Spring bursts forth- Part 1: Brewing

Suddenly everything is green.
A week of rain and a week of sun and then more rain or a bit of snow.

Springtime in the Catskill Mountains.

At Equinox the earth was still partially frozen but mostly brown,
though the sun was already strong and bright.

 That weekend we honored the season first with our first Grove Beer Brew workshop

followed the next day by Grove Ritual.

Weekend of Reverence.

Bubbling & bubbling.

 A few people signed up but in the end it was just us three, the original grovemates.

With the kid home from school and sleeping, it was like old times. 

And good in the end to go thru it once ourselves and see what it really is.

I didn't take notes, but I took lots of pictures.

I remember "mash" and "sparge" and the "break in the boil".

I love the science and also the sanitizer.

sanitize!

  

 vortex 

sparging the mash

 

 

 

 worlds and omens in the boil

 

 

outside to cool

waiting

ready

pouring

yeast added

ferment

We let our batch get too cold at first and everything slowed,

but we moved them to a warmer room and it began again.

To be bottled at Beltaine.

Welcome the season of Springing up!