Home brew success!
Tonight, we popped the caps on our first two bottles of home brew — which Sally has christened “Doobie Blonde” in honor of the suspected doobie-smokin’-hippies that built our beloved house back in the early ’70s.
Our expectations were low. After all, how could a kit beer actually be good? We were pleasantly surprised. Not only did the whole experiment work (it feels a bit magical to actually make beer) but it’s not half bad. Pretty good, in fact. We’re definitely energized to try another batch and make our way toward an all-grain brew. For the record, this kit came from Homebrewers Outpost and I wouldn’t hesitate to order from them again. In fact, I see they have some all-grain kits…
A couple of beer-related links I ran across this week: it seems that Pyramid Breweries has a new logo and updated packaging (via the Brand New blog). And Manolith has posted a graphical timeline of the history of beer.
