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Today we started working on Charles Papazian’s “Holiday Brew” (from the “The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing”). Making the beer was only slightly more difficult than making the wine - essentially just make a sweet tea from hops and what not (also has cinnamon and ginger). Then filter the junk out into a 5 gallon bucket.

I still don’t have a good sense for what each ingredient does and how it would taste different if I changed things, but I think that will come with time. Probably more important is that I just get the hang of the process.

PA is at 6.5%

26 Nov 2007 Update: Checked PA: .5%. Still bubbling slowly.

27 Nov 2007 Update: Racked into a 5 gallon carboy.

12 Dec 2007 Update: Bottled. Tastes pretty good when warm & flat… pretty excited to see the carbonated & chilled version.

The Gainesville gang is getting together for New Years.  In our preparatory blog all the guys were asking all the other guys to make some sort of beer.  They all assumed that I didn’t have the capability to make wine too… their assumption was correct - until today!!  For my birthday Jenn got me the necessary goods to get to brewing.

I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes, so I think I am going to start with a batch of wine this weekend and hope it can be palletable by New Years.