This year, some lucky folks will receive a bottle of home brewed lager (an Anchor Steam clone) and a bag of homemade cookies. I assembled two espresso cookies and a gift tag so I could see how it looked, but hopefully I'll bake some more cookies tomorrow so each person can have more than two!
Here's the beer right before we bottled it. Look how clear it is, and how thick the sediment is on the bottom. Everything about this batch went smoothly: no mistakes during wort boiling, nice cold weather all throughout fermentation, and a really crisp product that already tasted like Anchor Steam before becoming carbonated in the bottles. Final report in two weeks, after we pop open a few bottles!
5 comments:
Can I have the entire barrel of beer? I need it at this point :-)
Come visit us and you can have two barrels of beer, or however much you can drink before you fall over--whichever comes first.
I always like your homemade gifts. They are unique and I know careful effort has been put into them. :) I still use the transportation themed pillow I got last year - jo
Aw, you are so sweet! Crafting isn't nearly as fun if I can't inflict it on others.
Great gift! Looking forward to tasting the brew after the New Year. All the best for the holidays. Greg
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