Beer Tasting & Review Day #2: Irish Blonde Ale

I’m a little late on getting this post up but I just wouldn’t feel right if I didn’t mention how my Irish Blonde Ale turned out. The short answer: pretty darn good! This homebrew has received universal praise from everyone that’s tried it so far. It has a flavour first but smooth after taste, with…

Bottling Day #2: Irish Blonde Ale

Continuing on from where I left off last time, the beer had fermented for just over three weeks when I began to prepare it for bottling. I started by moving the carboy into my cold garage for about 48 hours in order to cold crash it. Once that was over I added about 1/2 teaspoon…

Brew Day #2: Irish Blonde Ale

After bottling my previous brew, the Baldwin St. Bohemian Pilsner, I was excited to get started on my next batch. For my second round, pun completely intended, I decided to try out making an Irish Blonde Ale. You can find the recipe for the Blonde Ale here. I also decieed that this time around I would…

Beer Tasting & Review Day #1: Baldwin St. Bohemian Pilsner

Well the big day has finally arrived: it’s finally time to try my first homebrewed beer. I have to admit that when I went to crack the first bottle there were still quite a few unknowns… would it be carbonated enough? How would it taste? What did I screw up? Thank god for that hiiiissss…

Bottling Day #1: Baldwin St. Bohemian Pilsner

After my first successful brew day I counted down the days until it was time to check if fermentation was complete. After taking samples every day for 3 days and confirming that the final gravity (FG) reading was steady I prepared my equipment for bottle conditioning! Before actually bottling anything though I took my original…

Brew Day #1: Baldwin St. Bohemian Pilsner

What does someone choose to make for their first homebrew? This is perhaps both the most important and the least important decision facing new homebrewers. What I mean by that is on one hand there are certainly some homebrew recipes that are more challenging to get right than others, especially when you have only vague ideas…