Apfelwein

I made my first alcoholic drink today that isn't beer. It's a German hard cider. All the people on one of the brewing boards I read rave about it, so I decided to make a batch. It's real simple, pretty much just 5 gallons of apple juice, some corn sugar, and yeast. Let it ferment out for a few weeks, and you're done.

Hop Garden Update

Just took the potted hops and planted them in the ground. These are the varrities I have (from left to right):

Tettnanger
Centennial
Fuggle
Saaz
Mt. Hood

Keg and Batch #5 Updates

So I've been going on a shopping frenzy.

Recently I have purchased:
4x 5 gallon Cornelius kegs
1x 10 lb CO2 tank
1x Dual gauge regulator
2x Faucets
All the hoses/connects I need to dispense from 1 keg (eventually there will be a second (and third...) tap installed)
1x Digital Temperature Regulator

Pretty much all I need now is to buy a freezer, and make some beer. Oh, and new gauges for the regulator. That's a long story.


My 5th batch, which I also purchased, will be my first all grain batch. It is a West Coast style pale ale (similar to a Sierra Nevada PA). I'm also planning on making a batch of apfelwein. I'll actually probably make this before I make the pale ale.

New Brewpot

No update in a while, mainly because I have been graduating/moving back home/going to San Francisco for the last few weeks. Today I bought a turkey fryer to use as a brew pot so I can do full boils. This is a 35 qt. aluminum pot. It's pretty nice. Comes with a spigot on it, and I'm going to look at getting a Counter Flow Chiller to hook up to it.


Also, kegerator is in the works. Slowly acquiring parts.