Background and History:

Dusty Dog Brewing was founded on March 28, 1997, in an apartment on the south side of Ann Arbor. Two batches were brewed at that location, the Witches' Brew and Doggy-Style -- both from kits. In late May 1997, the brewery was relocated to the Hunt Club apartment complex. At that location, a great awakening in brewing occurred as I improved my process and tried some more complicated batches, eventually moving to all-grain brewing. Jodi's Wedding Day Brown Ale, Ypsilanti Motor Oil Stout, Jodi's Gourmet Brown Ale, Christmas Stout, Whitetail Pale Ale, Stock Ale starring Kevin and Paul, and the Olympic Mead were all brewed at that location. In April of 1999, we relocated to Milan, Michigan where we have MUCH more room, and plenty of storage space (my basement is like a German Cave!).  With the addition of a beer fridge in the garage, I have draft homebrew available whenever possible.

Recent News:

• I have converted the 23 cubic foot chest freezer the Buntons gave me into a gigantic kegerator! Check it out!

Check out my brew day page.
It describes in some detail what I do to produce a batch of beer. For now it is not in layman's terms, because I wanted to just get the information down. Eventually, perhaps I'll create an English version.

Batches and Recipes

Benefactors

• Dave and Denise Overbeek 6 1/2 gallon carboy (fermenter), 22 quart enamel canner (brewpot), jet bottle washer, plastic stirrer, hand capper, racking cane, bottling wand, and various rubber stoppers, filters, and trinkets.
• Dave and Jo Overbeek Kits (Brown Ale, Lager, and Stout), and corn sugar for bottling. More recently, another 6 1/2 gallon carboy (fermenter).
• Jerry and Mary Jo Hagaman Bottling bucket, Funnel, siphon tubing and blow-off hose.
• Michelle Overbeek The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charlie Papazian, and bottle caps.
• Pete and Galene DeWitt Bottle caps.
• P.J. Tierney Home Labeler Software and a bunch of label stock.
• Jodi Overbeek A lot of patience while I keep expanding my hobby.