Adventures in Homebrewing.....

The first three batches (January 2009):

Baking bottles for the first batch.

Sweatshirts to keep the light out. IPA on the left. Amber on the right.

The first three brews. From left to right: Amber in bottles, IPA in the jug, Beantown Ale in the bucket.

Maple Porter (March 2009):

What happens when you put too much high gravity wort in a bucket: fermentation through the airlock.

Maple Porter during primary fermentation.

Maple Porter before transfer to secondary fermenter.

Syphoning Maple Porter into secondary fermenter.

Maple Porter Trub.

Orange Berry Wheat #2 aka OBW2 (March 2009):

OBW2 before transfer to secondary fermenter.

OBW2 during transfer to secondary fermenter.

OBW2 in secondary fermenter. This beer was eventually submitted to the Sam Adams Longshot Homebrew Competition.

Saturation Point an Ultra/Double/Imperial IPA (April-May 2009):


Saturation Point at week 3 of fermentation, with floating dry hop addition.