Guess what’s happening in the KERF household today for the first time in about 6 months…
Matt got up at 5:30 to start brewing. I roused at 7:30
This amazing mess of a breakfast was enjoyed amongst the smells of hops and malted barley
Lets see if I can remember the mix:
- Yogurt (maybe 1/2 a cup?)
- Pumpkin (~1/3 cup)
- 2 tbsp raw oats
- 1/2 chopped apple
- 1/4 banana
- Chia seeds
- 2 dried figs
- CROFTER’s NORTH AMERICA!! ( <– found on sale at Integral Yoga)
- Coconut butter magic shell
- Nuttzo blob
- Earnest Foods Granola Plank
Warm coffee was extra delicious today!
I was very unproductive yesterday, so I’m hoping today I can focus.
That is unless the smell of the brewing makes me tipsy!
Samantha @ Bikini Birthday says
My husband is making wine at our place. We’re not big beer drinkers
sweetersalt says
My fiancee desperately wants to start brewing, but hasn’t done the research on how to start up yet. Seems like such a fun hobby!
Laura
Freya (Brit Chick Runs) says
I love that Matt brews beer! Teh most my mum would brew is tea 😛
Jessica @ How Sweet says
Oh exciting! I would love some homemade beer. Can’t wait to see how it turns out.
Gabriela @ Une Vie Saine says
Mmm I’d love if my BF made homebrewed beer!! Crofter’s Superfruit spreads are the best…I have a jar of North America in my pantry right now, actually!
Rachael @ Mrs. Adventure says
I love brewing our own beer… or should I say I love that my husband does? We actually just completed our first batch of wine! The hard part with the wine is it needs to be stored for 2 more months… so it takes so much longer than beer!
Sarah K. @ The Pajama Chef says
haha fun! my husband would love that.
Christine says
Beer. Proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy!
Valerie @ City|Life|Eats says
Great oats. I am really liking pumpkin in my oats these days 🙂
Holly @ couchpotatoathlete says
That yogurt mess looks delicious.
My bro in law brews his own beer and it is so funny to watch him because he is just so excited about it. I’m sure Matt is the same way!
coco says
You brewed bear this morning, I baked bread at 5.30AM 😀
I hope to have a productive day too 🙂
J3nn (Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) says
Your breakfast looks festive, like a circus. 🙂
Jenn
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says
I need to start brewing some gluten free beer for my husband. We started talking about that about a month ago and I need to get to researching that more. Good luck on being productive today…hopefully I will be able to do the same!
Lindsey @ Gingerbread Bagels says
That’s really cool that Matt brews his own beer! 🙂 Your breakfast looks so tasty and colorful! YUM! Have a great day Kath.
Kristy@ KristyRuns.com says
Whoa. That breakfast bowl looks amazing!
lisasfoods says
I love hearing about homebrewers – what kind is he making?
My boyfriend and our old roommate spent an evening brewing beer several months ago (probably six months ago too!), and the yeasty, hoppy smell filled the house. I love made from scratch projects.
lynn (The Actors Diet) says
just read this article about figs today:
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/strange-symbiosis-the-fig-and-the-wasp-126960?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+apartmenttherapy%2Fthekitchn+%28The+Kitchn%29
it’s blowing my mind!!!
Kath says
Oh gosh………………………..
Christine says
Ugh! I can’t decide if that changes my opinion on figs.
Also, can vegetarians eat figs?!
Alaina @ The Jogging Concierge says
My dad has brewed a couple of his own batches. The process doesn’t smell good but the end product is delicious! His best is one that tastes like Sam Adams Winter.
Chelsea at Striking Balance says
Yum, your breakfast looks great. I just opened my first can of pumpkin this year for today’s breakfast: pumpking overnight oats 🙂
Kristin says
My husband recently started brewing his own beer. Do you know where Matt bought the big “brew pot”? Did it come with the spout already on or did he add it? (please excuse my non-technical vocabulary) Thanks!
Matt says
The pot is from morebeer.com, my personal favorite online homebrew site. It’s one of their “Heavy Duty Brew Kettles,” in the 8 gallon size. It’s definitely nice that it comes with a ball valve… no more lifting and dumping. Eventually I’ll be buying two 15 gallon pots as well, to make brewing even easier.
I highly recommend morebeer… free shipping if you buy $59 or more, and they really treat you well. Great products too!
Nicole (the other one) says
It’s my husband’s birthday today and he is getting a new glass carboy and a kit for oatmeal stout. Yeah for homebrewing!
Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg says
We were able to help with another couple’s brewing a few weeks ago– so much fun! Will this be for a pumpkin ale, perhaps?! 😉
shannon (the daily balance) says
with your title, I thought you were actually going to incorporate beer INTO the oats – now THAT would be a true first!
Bec says
What a process, I miss the days of waking up to my dad brewing his own beer. We kids use to love helping him! Hope you have a productive day and Matt has some great results!
Maria @ Kale and Cupcakes says
That bowl of EVERYTHINGNESS looks amazingly delicious!
Jessica @ The Process of Healing says
WOW that breakfast sounds incredible!!!
Heather says
That oatmeal looks delicious.
I love the Crofter’s spread – the North America is my favorite!
Have a great day!
steph says
Hooray! Beer!!! I can’t believe he got up at 5:30 to start – now the weeks of waiting begins…may be good timing for beer bread by the time it’s ready 😉
Heather (Heather's Dish) says
we haven’t brewed in FOREVER here! i think i need to get the hubby and his friends to make a good, dark, hazelnutty beer for Christmas time 🙂
Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat says
what a delicious looking mess! my dad used to make wine in our basement and there were massive vats of it everywhere. matt is certainly keen about it if he’s getting up at 5:30 in the morning to start! 🙂
Camille says
You have got me hooked on Crofters! I am currently working my way through a jar of Asia and I love it!
