Let’s be honest. We, home brewers all have humble beginnings when it comes to our home breweries. Maybe we buy a 5-gallon cooler from a hardware store to use as a mash tun, the shiniest 7.5-gallon kettle we can find, a 5-gallon plastic bucket is the fermenter, and MAYBE a glass carboy will be our […]
Hazy IPA Recipe (and 4 mistakes to avoid)
This hazy IPA will get the attention of your guests for sure! The burst of tropical aromas from 5 different hops sets the tone for the rest of the beer. Don’t let the light color and light body of this hazy IPA trick you, the ABV logs at 6-6.8%
EP.001- Sarah Downey: Adjust the course, find happiness
Sarah Downey on finding happiness outside of work and increasing productivity, the challenges of connecting different products under one brand and much more
Kegs & Code Podcast is Live! Make it happen!
The Kegs & Code podcast is live! My inspiration to start this podcast came about when I decided to start sharing what my journey as an entrepreneur really looks like. It was about what happens before dawn and after dusk.
Product Launch – The Second Time Was Harder
The First Time When you heard of the Brew Journal on Kickstarter, it was really the first time I was putting myself out there in a big way. There was no parameter of comparison in terms of success or failure. If you had seen me fail, well, that was my first time doing a product launch. […]
Experimental Porter Recipe
The Experimental Porter Recipe uses a solid 5-gallon porter recipe as a based but then the batch is split into 5 1-gallon batches in secondary. One rests without any addition, the other four are where the Experimental parts come in with cocoa nibs, oak chips, vanilla and raspberry additions. If you were looking for a porter recipe, look no more.
Brew Journals Getting Damaged During Transit
I decided to start writing more about what happens behind the scenes on a one-man-operation business. Kegs & Code has been built with sweat, sore muscles and lots of creativity to get everything done on time. Post #1: Brew Journals are getting damaged during transit.
2016 Beer & Wine Calendar
Being a “solopreneur” sometimes sucks because we are so wrapped up on the things we have to do on a daily basis that we forget about other things. Last year I forgot so many of these fun days to celebrate! IPA Day, Stout Day, Riesling Day and so many other fun days =\ In 2016 […]
Beat the Odds. Open a Successful Microbrewery Today.
With the 1.5 billion dollars Powerball jackpot hype, I couldn’t help but to look up what are the odds of taking all that cash home. Well, 1 in 292 million. That’s discouraging and it’s something that is totally out of your control. On the flip side, data shows that 60% of restaurants fail in the […]
42 Wine Journals Made It ALL Possible!
I said that for every Wine Journal sold during the month of December, Kegs & Code would donate $7 to Charity: Water. Guess what? We sold 42 Wine Journals!!