Paul’s Brewsletter

It has been a busy spring for brewing so far. I have two beers ready to go! The first beer is called Atonement Beer. It is an ale with the added flavor of boysenberries. Alcohol content came to 4.71% by volume for this one. Also ready to go is a beer I call Black Magic (5.85% alcohol by volume). It is a variation of a recipe from the Mr. Beer website. My variation is I substituted molasses for brown sugar. This resulted in a darker color and an unusual taste. It is good, just not the typical beer taste I’ve encountered.

Currently it is Strawberry season in Louisiana, so I’m going to try and make a strawberry beer soon before the street vendors stop selling fresh strawberries. Until next time….

Happy brewing!

Wow, hard to believe it has been ten years homebrewing beer for me already! In that time I’ve…

…brewed beer through approaching hurricanes (that means more if you live in the gulf coast region, believe me)…

…made beer with ginger (not the best idea lol)…

…bottled stout beer in glass root beer bottles (that sure made an interesting impression at parties)…

…made mini kegs (kind of a neat idea but more of a hassle in the end)…

…bottled beer in used 2 liter bottles (laugh all you want, but its a lot less bottles to deal with!)

and of course, I had a great time through it all. My attitude on homebrewing beer is “even when its bad, its still kind of good.” I can’t imagine what the next ten years of homebrewing will bring - I do know that I am having a blast and plan on doing this as long as I’m able to.

Anyway, the Czech the Halls beer made a great New Years brew. I along with several other guilty parties killed off the last of that beer for New Years. Everyone loved it all around. I need to do that one again.

My next brew is going to be a recipe from Mr. Beer called Atonement Beer. I can tell you it is an ale that includes boysenberries. Should be interesting - it probably won’t be ready for the Mardi Gras season, but it should be ready soon after.

Happy brewing!
Paul