Well, my homebrewing skills increased a little this weekend after I tried my hand at “all grain” brewing on Saturday and Sunday. All grain brewing uses malted grains (grains that have started the germination process and are then stopped) rather than malt extract (sugar syrup created from mashing malted grains). Using malted grains rather than extract adds 2 to 3 hours to the whole brewing process, but for some reason makes the entire day more enjoyable. I made a couple of different pale ales which are relatively straight forward brews to make and everything seemed to go very well. I really can’t say how much easier things are these days with the great sanitizers that are available…which make sanitizing everything quick and easy. I will be kegging the two extract IPAs I made last week this weekend and bringing one or two up to Fall River for our July 4th celebration with Liza and Josh. When we get back the all grain IPAs should be ready for some attention. Wooot.

[tags]Homebrew, All Grain, IPA, Beer[/tags]