Chillindamos Homebrewing

Just over a year went by since my last entry, crazy!  The kid has grown and another is on the way.  Life moves fast now.  With limited time, I found that Twitter was the best medium to share...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2013/02/homebrew-time-lapse-hoptastic-ipa.html

The new system has arrived and homebrewing has elevated to a new level.  The MoreBeer 2050 BrewSculpture was ready ahead of time and it was difficult to wait through the holidays for the oppor...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2012/02/b3-2050-brewsculpture-is-here.html

Time for some Radical Brewing !  When Bryan came to visit us from Oahu I asked him to bring an interesting and wild Hawaiian ingredient. Noni juice is what arrived. The noni fruit is loaded wit...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/12/puna-noni-sour.html

This is my first writings about working with Hawaiian passion fruit but this is the third brew working with the fruit.  I also made a semi-sweet mead with lilikoi juice on national mead day this...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/12/lilikoi-wheat.html

I've brewed at least a dozen batches since my last recipe post (April).  While I've been trying to use software (BeerTools Pro and BeerSmith 2) to drive my planning and record keeping, parenting...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/12/big-bear-fest-ale.html

Yes, please! Oh beer!  I've been neglecting my beloved homebrew blog.  While daddy daycare has taken its' toll on blogging, my homebrewing didn't fall off the deep end.  This summer I did...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/09/is-it-time-to-employ-metal-shop.html

Here's a couple of great videos from HopsTV for all you hop growers out there. HopsDirect has been making videos on their farming process.  Farmer, Stacy Puterbaugh , provides a number of tips...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/05/stringing-your-trellis-and-training.html

INFORMATION PRESENTATION ON GROWING HOPS Last month I gave a presentation to my homebrew club, QUAFF , on the basics of growing your own hops.  Several have asked for the presentation to be av...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/05/grow-some-hops.html

5 Gallon BetterBottle Volume Levels 6 Gallon BetterBottle Volume Levels I really need to just mark my BetterBottles for volume levels with tape or stickers.  The website for BetterBottl...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/04/betterbottle-volume-levels-and-more.html

The past three weeks have been amazing.  Our first child arrived and with it, an insane amount of excitement and a number of adjustments.  While my wife, Michelle, has taken the brunt of change...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/04/some-like-it-hoppy-ipa-april-10-2011.html

There's a new gadget out there that essentially cleans-in-place carboys, kegs, and lines (transfer, pump, beverage, gas, chilling). It's called  Mark's Keg Washer .  The homebrew DIYer can buil...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/03/marks-keg-and-carboy-washer.html

Using Better Bottles makes the old carboy-brush relatively useless since the plastic is susceptible to scratching. While PBW mostly eliminates fermentation build-up on the inside of the Better ...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/03/has-anyone-used-this-video-carboy.html

I'm getting a bit excited for this year's AHA Conference here in San Diego.  The conference is hosted by a different city each year and usually it's too far to travel.  This will be my first N...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/02/stay-classy-ipa-february-27-2011.html

In November I brewed a Schwarzbier that I really liked.  It was on tap at our annual New Year's Big Bear Bash.  As a dark colored beer, some of our drinking crowd steered clear while others wa...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/02/back-in-black-schwarzbier-february-21.html

Around this time of year, it's usually a good idea to start getting ready for the upcoming hop growing season.  My hop farm is located in sun drenched San Diego North County.  I have three terr...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/02/hop-farm-season-2011-begins.html

White Labs has a new platinum yeast strain available right now (January-February) that I want to try out: White Labs WLP815 Belgian Lager Yeast .  I thought I'd try busting the BJCP guidelines f...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/02/belgian-lager-february-6-2011.html

JUST DID A QUICK SEARCH TO FIND THESE GEMS: My kind of shirt. Have one already! My kind of flag. Need one. My kind of boat. Can't afford.

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/02/chillin-most.html

In this past issue of Zymurgy , Martyn Cornell and Antony Hayes outlined the ultimate English comfort beer, Burton Ale.  With Kara of White Labs also wanting to try out White Labs WLP023 Burton...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/02/burton-ale-january-30-2011.html

Alas!  It has been way to long.  I've been spending a huge chunk of time focusing on my Brew Year's resolution to make brewing water adjustments and to use software for planning and process doc...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2011/02/blueberry-wheat-special-edition.html

Happy Brew Year's!2010 was a great year of homebrewing.  My primary focus was brewing to style and in doing so, I certainly expanded my brewing horizons.  Previously, I typically brewed to my h...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2010/12/happy-brew-years.html

I've brewed up a couple of Smoked Porters earlier this year with great success.  The first was an Agave Smoked Porter utilizing the agave as an adjunct, great beer.  The second time, I tried ...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2010/11/smoked-porter-november-23-2010.html

I know what you're thinking, Blueberry?  Really?  Let me tell you.  This beer is the gateway homebrew for so many of my friends.  It leads to more drunkeness and debauchery than any other of ...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2010/11/blueberry-wheat-november-20-2010.html

Contemplating the frustration of having limitations with my mash tun, it occurred to me that I really don't need to make 5 gallons every time I brew (what I really want is 10).  I decided to giv...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2010/11/doppelbock-november-14-2010.html

I've avoided this style considering that its on the secondary brewing list planned for lagers to be ready for Oktoberfest (priorities are typically Oktoberfest , Pilsner , Helles , and a Vienna ...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2010/11/german-bock-november-11-2010.html

Who wants some!? Luckily, no one was hurt during this mishap.  It does, however, remind me that I should warn all who come over to help with brewing that glass carboys are extremely danger...

http://www.chillindamos.com/2010/11/reminder-glass-breaks.html