My sweet summer is gone...
Okay, so let's go over some things. 1) Summer flew by in a flash. 2) Working is hard. 3) Balancing a social life, multiple relationships, and work is even harder. 4) “Nothing worth having comes easy.” ~Theodore Roosevelt I went to GNEW for the second time and formally joined the SCA . I started working to become an Archery marshall and I'm getting into archery, rapier combat, thrown weapons, and homebrewing! What better "art" to learn than making alcohol. My first homebrew was set up for failure from the beginning. I told a coworker I was interested and they gave me a Mr. beer kit and some outdated ingredients... by about 4 years. What do you do with expired malt extract? Make your first beer! It sucked. Hence, Jake the dog. I brewed my second batch with seemingly more success. I got a True Brew kit from my local health food store, I chose an Irish Stout . Brewed it with my Dad, and finally bottled it today! Our 5-gallon batch earned us 27, 12oz bottles an