All the Johns I know are brewing beer! Well, except John Bruno, but he makes up for that by drinking a lot of it while playing pool… John Carpenter has become quite good at it – I can personally vouch for that. And John Franklin’s leaving town to head to D.C., and on the way out had a home brew bottling party. Things I learned from the “Joys of Homebrewing” manual I found there:
- Relax, don’t worry, have a homebrew!
- Even though it’s legal to homebrew in every state in the U.S., it’s illegal to sell it, bummer!
- There are lots of steps to making beer, the most challenging part from what I read seems to be keeping your stuff from getting contaminated – bleach is a common disinfectant, but some people use ammonia, iodine, or all sorts of weird stuff…
- Relax, don’t worry, have a homebrew!
- You have to wait for weeks before you can drink your homebrew after you bottle it – again, bummer! :P
- One type of beer is left exposed to the air to “capture” its yeast – the specific yeast you end up with varies by region.
- Relax, don’t worry, have a homebrew!
Here’s a pic of Keith, John and Mike from Keith’s recent visit –
they came by to say hi while I sat there gaping back at them with the flu bug…
