by DJ Spiess | Jun 16, 2009 | Random
For the first time, well the first time in modern history, the temperature dropped low enough in Brazil to create ice wine. Temperatures in Santa Catarina, Brazil reached -7.5 C (18.5 F). Ice wine requires a hard freeze of -7 C to -8 C. The Pericó Winery claims to...
by DJ Spiess | Jun 6, 2009 | Homebrewing
Like many other homebrewers, I planted a ton of hops around my house in hopes to ease the hop crisis. The first year, 2007, I planted several hop varieties in planters. These died quicker than fresh yeast poured into boiling wort. The following year I planted...