The Beer Borg archive
Date: September 2013
September 26, 2013
Dr. Frankenbeer, I presume
Being a new brewer is exciting. You open the box, and there’s this fermenter, and cans of extract, and instructions, and you can make beer! I got my start with a Mr. Beer kit my wife got me for Christmas. I was as excited as a ten-year-old getting a puppy, and I couldn’t wait to brew my first batch. I would have creative control of the beer I drank. There were so many possibilities now; so much potential for creating custom beers right in my own kitchen. My first couple of batches were done with some slight modifications. Nothing major; […]
September 17, 2013
The Therapy of Home Brewing
There are lots of hobbies out there, with their own communities, and all of them serve the same purpose. The dictionary defines a hobby as an activity “engaged in for relaxation.” So building clocks, painting landscapes, gardening, etc., are things people like to do to relax. Personally, I don’t have the patience or dexterity for building clocks, anything I paint would disappoint me,
