My closet smells hoppy

My closet is now a brewery. Or at least it smells like one with two hoppy beers in there fermenting. We brewed our fourth batch on Friday after bottling our second batch.

Here's Nate with the goodness from his Thursday night shopping Trip. And here's Nate hard at work Friday night adding said goodness to the brew.




















And for fun, all four caps we had made up for our first four batches. Coming up with the names and designs is half the fun. And brewing is half the fun. And drinking is half the fun. Hmmm, I guess brewing is 150% fun compared to just drinking at 100%. We should form a study...

We were also graced by the presence of a fellow brewer, James. He even brought beer and a wort chiller. As we lengthened out our brew by boiling before and after adding the extract, having the wort chiller was nice because we were able to finish in 3-4 hours still instead of the 4+ it would have taken using ice water to chill the outside of the kettle. Thanks James!

And lastly, here is yours truly bottling our first beer. We would frame it for a keepsake or something, but we will most likely just drink it.