Still on the Beer

Wow!  It's been a while since I've posted anything... new babies will do things like that I guess.  Well I've been brewing my heart out since the end of March and have just recently slowed new brews coming down the pipe.
I've started using glass carboys for all my fermenting which does not hold on to aroma, and therefor ends in a beer that has less chance of picking up off flavors from bacteria.  I also use yeast starters on all brews whether or not they have a high original gravity (the amount of fermentable sugars in the beer).

The two carboys are the Lord Fatbottom barley wine, that I mentioned a while back, and an amber ale.  The cases are an IPA, a Honey Weizen and a beer I brewed before Elora was born (which did not turn out well... it's pretty good for cooking though).  I've also started kegging beer:

It's SO MUCH FASTER than bottling, and you can drink your beer sooner (which of course this whole process is for).  In there now is my version of Magic Hat #9, and I think it's pretty damn good!

Well, that's it for now.  I hope to post more sooner than later... CHEERS!