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Brewing with Mad Fox

December 11, 2011 by MCM Mama 5 Comments

When Beer Geek and I first started dating, he was a home brewer.  He made some really good brews back in the day.  As life got busier, home brewing fell by the wayside and eventually we sold all of his equipment to make room for all the kid related stuff that came into our lives.  Lately, though, *I’ve* been thinking that I want to start brewing.   And I figured where better to learn than from one of the best?

So, I called up Bill Madden and Charlie Buettner at Mad Fox Brewing Company and asked if I could help them brew a batch.  Not only did they say yes, Charlie let me know when they were brewing their next batch of Wee Heavy (my favorite beer).

I had to miss the very beginning of the brew process because I had to get my kids to school, but Charlie was kind enough to share some pictures with me.  I’m not going to go in depth into the process for two reasons 1) this is a running blog LOL and 2) I’m still learning and there are lots of great resources that can give you more info than I can.

Getting the yeast ready
Closeup of the yeast
Putting the grain into the mill
Grain in the mill
Milled grain and water in mash tun
Bubbly goodness in the mash tun
The kettle full of wort
Putting the hops into the kettle
Charlie keeping the madly boiling wort under control
Wort moving to the fermenter

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

Remember all that grain that went into the mash tun to make the yummy beer?  Well, it’s not going to get itself out of there.

Spent grain
Pulling out the spent grain (that stuff is damn heavy!)
Note that this brew set up was designed for Bill Madden.  He’s at least 6′ tall.  I’m 5’3″. LOL

A huge thank you to Bill and Charlie for letting me spend the day brewing.  I had an absolute blast!  (If you are in the area, “my” Wee Heavy is currently on cask at Mad Fox and I can’t say enough good things about the beer or the food there.)

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  1. Jamoosh says

    December 11, 2011 at 5:07 pm

    Nice. Pitchin' the yeast and everything. They should name that batch after you!

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  2. Char says

    December 11, 2011 at 9:27 pm

    I'm just curious but where does the spent grain go? Could it be used for garden compost?

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  3. Katie says

    December 12, 2011 at 4:38 pm

    amy and I want to start a brewery. we should talk.

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  4. Beth says

    December 12, 2011 at 9:30 pm

    That is SO COOL! I'll have to go try some of your brew 🙂

    Reply
  5. The Jesse says

    December 14, 2011 at 8:14 pm

    This is totally awesome. I worked at two different micro breweries when I was in college but I never got to help out doing any brewing 🙂

    Reply
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