On this historic day, whatever year it is, I’m proud to announce BEER mom and I made our 6th batch of beer.  It has also been 6 months since our first brew finished and a little over 6 months ago when I started this site.

Tonight, for our sixth brew, we went the unpopular route and chose to brew some bitter.  I mentioned last time that English Bitter isn’t very different than a pale ale, but it’s called bitter because of the amount of hops it contains.  I decided a while back that I would try brewing a lighter beer since almost everyone who tried the coffee beer said it was too strong.

We started this evening the same as all the other times we brewed beer, except this time BEER mom was having  good hair day.

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We picked up the pictures we had taken the other day so expect a lot more Kaden with every post.

BEER mom and baby were playing earlier and she took some nice photos which are in the Baby Smith album starting here. This is one of my favorites from her:

When I got home we picked up his three month photos from Background’s Photography in Derby. There are too many to post all at once, so go see them in the album beginning with this one.

I used to work with the photographer at Office This, and she did a great job so we plan on getting more pictures from her in a few months. These are some of my favorites that she took:

Kaden also got a special treat today for his 3 month birthday (a shiny new domain name for those of you who weren’t paying attention).

Kaden is 3 months old today.  We celebrated by getting 50¢ tacos for us and by giving him a bath.  I’m not sure how else you’re supposed to celebrate these things, but we also took him to get 3 month pictures on Saturday.  We’re still waiting to get those back.

As of his last doctor’s appointment (a couple weeks ago), he weighed 11 lbs 14 oz.  He has been sleeping all night for about 4 weeks and has been wearing size 2 diapers and 3-6 month clothes for a couple weeks. He’s starting to get chubby.

Here is one new picture from today:

Five other pictures from today begin here in the Baby Smith photo album.

Despite the lousy name, I decided we will brew English Bitter next time we make beer.  I have 16 coffee beers left so most likely we will start the Bitter next weekend.

English Bitter is actually a type of pale ale, which was my second choice of what to brew next, but tends to have a greater strength, flavor, and more defined appearance than regular pale ale.

A popular type of English Bitter is IPA or India Pale Ale.  Bitter tends to use more hops than regular pale ale and typically has a lower alcohol content.

I will be making a strong bitter (comparable to ESB in the United States) which will have a slightly higher alcohol content than most bitters and hopefully a dark amber color.