5 Minutes or Less: Brewing Beer

This subject deserves  much more real estate on this blog than this post has granted, but I haven't posted too much about it up to this point as I fear once I get started, I'll never finish... so for now, we'll keep it confined to "5 Minute or Less" posts.

Thus far our beer adventures have turned up rather disappointing.  While we've only scratched the surface of the Australian Microbrew market, there is no doubt that it includes far less diversity than that of what it is in the States.  While we've discovered a few gems (though nothing on the magnitude of Terrapin Rye), we're still only just beginning our quest; after all, these things take time.  As both a means of furthering our own interest, as well as fulfilling a need not currently met by what we can find in stores, we've started to brew our own beer here in our apartment.  Our first brew is none other than a classic American Pale Ale (from a brew kit- no all-grain brewing yet...).  In our corner stands a 30L fermenter currently filled with 23L of fermenting golden deliciousness:

As part of the home-brewing process, we've had to start collecting empty crown-top beer bottles in which we will bottle our final product on Tuesday to bottle-condition and ferment.  We've enlisted the help of the Internet Cafe pizza bar downstairs, who have graciously provided us with their otherwise discarded empties- in return we've foolishly promised a bottle or two of the final brew, but failed to consider the potential that the beer turns out in a state that isn't consumable... only time will tell.

We'll keep our loyal readers posted as to how the Seppo Ale turns out!