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Flying Glass & Spilled Beer

Flying Glass & Spilled Beer

Last weekend, in the midst of our busy madness, we made two batches of beer; a Red Chile Chocolate Porter and a Belgian Golden Ale. Since the carboys "live" in our garage while they do their fermentation thing and the garage is pretty cold in the winter, Tool Lady did a lot of research on how to keep them a…
Weekends Are For Resting…

Weekends Are For Resting…

...unless you have things to do.Brunch with friends...seed shopping...home brew shopping and future home brew fantasies...emergency water rotation and refilling...goat milking...sun spot & snack loving chickens...attention given to long-ago-dried-and-forgotten herbs...soap frame creating...baby blanket crocheting...goat milk soap making (our very first!)...2013 garden planning...Red Chile Chocolate Porter brewing.Thank goodness for three-day weekends!!!xoxo,M
Abundant Liquids

Abundant Liquids

Well, our first batch of home brew has been bottled and capped (44 bottles, to be exact) and we're aiming for a first taste on Thanksgiving (which, if you're counting, is only 18 days away...crazy)!  Cream Ale...mmm...And right now we are over run with goat milk...right now we have 14 quarts of it in our fridge from the last few…
Beer Brewing

Beer Brewing

Oh yeah...Tool Lady, happily, and patiently, beginning the waiting process...