Category Archives: Epicurean

This past week we kegged two batches of beer we had brewing for a party. It was a learning experience. First, for a nut/brown ale the primary fermentation goes faaaast. And a secondary immediately after is probably required to keep … Continue reading →

The root balls / canes we planted this winter have taken nicely and appear to be bearing a suprising amount of fruit for their first year, although they’re a few weeks from being ripe since they’ve not got a southern … Continue reading →

Our lager is probably ok. It was showing signs of slow fermentation still and I checked with a friend who’s a beer pro and he said not to worry. Tonight we moved it to secondary and it was noticably more … Continue reading →

The liqueurs turned out really good! Saturday we went by the brew store in Hillsboro (which has the best customer service!) and bought supplies for a lager and to bottle our liqueurs. Turns out we already had bought bottles though … Continue reading →

A friend at work forwarded me this really interesting article on the chemistry of bad beer taste. Our second batch of beer was an experiment to begin with and the results are a little mixed. It’s a wintry sort of … Continue reading →

Nestle’s got some sort of new coffee brewing. Fermented and foamy like beer, but non-alcoholic. I still miss Double Hook. Our second batch of beer is just about done with primary fermentation. This one’s hopefully going to be some sort … Continue reading →

Our first batch of beer (a German style Hefeweizen) turned out quite well. We learned a lot in the process and the next batches should be much easier and probably have better yield also. Still for a comparable tasting German … Continue reading →

We’ve got some really good fruit liqueurs last summer in Germany and have since had some yummy fruit wines here in Oregon. With all the fresh fruit around we’ve been thinking about trying to make some of our own. We … Continue reading →