It’s a Major Award!

On Saturday I got word that I had won my very first medal in a homebrew competition. My peach wheat, Prunus Persica, took first place in the fruit beer category of the 31st annual Dixie Cup in Houston, TX. I was hoping for the best, but truthfully, I didn’t expect to win, especially since my previous entries in homebrew competitions didn’t yield the results I had hoped.

Let’s back up a bit though, shall we? I started homebrewing about 2 1/2 years ago. Initially, I was unsure how much I would enjoy it, since I’m a beer drinker who likes to mix things up. I rarely buy six packs of beers, because I like to drink all kinds of different beers. But my curiosity got the best of me, and I gave it a shot. In fact, my first five batches of homebrew were of the one gallon extract variety, all brewed on my kitchen stove. That first batch of IPA I brewed wasn’t great by any means, but it was drinkable and even enjoyable. Ditto for the basil wheat, pumpkin wheat, pumpkin ale and another IPA that fo

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