A blog about one man and his beer.Tumblr (3.0; @brewbelly)http://brewbelly.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/72tzNu_Wnb0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Awesome video by Flying Dog Brewery promoting “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: A March to End Violence Against Women” Are you man enough?</p>http://brewbelly.com/post/10085369417http://brewbelly.com/post/10085369417Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:25:51 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqvoz8aJ5m1qd2b5so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Here is the wort chiller in action as I cool the Oktoberfest wort. There is more to the story of this Oktoberfest brew to come. </p>http://brewbelly.com/post/9718319280http://brewbelly.com/post/9718319280Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:20:06 -0500The Great Beer Challenge - Consumers Digest: Here is a link to a great article featured in the...http://brewbelly.com/post/9293627975http://brewbelly.com/post/9293627975Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:04:21 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq6t3vZAkM1qd2b5so1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Here are the new editions to my brewing equipement family. The the left is a 45 bottle tree or drying rack, this will greatly easy the process of cleaning the bottles. Second is a 20 foot wort chiller. I look forward to easy of chilling the wort will bring, which means less hassle, less mess, and no need to buy bags of ice and scraping up my bath tub.  </p>http://brewbelly.com/post/9129311502http://brewbelly.com/post/9129311502Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:09:31 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq1pytp35s1qd2b5so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I know I’ve been on a been on a tumblr hiatus, but the blogs will continue to roll.  Even though I have not been putting out tumblr posts, it doesn’t mean that I’ve stopped brewing. This is a pic of the bottles I used when I bottled my Texas Red on August 1st, which means it will be ready for enjoying here shortly.  </p>http://brewbelly.com/post/9017632750http://brewbelly.com/post/9017632750Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:13:41 -0500As I mentioned in my last post, I bottled my Bavarian Hefeweizen one week after transferring the...http://brewbelly.com/post/4995291146http://brewbelly.com/post/4995291146Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:34:38 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk0lhskoAN1qd2b5so1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span><span dir="ltr" id=":48">Several weeks ago I transferred the beer to the secondary carboy. I did this after the beer had been fermenting in the primary for about a week. Taking the lid of the plastic fermenting bucket was quite a challenge. I had to resort to using a hammer and flat head screwdriver. Eventually brain and brawn over came the stubborn lid and the beer was transferred in no time. However another worry had a risen the next day, because I did not notice any movement in my fermentation lock. Although, as luck would have it, the experts at my local home brew supplier told me that this is normal and my worry was quickly diminished.<br/>After a week in the secondary I decided to bottle the beers, which I did this past weekend.</span><br/></span></p> <p><span> </span></p>http://brewbelly.com/post/4814941036http://brewbelly.com/post/4814941036Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:48:42 -0500As you may know I recently upgraded my Mr. Beer 2 gallon brewing system to a much bigger 5 gallon...http://brewbelly.com/post/4614402958http://brewbelly.com/post/4614402958Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:58:40 -0500Only beer and water for Lent.: An inspiring article about one man who will only consume beer and...http://brewbelly.com/post/4391956990http://brewbelly.com/post/4391956990Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:53:08 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liy3mtK81e1qd2b5so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Who let the yeast out?!?!?! I DID!!! Tomorrow (Friday) is brew day so I took out the yeast out of the fridge Wednesday night to get it warmed up and ready for the big day, and no, this is not an April Fool’s joke.</p>http://brewbelly.com/post/4245441406http://brewbelly.com/post/4245441406Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:03:19 -0500 Recently, Yenny and I went to the Spring Seasonal Release at (512) Brewing Company.  Showcased at...http://brewbelly.com/post/4167469326http://brewbelly.com/post/4167469326Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:36:53 -0500 Last weekend, Circle Brewing Brewery had their grand opening. It was a free public event and they...http://brewbelly.com/post/3946696389http://brewbelly.com/post/3946696389Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:32:53 -0500TX 82(R) HB 660: Here is an article about HB 660 that was just filed in the Texas Legislature.  HB...http://brewbelly.com/post/3220643914http://brewbelly.com/post/3220643914Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:46:40 -0600I think I found my new hero.: Here is a link to a page on Brew Your Own about a guy named Justin...http://brewbelly.com/post/2055289575http://brewbelly.com/post/2055289575Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:53:16 -0600A few weeks ago I bottled the red ale, after letting it ferment for three weeks. I taste tested it...http://brewbelly.com/post/1642946175http://brewbelly.com/post/1642946175Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:16:12 -0600This past week I decided to take on St. Arnold’s challenge to a scavenger hunt around Austin,...http://brewbelly.com/post/1450612787http://brewbelly.com/post/1450612787Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:26:41 -0500<iframe width="400" height="243" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lVmlf-t0DH0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span dir="ltr" id=":1a7">Want to find out how my Oktoberfest beer turned out? Check out this video.</span></p>http://brewbelly.com/post/1362785830http://brewbelly.com/post/1362785830Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:21:38 -0500 Okay, so lately I’ve been procrastinating a little on brewing beer and posting blog entries,...http://brewbelly.com/post/1324884833http://brewbelly.com/post/1324884833Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:26:25 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/R6c9KPIE-xM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Thanks to Yenny, Brewbelly now has video! The video clips can be found on youtube by searching BrewbellyTV .  We decided to record a few videos of me tasting my first batch of brew, however it was with a camera phone so the quality is not that great. </p> <p>Above is an embedded video of me tasting the second bottle of my first batch.</p>http://brewbelly.com/post/1195168371http://brewbelly.com/post/1195168371Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:32:33 -0500I know my last blog entry about the bottling was delayed. I posted the blog about a week and a half...http://brewbelly.com/post/1168161944http://brewbelly.com/post/1168161944Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:35:59 -0500