Fruits Of My Labor

Fruits Of My Labor

I'm a homebrewing and wine-making African American woman living in the Pacific Northwest. This blog is my outlet to talk about my experiences with finding and tasting great beers and learning about the craft of homebrewing and winemaking. My motto: I need to recruit.

Monday, August 30, 2010

3B recipe

3.8# Malted Buckwheat 1.5# corn sugar 1# rice solids extract 1.5# Buckwheat honey 2oz Hallertaur @ 45 10z Willamette @ 10 1oz Styrian Goldin...

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Krausen!!!

Well the panic has been thwarted! I was worried yesterday when I didn't see more activity. Apparently the little beasties have gotten o...

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Cool down in record Time!

This deserves its very own post. I did not check the weather before I started brewing today. Imagine how not happy I was to realize that we ...

The Mashout and the Boil

Oh so heavy! I really need to think about rigging something to hold the grains suspended over the pot so I don't physically have to do i...

The Mash

Ok so now we've moved into the official letting it sit for 45 minutes until conversion. I added the enzymes and soon will be heating up ...

BW Brew Day!

So today I woke up at 845am and knew in my bones that I just had to brew today. I've put it off and put it off for about a week. I know ...

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

BW didn't take as long as I expected

Other than it being 90 degrees outside the roasting didn't take as long as I thought, only close to 4 hours total. I didn't need to ...

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