I've been looking for inspiration for a folded cardboard bottle carrier. I have lots of saved six pack carriers, but the 500ml (16.9oz) bottles I love so much are a larger diameter and don't fit. WELL. Peep this. https://www.behance.net/gallery/15714195/Kein-Beer-Package-Desig...
Bottled the gingerbread ale. I forgot to take the FG reading. Because I knew that Dan's brew was really overpowering on the spice, I strained all the spice off the top, hoping it would mellow in the fermentor. I used more 12 oz bottles than usual, first because I had them avai...
Ordered Classic American Pilsner kit from Adventures in Homebrewing with SafAle US-05 yeast on a free shipping sale.
Two days of productivity. Back to back. The Bottles are all washed up and ready for Franz. This beer is really sediment heavy. Not just in a wheat beer way. It's got the clay. Final Gravity: 1.013 - 4.6% ABV (recipe called for 1.012) I am well pleased with this beer. It is a g...
There was going to be a big snow storm coming last weekend, so I was planning on being trapped in the house. I prepared five gallons of filtered water and added a campden tablet, but then never got around to brewing. The power flickered a few times every few hours, so I didn't...
Now that I have the campden tablets to treat the chlorinated water, I'm ready to start the next brew. I prepared five gallons of filtered water yesterday in preparation. I used a whole tablet in five gallons, though that seems to be overkill from what I've found online. I got...
I bottled this beer, apparently. According to my notes and the fact that I have drank it all since, yeah, it was bottled. The separated chocolate sludge never did dissolve or settle, though it did leech the color out. Final Gravity: 1.013 - 5.38% ABV It tastes good, but there...
I ordered a Brew Hauler nylon carboy harness from Amazon. I don't have an immediate need for it, but I have been hesitant to use the glass carboy when I've got two fermenter buckets around. It's heavy when it's full, glass, and clear. That means it has to be covered to keep th...
FINALLY. The apple stuff is done bubbling and has been inactive for a few days. I don't really like apple juice. I don't really like apple cider.I really don't like wine.I don't really drink liquor. Why did I do this again? Final Gravity: 1.021 - 8.27% ABV This bottling was th...
As previously mentioned, my add-on flat pack kitchen cabinet is getting overrun with brewing supplies. Here's additional proof... I went into arts and crafts mode today and cut up a bunch of cardboard boxes as dividers inside other cardboard boxes to organize (most) of the bot...