Archive for March, 2008

Spontaneous Pale

So I brewed my first batch with the Partial Mash method I discovered at BYO. I had ordered the grain for the Strauss in the Haus Vienna Lager, what would have been my first lager as it happens. But I hadn’t planned on it taking so long for my chest freezer to be delivered. It [...]


Kegging for the first time?

I’m just ordered my first kegging system. I’m excited! Too bad I don’t have any beer to put in it right now.


Two Brothers’ Hop Juice

I finally got a taste. Lord almighty, the taste. It’s still hanging on … and I love it.
On Saturday my wife and I found ourselves in the neighborhood of one of three full-scale craft breweries in the Chicagoland area: Two Brothers Brewing Company. Their pale ale, The Bitter End, is widely available in local stores. [...]