Batch #18 - April 21, 2009 (Lefse Blonde)

All three of the brewmaster's were together for this brew!

We used Buhl water and brewed this 5 gallon Norweigan style ale for Jon's heritage. We brewed in the garage as it was pretty windy outside but the temperature was nice in the 40's.

Below is brewmaster Ron and Jon chillin' the wort.

We left the wort to chill in the cool running water and went inside for a bit to eat. We cam back later and brought it inside, took out gravity reading and added the yeast.

The S.G was 1.066

I think the wort was to cold because the yeast appeared to stay dormant abter being added. So, after the first 24 hours, I turned on the heat in the room to bring the temp up to 68 degrees. They yeast woke up and was very excited to be there! The wort orginally had a green tint from the hops but as the days go by, the color is turning brown.

May 2, 2009 - Moved to secondary fermenter. Oh yes, the time is getting near!

Batch #17 - April 18, 2009 (Nut Brown Ale)

Yes, Brew season 2009 has begun!!!

You need to drink beer when you make beer!!!!


We started this year out by brewing at Ron's place. It was a very nice day, the temps were around 42 which were 10 degress colder than at my place. Hey, it's like that up North!

We loaded up our brewing stuff and headed north. We got set up in the garage quickly as Ron had already pre-heated the water. We had it boiling quickly and we were on our way to another great batch of beer! We missed our fellow brewmaster Jon, but we have a suprise for him as I brought back the makings for a special brew his wife wanted to buy for him.

We used Chisolm tap water for this brew and we brewed 10 gallons. We used the London variety of liquid yeast for the batch.

S.G. 1.044


Here is Ron and I putting the wort into the brew buckets.



A special thanks to the wives for hosting and for taking pictures along the way.

Batch #12 - August 30, 2008 (English Brown Ale)

We brewed 5 gallons of the English Brown Ale using Buel water.

S.G. 1.064

September 10, 2008 - Moved to secondary fermenter

October 2, 2008 - Bottled the beer using the BB caps

F.G. 1.006

December 2008 - International Research Lab

Although the holidays are the times when you should spend with family and friends, we felt that this would be the best time to perform some research abroad. So, wanting to keep a low profile, we headed for Mexico! There we had the opportunity to do a lot of research, during the day and at night.

We dressed inconspicuously so as to not bring attention to ourselves while we were engaged in our research. Jon, the academic one of us, prefered to gain knowledge as he researched beer. Ron and I, well, we are not of the academic types, so we researched with more of a hand on approach to beer as you can see in this picture.

Needless to say, we had a fantastic time in Mexico and yes, all 17 of us were there and loved every single day. One of the best vacations we have had...

Batch #16 - November 8, 2008 (Aussie Light Ale)

November 8, 2008 - We brewed two batches (10 gallons) in our modified keg using Buhl bottled water.

S.G. 1.028

November 16, 2008 - Moved to secondary fermenter.

December 20, 2008 - F.G. 1.008. Bottled the beer using plastic bottles and B & B caps.

Batch #15 - November 8, 2008 (Red Hood E.S.B.)

November 8, 2008 - We brewed 5 gallons using Buhl bottled water.

S.G. 1.060

November 16, 2008 - Moved to secondary fermenter (Pale).

November 20, 2008 - F.G. 1.012. Bottled the beer using Red caps.

Batch #14 - October 4, 2008 (American Amber)

October 4, 2008 - We brewed this 5 gallon batch by boiling two gallons of Buhl bottled water in one of our brew pots. We added the rest of the water after the boil. We used 2 yeast packets on this batch.

October 11, 2008 - Moved to secondary fermenter (plastic pale).

November 8, 2008 - Bottled the batch using Grolsh bottles and White caps.

F.G. 1.010