Oat Heaven GF Stout (aka ‘The Glütard’) Inspired by ryanbrews.blogspot.com 10# Oat malt (1.5 – 2 L) 1.5# Oat malt wet roasted to match Crystal 120 (120 L) 1.5# Oat malt dry roasted to match Chocolate Malt (350 L) 0.2# Oat malt dry roasted to match Roasted Barley (500-600 L) 1.5# Flaked Oats (perhaps more?) […]

Remember the spruce ale that I started at the end of November? Brew log Update About a week ago, I racked both carboys in preparation to bottle. However, the dry hopped version was still quite cloudy – so, it went into the fridge for a cold crash. Yesterday, I pulled it out of the fridge […]

With the bathroom somewhat reassembled, we decided to attack the upstairs: Now, this wasn’t just for fun… The upstairs has absolutely no insulation. Currently, with temperatures below freezing, you can see you breath. In a few hours, we had one of the bedrooms down. Here are some of the highlights: We did find a few […]

As a good friend recently told me: “Nothing like a deadline to get projects started” So with a baby on the way, we have decided to start tearing apart the house. First up? A vent fan for the bathroom Our downstairs bathroom (the only one with the shower), gets rather steamy. Lucky for us, there […]

The great midwives from Alma stopped by our home today and brought along the Doppler. “We” are now 15 weeks and 5 days along. The micro Nag’s heartbeat sound great:

It’s been about a week and a half since I brewed up the newest version of the Spruce Ale. The fermentation had slowed, meaning that it was time to rack the beer. Below, I will list some observations. Observations: Clarity This is one cloudy brew. It almost looks like cider. I remember that the others […]

This is my third batch of spruce ale. The base recipe is solid, but I like to switch up the spruce and hops in each version. This year, I am going for a truly spruced-out beer. My hope is to have it taste/smell like you are drinking an xmas tree.The ginger and aroma hops have […]

We were at the goodwill today and I spotted a strange accessory for my old school Nintendo Entertainment System. Was it a power glove? Or, perhaps an NES Advantage controller? No, it was something even more useless… an official NES Dust Cover! But hey, we’re talking a mint-condition, still-in-the-package accessory from 1990. For only $2, […]

This is one that I have wanted to brew for a while. Cascadian Dark Ale (CDA) is a jet black, highly hopped beer style. They are  often referred to as “Black IPA”, but do have subtle malt characteristics. Though, this is all up for debate, since neither CDA or Black IPA is an official BJCP […]

After harvesting from the garden yesterday, we had a lot of produce to process. First up? Tomato sauce: Alton Brown has a great recipe that you can see in full at the food network. We didn’t actually follow the exact measurements – just the general steps: Halve and de-seed the tomatoes. We didn’t bother de-seeding […]