Homebrewing

Finally we are making another batch of beer and a batch of hard cider. It is so much cheaper its nuts and i kinda like having 10 gallons of alcohol on hand...just in case. It only cost about $25 to make 5 gallons of hard cider and 2 to 3 weeks to brew.  Beer usually ranges between $25 to $35 to make 5 gallons and again only 2 to 3 weeks to brew.

The last batch we made was an herbal beer. It had some ginger, basil, lemon grass, and blueberries. It tasted more like tea but was about 5.5% in alcohol. If you haven't home brewed before let me tell you, its awesome! Its cheaper and tastes better...most of the time. You can't make a cheap tasting beer.

The only time we made a batch that didn't turn out so great (but we still drank it) was the caffeinated beer we made. We used a pound of white espresso ground up really fine and added it to the lager. It tasted great and was i think around 6% but gave you such bad gas it totally wasn't worth it. If you drank one beer you had so much gas it hurt, so then you had to drink more so you weren't so uncomfortable. I think we either named it a.m. ale or fart your ass off, i can't remember which. One beer had more caffeine then 3 cups of coffee.

Now that the lady cave is clean, i think i might convert the chest freezer we have into a kegerater. I think i can fit two kegs in it, which means i will have to buy one more tap handle. It will be a fun project. My boys love workin man projects and i love beer so it will be fun for all!