It was a beer weekend in Fort Wayne. That is a generally true statement for most weeks of GermanFest. For me, Headwaters Park was only a blip on the GPS.
On Friday I taught about 20 people how to make beer at the Indiana State Master Gardener Conference. Some topic, huh? Saturday, I judged beer at Fort Wayne's Botanical Conservatory. Sunday involved a beer club meeting and was supposed to finish with a beer festival at the Conservatory. Aside from the festival, it all happened.
So going back to all this knowing where our food comes from, I do, in fact brew most of the beer I drink (which isn't a lot). And probably 20% of other beers I drink are made by people I know. I take malted barley, which tastes as sweet as Honey Nut Cheerios, and make sweet sort for yeast to turn into delicious beer. I haven't had much luck growing my own malt, but I have grown hops. Boy, have I grown hops.
Sometimes I even get people together to make beer and we enjoy it together. Its a good thing. The last effort, Plymouth's Lenten Brew has beer a great beer. It even came in fourth in that competition on Saturday.
I like making my own beer.
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