Fallen Into Knowledge

After the Taco Ride tonight, I transfered the above pictured liquid into another carboy for second fermenting.  Looks tasty, right?  Okay, beer doesn’t actually look all that appetizing until it is ready to drink.  All you can see above is some sediment and yeast hanging out at the top of what you can’t see - a cloudy liquid:  at this stage of the process the beer is very much a living thing.  It can’t be rushed, and it is very much worth the time invested.

Brendon and I have started brewing in his garage (and basement).  We have, more accurately, thrown ourselves into it:  above is a picture of our first batch, a brown ale, in the bottle.  Since the picture was taken we have had a bottle of two of the brown, gotten a batch of porter in the bottle, and I brewed a winter ale that is in second fermentation and won’t be ready for a few more months.