The Waiting Game: A Priming Sugar Mishap What’s the worst part of homebrewing? No, it’s not the cleaning and sanitizing of equipment. It’s the wait once your bottles have been filled with your craft liquid gold. The Inspired Paso Ale was bottled on July 5th, but due to a small oversight on my part, I…
Bottling Day: Inspired Paso Ale Gets Capped, Labeled, and Ready “Never stop learning.” That’s something I lived by throughout my career, especially at my last job, where no two days were ever the same. No two incidents or accidents were identical, which meant nearly 20 years of constant learning. The same principle applies to making…
First Brew in Seven Years: Inspired Paso Ale Hits the Bucket Today marks a week since I brewed my first batch of beer in over seven years. It felt good spending half the day making magic from grain, water, yeast, and hops. Trying a Recipe Calculator for the First Time This was also the first time I used…
Back in the Saddle: Brew Day for the Inspired Paso Ale Back at It, After 7 Years It took 2,654 days to finally brew my sixth batch of homebrew. I’ll be honest with myself — it had been too long. Today was brew day, finally, a day to look forward to when it comes to…