[Loch-Ruadh] Brewing Class Review

[Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain]

I hope that everyone who attended the brewing class on Saturday had as much 
fun as I did.  Many thanks to Elizabeth for letting us hold the class at her 
house.  The layout of her kitchen/dining/living room was perfect for that 
kind of demonstration.

For those who were unable to attend, Dunstan took a lot of pictures (as I 
forgot to get the video camera from my daughter) and as soon as he's had a 
chance to sort them out and get them to me, I'll write up a narative to go 
with them and post everything online so you can follow along with what we 
did.

The handouts from the class are available at 
http://www.geocities.com/padraig_ruad/BrewingGuild/.  Of course, if you want 
to do a taste test on the beers we sampled, you'll have to go to World 
Market or someplace similar to get them.

The beer made during the class, a Maple Oatmeal Stout, is currently sitting 
in my kitchen, but the fermentation doesn't seem to have started yet.  I 
will make a trip to The WInemaker Shop sometime today to pcik up some yeast 
nutrient to try to get it jump-started.  I'm hoping to have it ready to 
drink by Warlord.

I've also decided that sometime within the next month, I am going to brew 
another batch of the Honey Mild Ale that I took to Gulf War, as everyone who 
has tried that one has enjoyed it.  I'll let everyone know when I'm going to 
brew it up.

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