Inspired by Tazo’s Passion herbal tea, this brew was intended as an early Xmas present to my wife, 1 who had expressed a fondness for it, 2 and was looking for something special to drink over the holiday break. Thus was born the formulation for Cupid & Psyche: Regular readers will recall I did this […]
With my fermentation chamber proven out, it was time to try my hand at brewing with a lager strain. Granted, looking over my Untappd data, I tend to prefer ales — but I’ve been known to enjoy a Vienna from time to time. And since this is homebrewing and we can do whatever we want… […]
I experienced something of a miraculous windfall. A kind of homebrewer’s waking dream. My friend Donnie texted me one day and basically said: I have a garbage bag full of Cascade hops. Do you want them? And the rhizomes? We’re done with these. Um… hell yes. Thus was born Birdwatcher:
I was coming up on the second anniversary of my first homebrew; my twenty-fourth overall, and my twenty-first as Tilde Gravitywerks. I got the idea that since it was a red ale that started it all, and since I’ve been working on a red ale as my signature beer, that such a beer was what […]
When I brewed Vicious H-Bomb, it was just to satisfy two things: H.’s lament that he should have a beer named after him; and My desire to experiment with some Belgian yeast. In other words, I never intended to enter it into competition but… when the Fair rolled around and I heard there was a […]
It all started with a Firestone Walker. “What’s that one called?” my oldest asked. I told him. His eyes got all big. “Like Chewbacca? What if we made our own version and called it Let the Wookiee Win?” How could I resist?
This one started when my older boy realized that Boo Beer had been named after his younger brother and asked: “Dad when are you going to name a beer after me?” Thus: Vicious H-Bomb, a Belgian IPA:
Since I first started brewing, I wanted to concoct a big chocolatey but also peppery-spicy imperial stout. I chipped away at the recipe for over a year, working on a bunch of different versions of it. When Alan Rickman passed away, that was the inspiration to go for it. I had the recipe, but now […]
The blog post in which I unveil and discuss my twentieth homebrew, 1 Churlish Otter, a strong bitter in the style of those classic British pub ales: ”Twentieth?” (you ask) “What happened to no. 19?” Ah, you astute and perceptive reader you… We’ll come back to #19; don’t you worry about that. #19 just needed […]
Remember homebrew #18? Tilde Galaxy? Well, I entered it in the 2016 (7th Annual) Greg Noonan Memorial Homebrew Competition 1 and… …it won Third Place for the IPA category! Along with Sorry Karl Mk. II, but that’s a whole other story…[↩]