tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541206186144229047.post768968368094291834..comments2023-06-22T05:50:58.437-07:00Comments on Forgotten Altars: Final Brewing DayOur Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703005828897779835noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541206186144229047.post-72051717979183454932012-02-23T15:47:58.164-08:002012-02-23T15:47:58.164-08:00Thanks David. We have only been brewing for a sho...Thanks David. We have only been brewing for a short while now, so we really appreciate your tips. I do have some flip-tops that I use for making liqueurs but I have never used them for ale. I use the Lorina lemonade bottles (the beverage is great and the bottles are fantastic). However these bottles are clear. Is your sense that you need brown or green flip-tops to keep the beer from going bad? I agree about the stress on simplicity and usually try to avoid the scientifically oriented purists. <br /><br />My 3 year old daughter is quite proud of our brewing endeavors and her play kitchen has been transformed into a brewery.Our Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02703005828897779835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541206186144229047.post-83117372650000831402012-02-23T07:00:08.998-08:002012-02-23T07:00:08.998-08:00Beautiful. I have enjoyed brewing at home for a fe...Beautiful. I have enjoyed brewing at home for a few years. I used kits for them, about 30 5g. batches. Mostly ales and a couple lagers. It is quite rewarding. I was surprised at how much my kids wanted to be involved and how interested they were! They even took to thinking and speaking of their daddy as someone who brews beer. It is sad in a way, because really their daddy is a cubicle wage slave! It just brought home to me how we truly nneed a renewal of Catholic culture. Like you and Devin and Katie Rose, my wife and I long for this life. <br /><br />A couple beer suggestions if I may be so bold:<br /><br />1 liter flip-top bottles are nice. They save time bottling (only 18-19 bottles as opposed to 48-50 12oz ones) and they need no capping. They can also easily be stored in the fridge if you dont use the whole liter in a day by simply flipping the cap down. The carbonation stays sufficiently.<br /><br />Dont overly worry about racking before bottling with most beer types. Sometimes all it seems to do is make the beer more clear, which I could care less about. Many times I have just left the beer on the yeast in the original fermentation bucket and then 3-6 weeks later it goes into the bottling bucket and boom, done. For me what makes brewing enjoyable is keeping it easy and fun, not getting to much equipment involved. <br />Thats my 2 cents.<br /><br />Thanks for this great blog!David Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181838722750428356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541206186144229047.post-55938578762957451742012-01-03T14:17:53.128-08:002012-01-03T14:17:53.128-08:00Thanks Geneva and Katie Rose for the comments. Kat...Thanks Geneva and Katie Rose for the comments. Katie Rose, we're so glad you are enjoying the blog and wanted to thank you for letting us know about the book by Catherine de Hueck Doherty...we just ordered it and can't wait to read it. Sounds right up our alley.<br /><br />We join our prayers with yours for a rich Catholic culture in all homes...maybe one day our paths will cross! It's a small Catholic world after all...<br /><br />A happy, festive and blessed 2012 to everyone!Our Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02703005828897779835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541206186144229047.post-33117899657274896122011-12-20T11:25:35.789-08:002011-12-20T11:25:35.789-08:00Hi! I just found your blog a few days ago through...Hi! I just found your blog a few days ago through the Catholic Land Movement blog and am heartily pleased with all your posts. My husband and I are passionate about the restoration of Catholic culture through all things domestic, and one of my newest pursuits is to incorporate prayers into my cooking. I made bread yesterday and prayed on my knees in the kitchen before making the dough, then blessed myself three times before kneading, then marked crosses in the top of each loaf. <br /><br />I got the idea for praying with my cooking from a sweet little book titled, "My Russian Yesterdays" by Catherine de Hueck Doherty; granted, she writes of a vibrant religious culture in Orthodox Russia, but she later became Catholic and her cause for canonization is now under way. The book describes different facets of Christian culture in Russia, with prayers before shearing the sheep, gathering healing herbs, cleaning the house, and so forth.<br /><br />I dearly long for a vibrant and rich Catholic culture, and my husband and I pray daily for the time when Our Lord will lead us to a little farm near a monastery/convent, with lots of Catholic neighbors.Katie Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036582789035678188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541206186144229047.post-2487385230197211542011-12-18T14:42:16.913-08:002011-12-18T14:42:16.913-08:00love the blessing. Can't wait to try the beer!...love the blessing. Can't wait to try the beer!genevahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03354402521066424352noreply@blogger.com