Recent content by Paolipete

Has anyone harvested yeast from a bottle of Samuel Smith's Yorkshire Stingo? (Nice beer, by the way.) I had a bottle last night and tossed the dregs into some diluted Malta Goya, and while I know looks can deceive, it appears there's some yeast growing. (Maybe it's just bottle sludge, but...

In a year or so I want to teach my son how to brew, along the lines of how I'm now showing him how to do laundry, cook and use power tools (not all at ther same time, natch). He's starting to show an interest in trying alcohol, it's legal in our state for parents to let kids have a beer, and I...