New Toys

Hi there!

I'm very excited to share with you that we officially [and technically] have everything we need to begin brewing beer!

(The crowd goes wild!)

WOOOOOOOOOOO!

Clearly I find this very exciting

Some new toys were purchased this weekend.  Let me introduce to you:

The Grain Mill

Isn't she pretty?

Pick a grain, any grain...

A bottle capper

And some other odds and ends, including the iodophor, bottle caps, more tubing (yes, more tubing), sugars and a bottle washer.   We also bought a starter kit that comes with all of the necessary ingredients so we can have a base to play with (and to ensure all of the equipment works).  We are thinking of tinkering with a holiday beer to start, because hey! tis the season...

Meanwhile, we are still a little short on our homework assignment...

In our defense, we drank mostly wine at this weekend's pre-Thanksgiving meal, and we are still working through the last 2 cases we made at the Flying Barrel (for those of you who care, the Hef we made last time, only got better with time).  So, we're going to have to go to the full court press and start drinking the 22oz bottles (darn =P) in order to be ready to bottle next weekend

So there you have it folks!  We just need a kick a$$ recipe and we are on our way!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!