Author Archives: youngholm

Washing and sanitizing the bottles. The contraption is a bottle-drying tree, with a spritzer on top that sprays a disinfectant solution into the bottle when I push down. Continue reading →

We check the specific gravity with a hydrometer. It’s 1.015. Anything less than 1.020 means we’re ready to bottle, so we’ll be washing bottles today and bottling tonight. The beer in the test cylinder is drinkable — it actually tastes like flat b… Continue reading →

The brewing kit came from William’s Brewing here in the Bay Area (http://www.williamsbrewing.com). It contained everything except the bottles. We diluted their malt concentrate in tap water and boiled it in the huge kettle they sent — it barely f… Continue reading →

Chester and Kai were wary of the monster at first, but they checked it out and decided it wasn’t a threat. Continue reading →

I’ve heard of monster trucks, but this is the first monster car I think I’ve ever met. Yesterday at Point Isabel. Continue reading →

Our latest project: home brewing. Arlin bought a kit for my birthday and we spent Wednesday evening cooking up a 5-gallon batch. It’s now fermenting in the shower stall downstairs. Continue reading →

Chester will sometimes indicate he needs attention. Thi one of the ways he will do that. Continue reading →