mlavin (Mark Lavin)

Not my favorite beer but it's not bad. I've never ...

Still no hydrometer so no gravity reading. Bottling when really ...

Prepared the coffee last night and let it sit in ...

Bottled this up tonight. I'm a clumsy idiot and I ...

Fairly smooth brewday. I initially forgot to add the lactose ...

Added irish moss and changed mash water ratio.

I've never seen a fermentation this active. Last night the ...

Pretty good brewday. I started the mash around 10 AM ...

Remove mash ratio. This is left to the brewer.

Caramunich wasn't available so switching to Crystal 40 for now.

Whoops. Wrong mash time.

New recipe created.

New recipe created.

This was my first all grain batch and I think ...

Beth and I had a small taste last night. One ...

After the loss from the trub it only came to ...

For such a dead simple recipe this beer turned out ...

First all grain brew day went fairly well. Didn't quite ...

Higher pre-boil volume. Longer primary fermentation.

Tweaking the ESB template to raise the hop levels.

Started adaption of "Extra Special Bitter All-Grain Template"

Bottled today without making too much of a mess. It ...

Quick brew day. Added too much water so gravity came ...