three masterpieces

I brewed a porter about 6 weeks ago and it is turning into a delicious brew (more…)

Thanks to my good friend Aaron and his donation to After 5 of a 20lb. CO2 tank, I am now kegging my homebrew (more…)

Me and my friend Derrick were drinking a six pack of Harpoon IPA and when we got to the 3rd beer I noticed it was less than half full. I took the six pack back to Harris Teeter who replaced it on the spot. I also emailed Harpoon Brewery about it and I am waiting for a response from them, I am hoping for a free t-shirt or something! I love Harpoon’s beer but I was a little disappointed in the lack of quality control.

Unwound Apple Wine 

Made and designed By:
Evan Hawkins

This is the packaging for the wine I made last fall.

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Tasted the pale ale tonight, it has been in the bottle 13 days now. I was good but still needs to age longer. It is 7.4% alcohol and normally the higher the alcohol the longer the beer should age. It tastes a little sweet right now but I think as it matures the hops will become more prominent.

 The color looks good and it holds a great head, we will see about the taste.

Shane you will have to give me an unbiased opinion on Friday.

My good friend Derrick gave me an infamous Fat Tire for my birthday. I had never had one until now and here is what I think. (more…)

Thursday night I bottled the Pale Ale and racked the Oatmeal Nut Brown.

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Friday I brewed another batch of beer, this time I brewed a Nutty Brown Oatmeal Stout. It is very dark, I used a whole pound of roasted barley and 1/2 lb. of dark crystal malt. The original gravity was (more…)

Tonight I racked the latest batch of beer, it is an upper gravity, pale ale. I brewed it about ten days ago and tonight I racked it to get it out of it’s own funk. The ABV for this beer is  (more…)

I brewed the next batch of After 5 beer on Thursday! It was a cold and winding day but it seems the beer came out (more…)