Suburban Livestock Part Two

Along with our worms we also have a herd of yeasts and bacteria.

East India Pale Ale:
Ginger beer bug:
Water Kefir:
Here is a gratuitous shot of our recent harvest of purple broccoli. After all my concern over my brassicas the broccoli has finally come through for me. (My red cabbage remains doubtful.) This beast was easily twice the size of a supermarket head so we were able to share half with friends.

Family Brewery

Like all good family enterprises, ours relies heavily on the labour of the smaller members of the team. Home-brewing is part of our urban home-steading plan of action to survive Peak Oil;-) Life won't be much fun without a wee tipple.

I5 does the bottle brushing.

Master Brewer in consultation with his bottling team.

M(nearly 8) is Lead Bottler of the stout.

Master Brewer caps the precious results.

The team expects a successful batch in a couple more weeks.

Next time I'm keen on ginger beer. Please let me know of a good recipe!