I can feel it in the air.  Time to start making beer.

Fall and winter are the times for me to brew.  When I lived in Pennsylvania I didn’t have a way in the summer to keep my fermentation vessels cool enough.  I COULD have if I wanted to futz with them constantly, but I am the type of brewer who wants to get it into the fermenter and then walk away for a couple of week, or until the batch is ready to either be racked to a secondary or bottled.

And even though the temps here in North Carolina haven’t fallen much, the house is air conditioned to 78 degrees and that is good enough for ales.  And besides, I am getting itchy to start brewing again.

I am a Maker.  I like to make things…..from Fight Club Soap

To laundry detergent, BBQ, BBQ sauces.  Whatever.  I am happiest when I am making something.  When there is something to be enjoyed by the people around me.

The beer that I make this time around is most likely going to have to be a partial kit as I no longer have a mash tun.  That is on the drawing board for after the first of the year.  But I haven’t decided if it is going to be a stout, or a red ale.  I do like red ale.  And I have a coffee stout recipe that kicks some major ass.

Decisions, decisions…….