Alright guys, how are you doing today? Fine? No? Well, I guess there is nothing a little beer cannot solve doesn’t it? When you get back from work and you are really stressed out, go to your fridge and take out a can of beer or if you have brewed your own beer, well, take out that bottle of beer and have a nice long sip. But don’t drink it fast, drink it slow and enjoy the taste of fine beer. I always tell others, beer is good to a certain extent. Of course there are people out there who takes things to the extreme, but in all seriousness, moderate drinking of beer or alcohol is good for you.

Anyways, you guys should know that I have brewed my previous two batches of beer, one is a Cooper’s Australian Pale Ale while the other is an extract recipe. I have bottled the Cooper’s Australian Pale Ale and opened a few bottles. Yes, they do taste great. But I am thinking of trying out other flavours of beer, so I have set my eyes on this Morgan’s Beer kit called Blue Mountain Lager. It is available in Singapore and sold by Homebrew, one of the few home brewing suppliers in Singapore. The best part about Homebrew is that they supply you with this “beer recipe kits” which provides you all the ingredients needed for the recipe and charges you less in a bundle. Sort of like a package thing. From their website, the Blue Mountain Lager with Lager Malt and additional hops is about S$47. That is S$47 for 23 litres of fine beer. Quite reasonable considering the price of malt and hops is rising.

From what I read from other beer brewing websites, it seems that this Blue Mountain Lager is one of Morgan’s more popular kits. And everyone seems to say that this kit is worth a try, especially for someone who doesn’t have much experience in brewing. It’s a very easy to drink beer, definitely great for my friends who aren’t into stronger beers like stout. Too much Tiger Beer I guess. Anyways, just like the Cooper’s Australian Pale Ale Kit, all you need to do is to have a pot of boiling water, add the Lager Malt and the Blue Mountain Lager kit into the boiling water and let them boil for like 10 minutes. Then after flameout (which means you shut off the flame for your brewing pot), add in the finishing hops and let it rest for about 5 to 10 minutes. After that, you need to cool it for a while and then add to your fermenter (with cold water). Yes, that’s easy. Easy Peasy. No need to do all those complicated stuff just for brewing beer!

The Cooper’s Australian Pale Ale tastes great, so I really hope that Morgan’s Blue Mountain Lager will top it. Once I am done bottling my extract brew, I will get some more bottles and then start my next beer - Blue Mountain Lager!