bloomers. And now the chinook have taken over as this year’s darlings. I’m not quite sure what’s up with the cascade plants. 1) They have brown edges around the leaves and 2) something has been nibbling away… Continue reading 2014 Hops

Session IPA

For my very first all-grain batch, I opted for a nice, low gravity IPA. Gasp! There is some trash talk going around about the latest releases from craft brewers about their sessionable IPAs. I don’t see what the big deal is. I think that, to the purist, the IPA should never be session strength. But… Continue reading Session IPA

Keggle Project

One of my goals for 2014 is to step up to full-volume boils to get more quality out of my beer. The other is to move to all-grain brewing. This post, however, focuses on the keg boil kettle – the keggle. About Kegs A 1/2 barrel keg holds 15.5 gallons of liquid. When you think… Continue reading Keggle Project

February Meeting of Dallas Homebrew Collective

I joined Dallas Homebrew Collective. We’re a little bit different than the old grumpy homebrewer folks. Wait a sec, let me re-phrase that snarky comment. Honestly, I cannot say that about them because I don’t know “those” other people. But I could imagine that they’re probably really serious and have formal meetings and do more… Continue reading February Meeting of Dallas Homebrew Collective

Hops Update

I shot this photo a couple of weeks ago. And now that I’m out of the woods on a massive work project, I’m finally getting around to posting this picture. So this was shot June 23rd (ish). Yesterday I added expanded shale and compost to all of my beds. The soil is so loose and… Continue reading Hops Update

Hops Growth – 7 Weeks

The cascade and chinook hops I ordered from Homebrew Headquarters are doing great… other than some pesky teeny tiny black caterpillars that keep munching on some of the leaves. They have made excellent progress over the past 7 weeks. The image in this post shows first sprout up to May 31, 2012. I’m not sure… Continue reading Hops Growth – 7 Weeks