Samantha says
I’ll be curious to see if that breakfast holds you over for very long…..only 2 Tbsp oats!
Kath says
yeah but lots of other stuff!!
Lauren at KeepItSweet says
haha i’m not one for beer first thing in the morning, but your oats look great:-)
Natalia @asideofsimple says
Can’t wait to see what he “brews.” Definitly sets the tone for fall by bringing to mind cauldrons and potions. Love it!
Jillian@ Reshape Your Life says
That is so cool that Matt brews beer. My cousin does, although I’ve never tried his.
Allie (Live Laugh Eat) says
Wait….is Crofter’s North America a special item? They have tons of that at my local Whole Foods. Let me know if you need me to bring some down to Cville 🙂
Kath says
I found it here – it’s just normally more expensive
Katie @ peacebeme says
My dad used to do home-brewing. I thought it smelled AWFUL when I was a kid. 😉 Then he had an accident once where something exploded and flooded the room in the basement with beer and my mom cut him off after that, lol. He wasn’t allowed to do it anymore and hasn’t since. I would like to try it someday though.
Allison K says
My husband really wants to get into home-brewing. It seems like such fun hobby.
Ashley says
Chris is brewing this weekend! Yay 🙂 Love messy breakfast bowls! Crofters has been on sale numerous times at Whole Foods but whenever I’m at the store I always forget which one you said was the best! I’m currently using up S. America and it was just ok. I’ll have to catch another sale and remember N. America! 🙂 I have been getting some of their plain flavors, which are really good too!
Courtney (Pancakes & Postcards) says
so awesome! i don’t know if i will ever venture further in than “beer bread” but hey, we’ll see! sounds awesome!
Marcia says
mmm…beer. We’ve never made beer. My brother-in-law used to make beer (he still might). I remember my MIL (also his MIL) telling us that he wanted to make raspberry beer, and could he have some from her bushes? Yes, but he wanted a gallon – she said “pick them yourself!”
My parents used to make elderberry wine. Living in Santa Barbara, I just buy wine.
That oatmeal looks awesome. It’s getting to be oatmeal time again. Actually, we’ve had an unseasonably cold summer here. Foggy and 50’s every morning. So oatmeal season never really left. But I only ever make your banana whipped oats, and I’m out of bananas.
WendyF says
Steve is making a pumpkin beer from the pumpkins in our garden this week What is Matt brewing? Hopefully I will be home to taste it this year
Angela says
I love that you and Matt brew your own beer. My BF would be totally into it.
I’m opposite of your right now – yesterday I was very productive so today I’m taking it easy. Just catching up on some blogs. 🙂
Stacey says
Your oats look phenomenal compared to my boring ol’ bowl of cereal 😉 Hope you are productive today!
Estela @ Weekly Bite says
I wish my husband made beer 🙂
Michelle @ Give Me the Almond Butter says
Whoa that is so cool that Matt is brewing beer. I remember you saying that he was into that a long time ago.
Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin says
I like how that breakfast is such a mish mash of stuff!
Katherine says
That looks like a delicious breakfast mess!
Mary @ Bites and Bliss says
That bowl looks like a littlbe bit af everything- perfect way to start the day 🙂
Hope you’re productive today!
Jean@RoastedRootsandPumpkinSpice says
How exciting! Good luck on your moonshine!
Nic says
Beer at 5:30am. Now that’s dedication! I can’t wait to hear about the end product!
Marina says
I would love to smell that brewing process!
Your breakfast has so many good stuff, it must have tasted great!
barefootgirl (our first CSA) says
will there be pumpkin involved?
<— jealous
Caitlin (EatFeats) says
My dad settled on a keg-erator instead of a brewing hobby. “Magic shell” immediately makes coconut sound appetizing to me.
notyet100 says
new fr me thnks
Nelly@CrazySexyFit says
My dad and his best friend used to brew their own beer when I was just a young’un. One time the wives had gone out doing lady things together while the men stayed home to brew and the kids (six, in total) ran around the house screaming and getting muddy. They were sampling their creation and not being very careful not to spill it, so the whole place smelled like a brewery, when a couple of trepid-looking young Mormon women came to the front door. I’m told that when my dad answered the door, his friend yelled “Who is it, sweetie?” and the ladies left rather quickly.
I still love the smell of hops 🙂 I vote Matt’s next contribution is a how-to-get-started on home brewing!
Melissa says
I love how much goes into to your breakfast bowls; it all sounds so yummy. And that brewing looks pretty high-tech. My hubby attempted brewing with a small, cheap kit he found at World Market, but he threw all the beer out. Wasn’t what he expected!
Stacy says
Need to show the hubby this post, hopefully it will inspire him to start making his own beer again. It’s pretty delicious when it is made at home 🙂 His method isn’t as fancy as Matt’s. My hubby uses the Mr.Beer system. My Grandpa gave it to him 🙂
chelsey says
that yogurt bowl looks delish!!
Kristina @ spabettie says
we made Pumpkin Ale two weekends ago !! http://spabettie.com/2010/09/07/pumpkin-ale/ this weekend it goes into secondary, then one more week we bottle!! 🙂
Jenny says
Anything with coconut milk and pumpkin is an A in my book. 🙂
Ashley M. [at] (never home)maker says
Wish we lived closer — we could use more brew buddies!!!
stacey-healthylife says
I love a good bowl of random mixes.
Hannah says
I do like beer, but I think I’d prefer your yogurty oaty breakfast first thing in the morning 😉