Category Archives: Homebrewing

National Homebrewing Day 2008

By Brian Glenn | Published: 2008-05-03
Unfortunately, I found out about the first Saturday of May a little too late, so I was unprepared for brewing, but I did finally get my latest batch, dubbed the Swaggering Braggot, into the secondary fermenter. Those of you following along at home will notice I have been meaning to do this for a while, [...]
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Pantsville on Home Brewing Perspectives

By Brian Glenn | Published: 2008-04-30
Thanks to Douglas and Mike for mentioning my site on their show. If only I could have had the last couple posts up before that went out! I hope the three of us will be able to trade information as this gardening experiment continues. I urge anyone else who is growing hops to listen to [...]
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Hops Grow More Slowly Than Paint Dries

By Brian Glenn | Published: 2008-04-26
The hops do not seem to have changed very much in the past week. I suppose everything I read about hops growing very quickly was a bit of an overstatement. It could also be that I am slightly impatient. The beer that is brewing right now is right on schedule though. The bubbles are nice [...]
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Hops in the Ground, Beer in the Fermenter

By Brian Glenn | Published: 2008-04-21
I finally got my soil tested on Sunday and it was perfect: 6.5 pH. I got the rhizomes in the ground so that they can get started growing. I never pay much attention to the weather, so I guess I need to start in case we get a little frost again this year. From the [...]
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