No reason to stop brewing

In this article I would like to explore the reasons we start the hobby of homebrewing and how we keep the hobby alive which ultimately lead...

Mexican barley at last!

Si! Viva La Cebada en Mexico! Finally. It seems like it should have been an easy task to find a supplier of malted barley in Mexico, but it ...

Mexican bottling system

Drilling a hole by hand with a paddle bit. Using two packages of the Safale s-33 created quite the fermentation fury doing its job and sett...

Jamaica Wheat

In my attempt to use local ingredients to add the flavor of the Mexican culture, I'm going to start with a wheat beer with the addition...

Non-Retornable

Dancers with Barrilitos on their heads. After a week in San Miguel I'm starting to relax into the Mexican way of life. We spent yester...

Suspicious baggage

The trip to San Miguel de Allende can be long. In this particular case, very long. I won't bore you with the ugly details except to say...

Duvel clone

The Duvel clone www.duvelusa.com/ is in the fermenter and should be ready to be racked to kegs in a couple more days. I used 17lbs. of am....

Beers on oak

As zymurgeeks , we meet once a month to share and discuss the fruits of our brewing efforts and enjoy the company of people passionate about...

Lagering

Chimay Tripel I'll be heading back to Mexico at the end of the Month http://www.atencionsanmiguel.org/ and I thought that I would brew...

Monterey Coast Brewing

Salinas has a brew pub! I took the time today to head over to Salinas www.ci.salinas.ca.us/ for a sampling of beers at Monterey Coast Bre...

Last day of School

The final day of Brewing School was literally a bitter sweet experience. The students brought in food to pair with the beers we brewed over ...

The Beers of October

It's not about size! We (the zymurgeeks ) got together with the local mushroom gathering club http://www.fungusfed.org/ to celebrate th...

Brewing class day 4

Homebrew class of 2008 We brewed up 10 gallons of an Extra Special Bitter today using the all-grain method on my gravity feed system. 18lbs...

GABF in Denver

I only wish I could be at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. I have to get by with the stories and images forwarded to me from my ...

Brewing Class day 2

Over this last week the two beers that we brewed in class, fermented nicely and on time for me to take them back to the classroom for bottli...

Brewing class day one

The brew class at Cabrillo College filled up quick. I limited the number of students that would be accepted to the class to 16 in order for...

Beer tasting school

Talking about the finer things in life 'Beer'! Here I am teaching the fine art of beer appreciation and how to define the subtle aro...

Fair brewing

The Santa Cruz County Fair is in full swing this week and part of the festivities is the Microbrew beer sampling booth and Homebrew exhibi...

Fair Results

Well, out of the 6 beers that I entered in the brewing competition at the Santa Cruz County Fair www.santacruzcountyfair.com/ I only recei...

Schlenkerla Smokebeer

Schlenkerla I have to tell you I'm not a big fan of the smoked beers and the Brauerei Heller with their Schlenkerla Rauchbier www.schlen...

Anchor Steam Brewing Co.

The American Homebrew Association rally took place at the Anchor Steam Brewing Company in San Francisco http://www.anchorbrewing.com/ to pr...