Recent content by sjcarter

that's a fight for others, along with many other worthy causes. 7 years of fighting the legislature is exhausting work :(

it's amazing seeing the changes from the inside, then realising that there's a guy I know from the internets who drives from *Carlsbad* to Birmingham to buy beer.... :drunk:

Not quite ready to brew high ABV, but I am intending making an English style bitter with loads of Motueka dry hoping and calling it "prohibitionist's nightmare" or similar :p

you don't know the half of it... Before May 2009, beer above 6% ABV was illegal in Alabama. Before June 2011, brewery taprooms were illegal and so too were free samples (no samples from a brewery tour). Before August 2012, non-draft beer containers larger than 16oz were illegal. All these...

thanks! And I love your sig!

new to brewing beer - mead is a lot more subtle than standing outside boiling stuff for hours on end ;) I think that the saturation coverage in the local press will make people think about trying it casually for the first time. I have a suspicion that Mr Beer kits will be very popular this...

Howdy folks, New beer home brewer here from Alabama. Celebrating the legalisation of home brewing with an English style Pale Ale which is bubbling away quietly in my basement! I also brew mead, which is a very low visibility brewing activity! So, cheers y'all from the Scotsman in the...