Recent content by Celtic Ceilidh

I put all the extras from the brewing process onto my compost pile. My flower beds love it. :mug:

I realized that my husband and I were officially fanatics when, last weekend, we bottled 2 batches (a Scottish and an American wheat), racked a brown ale to secondary and brewed up a bitter. :mug:

You need to leave about an inch of air space to leave room for carbonation.

I use a whisk to aerate. It's pretty cheap and pretty easy.

My husband made an awesome smoked beef brisket on Memorial Day. It's always nice to have a meal that I didn't have to cook.

I've lived in Utah nearly all my life and I've never met any polygamists (at least that I know of.)

I've used both and haven't noticed much difference. Maybe I'll feel differently after I've made more batches, though.

I use bottled water. Sometimes the tap water tastes like chlorine. I rather not get off flavors from the chemicals and minerals in the tap water.

TxBrew: I agree with you about Mexico. A year ago we took a family vacation and stayed at Playa de Carmen. The white sandy beaches and blue, blue ocean were absolutely beautiful.

Good advice. I wish that we had had the second batch ready before our first one was gone.

I think that doing a secondary is worth the extra time. Dang good beers without a secondary. Dang great beers with a secondary.

Most grocery stores have a filtrated/sanitized water dispenser. I've never had any problems using that water.

Who says you can't buy beer in Utah?

We made Righteous American Real Ale yesterday. It smelled so good while it was boiling, I can hardly wait to taste it.

I'm planning on starting a batch this weekend to have ready for the summer. I was just curious, what are some of your favorite beers to make for hot weather consumption? :mug: "Making friends one glass at a time."