What is this about?
Just a narration of my homebrewing sessions.
Not because I think my brews are overly awesomely dope, but :
- To document what I’m doing right and what I’m doing wrong, revising and improving it.
- To help people along the way who might encounter similar problems as I did
- It’s fun to share your brews with the entire world 😛
My Homebrewing Experiments:
Homebrewing session #1: Getting Started Homebrewing With an Extract Kit: My Experience – Like most homebrewers, I got started with a kit. In my case, it was a 1 gallon IPA extract (LME)… …Homebrewing session #1: Getting Started Homebrewing With an Extract Kit: My Experience Read More »
Homebrewing session #2: First-Time All-Grain Brewing – a Belgian Beer – We had been hitting the lockdown for already a few weeks here in Barcelona and like many other new home… …Homebrewing session #2: First-Time All-Grain Brewing – a Belgian Beer Read More »
Homebrewing session #3: IPA All-Grain Brewing – My Lockdown Beer – After the semi-failure of my first IPA (extract), it was time to brew another one. So I wanted to give… …Homebrewing session #3: IPA All-Grain Brewing – My Lockdown Beer Read More »
Coming soon…
(I’m a little late on publishing but I’m currently writing them. Stay tuned or subscribe to receive a notification in your inbox)
#4: American Pale Ale (With 1st Time Dry Hopping)
Article coming soon…
#5: First Imperial Stout
Article coming soon…
#6: Experimenting a NEIPA For The 1st Time
Article coming soon… 
#7: Double NEIPA: Extra Juicy Hazy IPA
Article coming soon…
#8: Mango NEIPA: a Fruity New England IPA
Article coming soon…
#9: German Hefeweizen By The Book
Article coming soon…
#10: Mexican Cake Clone: a Spicy Habanero Chocolate Milk Stout
Article coming soon…
#11: Citra Double IPA
Article coming soon…
#12: Belgian Abbey Beer: Back to The Source
Article coming soon…
#13: Hazy Verdant IPA
Article coming soon…
#14: Mosaic Double IPA
Article coming soon…
#15: Kveik West Coast Pale Ale
Article coming soon…
What kind of home brewer am I?
I define myself in life not as a minimalist but almost.
I have traveled quite a bit in my life, living in Metz (France – hometown), Paris (France), Melbourne (Australia), Cairns (Australia), Taipei (Taiwan), Wellington (New Zealand), Beijing (China), Tenerife (Spain) and Barcelona (Spain). So you could say, I’m almost a nomad.
With this kind of lifestyle, you quickly realize that you don’t need a whole lot of stuff to be happy.
And if there’s one thing I don’t like to do, it’s to buy (bulky) things that I will use twice and then will have to get rid of when I leave a place. It’s annoying, time-consuming, and not environmentally friendly.
Besides, I live in a small flat in Barcelona and brew on my kitchen stovetop, mostly small batches (4 – 8 liters / 1 to 2 gallons).
So, I’m not the guy that possesses the latest homebrewing gadget (I do research and write about them), but I do like to buy gear I think will be critical to my process.
Also, brewing with the bare minimum helps me better understand the complete brewing process and how every little detail affects the resulting beer.
Am I following recipes or creating recipes?
Well, a bit of both. In the beginning, I was a bit unsure but now I feel like I can adapt some recipes to the things I like or to the products I have at hand.
