A long time ago, a buddy of mine got me into brewing beer. I’m not talking about buying a can o’ syrup and adding water – I’m talking about buying grain, taking it home, milling it, mashing it, hopping it, fermenting it, bottling and kegging it…. *really* brewing beer.

Anyway, it turns out that a good number of the members of the local brew club in my area also work in IT. Since lots of other folks who visit here also work in IT, I figured I’d give a shout out to anyone who also brews, and point them at two things:

1. Some time ago, I started an IRC channel for home brewers. The channel is #homebrew on irc.freenode.net – please join us!
2. I’ve been the primary poster on the blog my buddy and I started to post our recipes and notes and stuff. You might find some useful stuff there http://www.bamfbeer.com

Blogged with Flock

2 Responses to “Do You, Um…. Brew?”

1. Steve Lee says:

   January 14, 2008 at 6:30 am

   When I used to brew we used this book
   http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brewing-Beers-Those-Amateur-Winemaker/dp/1854861255
   It’s old and has a few dodgy recipes but if you like Brit beer it might give some good ideas. The Theakston’s Old Peculier was yummy (though due to a punctured pressure barrel we had to drink it very fast, shame).
   Looks like this one might be good now:
   http://www.amazon.co.uk/Camra-Guide-Brewing-Graham-Wheeler/dp/185249137X
2. Michael Gorsuch says:

   February 5, 2008 at 2:35 pm

   I’m a brewer, too… do all sysadmins do this, or is it just the cool ones?