The best part of homebrewing: taking raw ingredients and turning them into one of the oldest beverages in the world that you can share with your friends. Second best thing, its cheap. I haven’t actually done the math, but my gut tells me it must be cheaper. Something about removing the middle man.
Last night we tasted our Mystery Recipe Pale Ale. It is still very young, having only been in the bottle 6 days, but it has that nice crisp carbonation sound when you pop the top, which is what we were really checking on. Anyway, as expected from the low starting gravity (meaning not a lot of sugars to begin with) it feels a little on the watery side. It has a nice malty sent with a surprisingly strong hoppy aftertaste.
The point is we now 50 49 bottles of our very own beer.
I certainly hope that picture was taken before you got a haircut!!!
Love, MOM
P.S. What happened to that 50th bottle of beer?
Dear Matthew,
Your third grade teacher says that is not you in the picture. She’s sure it is Napoleon Dynamite!!!!! Love, MOM