Saturday is brew day… part 1
The ferementation room is finished and… empty. I am down to my last 10 bottles of my first batch. The wife and kids have left for the day to have lunch and take in a musical down at Fair Park. Time to brew. I have spent the past couple of weeks deciding what to brew for my next batch. The plan for the fermentation room was to eventually allow me to brew multiple batches (at multiple stages) at a time – so I thought it might be best to “christen” the room by brewing two batches… that, and I could not make up my mind what I wanted to brew. After attending the Addison

Fermentation room build-out
My first batch of beer was completed, which I christened the Alba Varden IPA (points to anyone who recognizes the name… Thanks to the fermentation chiller I had built, I was able to keep the temperature of this batch fairly consistent. After a few weeks of bottle conditioning – the flavors had melded and the carbonation was nearly perfect: