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Let the Games Begin!
A few weeks ago, after considerable deliberation and research, I finally took the plunge into the fabulous world of home brewing. A few minutes ago, I after much angst and low-set expectations, I...
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Gettin’ Yer Affairs in Order: Equipment
From my earlier post, you’ve probably gathered that I’m not entirely an impulsive individual. My decisions have the tendency to be well-pondered and executed only after extensive deliberation and...
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Batch 1: American Cream Ale
Massive success! Despite periods of worry, hand-wringing, incessant laments, batch #1 has proven to taste like … beer! And a fine one, at that. Frankly, my lifelong habit for setting my expectations...
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Full Moon Half-Caf IPA (batch 2)
Started my second batch on June 3, 2012. I went with the Brewer’s Best India Pale Ale ingredient kit this time, IPA generally being my and my wife’s favorite style. Some unknown spirit must have...
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Batch 3: Scottish Ale with a Twist
This impulsiveness that resulted in the Ungeheuer that is my Full Moon Half-Caf IPA produced something of an inundation of intense coffee flavor that drowned out the glorious hops I hoped to love in...
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Tilted Jaw IPA, 1st attempt (batch 4)
So, in our homebrewing “fantasy league,” the wife and I came up with a bunch of names for our craft brews … mostly named after the pets or inspired by ancient culture. Among these is what we aspire to...
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Chili Beer! (batch 5)
Chili beer on the cheap and simple! Every time we go out to visit my brother and sister-in-law in the Denver area, like to sit down for a pint of Wynkoop Brewing Company’s Patty’s Chile Beer. It’s not...
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Ancient Egyptian Beer and Wine
I recently published a couple episodes of my Ancient Art Podcast exploring beer and wine in Ancient Egypt. While my Homebrew Blog resides in the same household as my Ancient Art Podcast, I nonetheless...
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Tilted Jaw IPA, 2nd attempt (batch 6)
I’m immeasurably more pleased with my second attempt at an IPA versus my first attempt. This batch is truly worthy of the name Tilted Jaw IPA. We’ve happily shared it with a few friends, who all...
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IPA Honey Oat Homebrewed Beer Grain Bread
Throwing out those precious beer grains after barely steeping them in hot water for 20 minutes seems like such a waste and tears at my environmentalist heartstrings. So, as with many environmentally...
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Homebrewed Beer Grain Granola
Thought I’d give this a whirl. I adapted the recipe from Spent Grain Recipes and Homebrew Cooking Recipes. Easy Granola [Comments in brackets are mine.] 9 cup barley grains [had only 6 cups grains so...
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Krampuslauf: Ein Holiday Ale Mit Horns
An annual Christmastime tradition in my Germanic household is the brewing of Glühwein, an alcoholic beverage of hot red wine spiced with clove, star anise, cinnamon, orange, and plenty of sugar....
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You don’t need an expensive grain mill
Yes, the fancy grain mills available at fine online vendors like MoreBeer are lustworthy, but the cheapest they offer, the Victoria, is still $60. (Incidentally, my money’s on it having been named...
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Pooka Berry Goblin Ale
The mischievous creature of Irish folklore known as the pooka (phouka, phooca, púka) is a shapeshifter taking on many forms … a black horse, goat, rabbit, or — in my domestic situation — a tubby...
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Dogfish Head Theobroma, Mayan & Aztec Cacao Beer
After a couple months of it tempting me in the fridge, I finally cracked open my bottle of Dogfish Head Theobroma. This is an ancient-inspired beer with a kick. From the bottle: Theobroma, or “Food of...
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Ancient Egyptian inspired homebrew
Heavy emphasis on “inspired” with no claims at authenticity. Brewed with no hops, because that didn’t become the norm until the Middle Ages as there’s no evidence of hops from Ancient Egypt. Instead, I...
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Scorpion’s Cedar
King Scorpion (yes, there really was a King Scorpion) enjoyed the good life … and also the good afterlife. Found in Scorpion’s tomb at Abydos from about 3,100 BC, the earliest wine in Egypt was...
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Tilted Jaw IPA, 3rd time’s the charm
After a hiatus of many moons, Morgue Brewing (i.e. me) is back in the saddle! Kicking things off with my signature IPA, Tilted Jaw. Who’d-a-thunk a move and a baby would consume so much time (besides...
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No Chill Method – Keeping It Simple, Keeping It Real
I wrestle with balancing authenticity and technology in my home brewing. Sanitizers, clarifying agents, wort chillers … I somehow doubt ancient brewers concerned themselves with the “cold break” to...
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A Toast to Ninkasi: Sipping Sumerian Beer
A couple weeks ago, the wife and I visited the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago for an evening of ancient Sumerian beer “exploration.” It was exceptionally informative on Sumerian...
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