Spiced Winter Cider

Last week, Lauren and I got together with our friend (and Lauren’s man-friend) Hugh, who has Coeliac disease. Practically speaking, this means he cannot consume gluten, which is found in most grains. This, obviously, is a problem when it comes to beer.
As a result, Hugh is quite versed in a number of other alcohols, [...]

Cider!

So Lauren and I have been working on this for a while. I’ve been kind of documenting the process as we go along, but have put off blogging it for a while. Mostly because I’ve been busy, but largely because I’m kind of lazy, too.
Anyhow, we started a hard cider a while ago. Maybe 6 [...]

Imperial Root Beer Stout

I figured I’d start the Beer portion of this ol’ blog off right with an entry about homebrewing. Whilst this was not with my partner in crime, Ian, it was with a few good dudes I work with. We came up with this hair-brained idea that a Root Beer Stout sounded interesting, and [...]