Wow, I hadn't brewed any beer in about 6 months, I did a couple of root beers a few months ago, but no beer. But I got back in the saddle this weekend.

Brewed a Kolschbier on Sunday and a pale ale today. Can't wait to try the Kolschbier, my first go at that!

Well I had to pull the bag of ginger pieces after I went back for some samples. After steeping for about 10 hours, it was pretty strong. But it did taste great. Can't wait for it to get carbed, should be a refreshing drink. And yes, John, goslings would be good with it. I like their rum a lot.

First attempt at making this. Here is my recipe for a 5 gallon batch. Bring one gallon of water to boil. Add 3 cups white cane sugar and 1 cup brown sugar. Slice 1 lb of ginger root and add to the pot. Add a couple of cloves. Simmer for 10 minutes. Fill keg with 4 gallons of cold tap water. Add 2 oz...

This did turn out pretty good, and since then I have made a couple of batches of root beer as well. I have a dedicated keg for just soda. Today I plan to make a Jamaican ginger beer with fresh ginger.

Let us know how that AG wheat came out... Hope to see ya around here from time to time.

I am brewing today, since it is a holiday. And it is a balmy 6 degrees here in Indiana..... Brrrr. Brewing up an Oatmeal stout.

Made my first batch of cream soda today, I've never attempted this and didn't find a lot of recipes. But here is my first shot at this. 2.5 gallon recipe 2.5 cups can sugar 1.0 cups brown sugar 7.0 cups water Bring to boil Add: 2 oz of vanilla extract (not imitation) 1/8 tsp of cream of tartar Simme...

That looks awesome!

That looks like a great recipe. I love the pale ale.. Grain to glass in 3 or 4 weeks, and then even better at the 6 week mark.

Kegconnection.com has 5-gallon pin lock kegs on sale for 29.99 so maybe I will pull the trigger on one so I can have a keg for sodas.

I've been wanting to do a Sarsaparilla, but just didn't have a keg or tap that I wanted to dedicate to sodas. Congrats on your root beer, this is really wanting me to brew a batch of cream soda, root beer, or sarsaparilla. Maybe I will ask the wifey for a keg and some extract for Christmas...

Hey this has gotten much better after the first few samples from the keg. It was pretty harsh in the beginning, not sure but has also happened with some other brews for me. But now it has turned into what I was expecting... Boozy, molasses, toffee and dried fruit. Yay!

Flavor and aroma are pretty good, I had a couple of pints this afternoon while watching football. Just a simple pale with some Citra kick. I am sur it will get better, but pretty old at this point.

I kegged this one over the weekend (after a cold crash of 6 days) and quick carbed it so I could have a couple of pints on Sunday. This is a very good early drinker at 4 weeks. I love these simple pale ales - so easy to produce a high quality beer. I had a pale ale at B.J.'s. over the weekend and la...

Well... Not too happy with this one. Way too much alcohol presence, and has a solventy off flavor. Hoping it improves in the keg after a few more weeks, but doubting it at this point.