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, June 6, 2011

Fruit Beer. Who knew I'd make a good one?

I certainly had no idea that I would craft probably my best beer yet, and that it would be a fruit beer at that. In anticipation of the upco...

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

A Kolsch By Any Other Name

I brewed a Kolsch once before. It is a beer that does well at the lower end of the temperature range, 50-62, but can tolerate up to 70 degre...

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Though I've been brewing I haven't been blogging.

I'd like to see that change in the upcoming weeks but I think that will depend on whether or not I find a job and can cultivate a bit m...

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Zwickelmania. Finally some down time.

February 19th marked my attendance at my first ever Zwickelmania. For folks who don't know what that is, in a nutshell it's the most...

Sunday, February 6, 2011

PCTBB

Finally, got around to brewing my entry for the Cheers to Belgium Beers in April. At the dart toss, I got low and light and having never bre...

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

I was tweet-worthy

@Beervana Jeff Alworth Just had a righteous amber ale @CoalitionBrewin for their Coalator project. Mashinda Hedgmon was the homebrewer, ...

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

People's Amber Debut

I'm breathing easier today. My beer was released on Friday, January 7 at Coalition. I was over the moon thrilled with the number of peop...

View web version

Powered by Blogger.