Recent content by corkybstewart

Currently I am sitting on my porch in France drinking eau de vie (water of life) that my father in law made at least 50 years ago.

Gotta check the spelling. There's no e in Scotch whisky. In France bourbon comes from USA, whisky is European, even French whisky.

Time to recycle the bottles. Third time in 2 months. I swear someone is dropping off their empties in my garage.

I've been brewing for 32 years now and have yet to find an absolute favorite. I've brewed UK styles like bitters, browns, porters and stouts I love them all. A brown I brewed made it to the finals of a big competition. I've brewed Belgians: quads, blindes, sours. I won a best of show with a...

I bought some French beers I like but a friend dropped by with a couple of bottles of 2015 locsl red wine, so the beer remains untouched. Then my wife cooked a chicken dish that requires half a cup of white wine so I opened this and we finished it on the porch after dinner.

I went the opposite direction. I had 2 kegerators that held 6 kegs each,I normally had 10 very different beers on tap. I started brewing to get drunk, then spent a week in Belgium, which totally blew my mind. The next year we spent 2 weeks traveling across Germany drinking in small town...

A system I used for several years was to use a number system with the ABV. I picked a number, usually around 18. I could drink 3 6% beers, or 2 8%, as long as the number stayed around 18. It actually made me aware of how much alcohol I was drinking, not just how many beers. 8 years ago health...

It's dinner time in France, we ate vegetarian tonight, but only because my wife's vegetable soup and the plate of white asparagus was enough to fill us up. But I did open a bottle I picked up at a Bordeaux wine fest last month,perfect for our cheese plate.

Brewed with an Australian hop I've never heard of, Vic Secret.

Grilled sausages and chicken last night with the neighbors/family. Finished the meal with a great Bordeaux and cheese. The sausages are chipolatas, merguez(spicy lamb), and

A a geologist I love these. As a homebrewer I'm confused, what are they used for in brewing?

This one is a little young. A few years in the cave will improve it, or not. We'll see.

Yellow oyster mushrooms

Pink oyster mushroom, Montsoreau France

Le Herault River in southern France at 4X normal flow