The software app Brewfather is an amazing tool. You can easily build recipes, create equipment profiles, water profiles, keep inventory and connect monitoring devices like iSpindel. I stumbled upon a problem though. What happens if a recipe mistakenly changes or gets deleted? The only option I could find was to
Now we need a rig to brew on. A cheap and easily configurable solution is to use strut - or a 'C' channel used for a variety of applications. I had plenty of it on hand and used a chop saw to cut to length. I can'
Lesson learned. Painfully learned. Unfettered though, another kit was ordered and a brew day was scheduled. Thank goodness for good beer and music Another yeast starter was made. This time, we decided to build a mash tun out of a water cooler for around $170.00, not including shipping, which
The last brew went better, but left us wanting more. We were still pining for a darker, maltier beer with a full body like the ones commercial breweries made. North Coast Brewing Company has made some of our favorite brews including Scrimshaw, Pranqster and Old Rasputin. AHS had a Red
The first one went so well, we had to immediately brewed another...three years later. Our egos may have been bruised a bit, but we were not deterred. Life just sometimes gets in the way. Oh, and by the way, F*CK CANCER! Real Ale Brewing Company in Blanco, Texas
It's almost a rite of passage in Texas to drink a Shiner. It also happens to be the gateway beer into craft brews and what we bonded on. Dark and sweet with a slight roasty maltiness. Something you can't get out of a Bud or Coors