Relax. Have a homebrew.

(Last updated on 9 July 1997)

After listening to me talk for months about her brother-in-law's fabulous homebrew, Karen got me a homebrew kit for Christmas. Just one evening over the boiling wort, and I was hooked.

The most recent count has DitchDigger Brewing on it's 28th batch of beer.

The label for my first batch, Blizzard Brew, a pale ale.
The label for my second batch, Chicken Hawk Porter, and the recipe.
The label for my third batch, Steam Shovel Amber, a steam beer, and the recipe.
Some old Ditch Diggers. The photo is called "The Mother Lode Boys", and was taken by T.N. Barnard in Coeur d'Alenes (Idaho) during the 1880's.
The first two labels using the above as a standard (to save myself from spending hours making a brand-spanking-new label every time I brew), my Pete's Wicked Clone, winner of the 1996 Gary Franko "Best Homebrew Ever" award, and and my CloverKill Honey Ale, a descendent of Papazian's Rocky Raccoon Honey Lager.
Note the differences between the miners in the house label and the original Mother Lode Boys photo. Photoshop is a wonderful tool.
The recipes for the Pete's Clone and the CloverKill Honey Ale.
Coming Soon! Recipes for Old Tolstoy Russian Imperial Stout, Posthole Digger Pale Ale, the latest batch of CloverKill Honey Ale, Jason's Very Own Tech Support Porter, and Double Hoppiness.
The label for Gary and Tara's Night of the Living Stout
Some other beer links

Back to my home page

Relax. Have a homebrew.

Many thanks to Tara Taylor for her constant help and patience with my label making.