Also, It’s The Appropriate Drink To Swig While Sitting On That Sofa That’s On The Front “Lawn”

I wanted to start this post with “Tom and I want to try something cool!”, but then I realized that’s not quite right.  Actually, I want to try something cool and poor Tom is just an innocent bystander caught in the insanity.  He knew the day would come when he’d regret that beer brewing hobby.

Here’s the idea, tell me if you think it’s nuts:

1. Cody and I grow a small patch of grain (barley? wheat?) and 1 or 2 vines of hops somewhere in our yard.

2. I do a heck of a lot of reading on the art of brewing beer from my own harvest.

3. We beg, borrow, and steal our way into beer brewing equipment.  Equipment that we then set up in our guest room.

4. Let the brewing commence (this is the part where Tom winces).

Me Eve.  Me make beer.  *grunt*

There’s an alternate plan brewing in my head (pardon my pun), that doesn’t involve the growing of a beer patch in the backyard, the sizable equipment investment, or the help of Tom.

Country wine.

Yes, fermented fruit.  You can find it in Kentucky.  The best part?  We can still make it in the guest room.

Tom is totally not disappointed right now.