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...