Step Aside Boys — It’s Girl’s Night!

Posted by Patrick under Home Brewing

After weeks of close calls and near misses, we got the girls in on some summer brewing. Sean and I turned over the reins of our largely automated brewing rigs to see what creative beers Andrea and Stephenie could deliver.

Here, Andrea is adding the boil hops to her as-of-yet unnamed ale which will be fermented with kiwi fruit. She turned out to be a natural at the more difficult aspects of the brew night — sampling the previous few batches, and stirring.

Meanwhile on the other rig, Sean and Stephenie paid a lot of attention to the mash. Since she was brewing an Abbey-style Dubbel, hitting that magic 153F would ensure enough residual body and avoid dry-beer syndrome.

The fermentations are going strong now, so we should have some interesting beers in a few weeks.