Friday, May 17, 2013

Way too much for me to handle

So the last batch of beer is proving to be way more than I can drink myself.  I need to through another party or 2 to get rid of it. I NEED EMPTY KEGS SO I CAN BREW AGAIN!  I'm just itching to brew some type of summer ale.  Anyone have any suggestions as to what the next brew should be?  I was thinking something floral and citrus.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Another hiatus over

Took some time off of brewing after the wedding.  Started getting that itch again and spending too much money on micro brews that I would pick up from Beers of the World.  So I got my brewing pants back out and hit the kettle hard.  The beer I'm brewing now is a 10gal Honey IPA with 8oz of hops.  should turn out to have a strong hop nose, smooth balanced middle and a pleasantly bitter finish.  Just got a new refractometer to measure with.  It seems to be a little inaccurate  it's hard to determine between 3 or 4 brix ware it reads so I just make a good estimation.  Still, there is far less wasted beer in the end, less to clean up, and It;s not nearly as fragile as the glass hydrometers.  That EPA from my last post turned out very well, by the way, and I will be brewing it again in the future.