Our Apartment = Brewery

 Aaron has been interested in brewing beer for quite some time now, and in late August he finally started his new hobby in our very small kitchen.  There is a store down the street that sells everything beer, so he bought all needed supplies and got to work right away.  His friend Ryan came over to our place and taught him all of the necessary steps to becoming a brewmaster.  Two months and twenty gallons later, he has successfully made four batches of home brew.  We have sampled three out of the four, and the beer is really very good.

Here's what's on the menu:

Ole T-Shirt Pale Ale (Aaron steeped the grains in his very old t-shirt)
Frisco Soul Porter (just cause it's a cool name)
Apricot Jess Wheat (hmmmmm...)
Zuri's Honey Amber Ale (Zuri is the same color as this beer)

I have taken some pictures of the bottling process.  It would be nice to have captured the brewing experience, but the smell forced me to leave the apartment.  After Aaron brews the beer he places it into a large glass container and stores it in the closet for approximately a month.  Over the past few weeks I have frequently come into the living room and seen him on the closet floor admiring his precious concoction.  "Just come take a look Jess, please.  Can you hear the bubbling?  No, you can't hear it from the kitchen, you have to come closer."  Once bottling draws near I find him digging through the recycling downstairs to find old bottles.  "Jess just help me dig for a few minutes, please.  We really need more bottles."  Really?  We??  Oh well.  I helped him with bottling one morning after getting off night shift.  It wasn't a pleasant two hours, and there just might have been words exchanged.  Shocking.

Fortunately for the final bottling this morning, I have had four days off and am well rested, so we worked happily together.  It was really fun actually, and I just can't believe how much beer we have in our little apartment here in San Francisco.  If you're in the neighborhood and thirsty, come on by and have a beer (or two please)!  Cheers!

Preparation

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The Brewmaster and His Wife

A Proud Momen

Hard Work

Ready to Go

Finished Product

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