Here’s a shot of my latest offering… a “hoppy” Berliner Weiss. Though not hoppy by most standards, this is definitely out of style. This beer was only dry-hopped, as to not limit the lactobacillus souring. Probably too hoppy and not tart enough for the BJCP, but it’s just fine by me! Here are my initial impressions of the beer… First…
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Hey there fellow beer lovers. I am organizing a sour beer bottle share, with the intent of collecting bottle dregs to then use in a sour beer that I will brew. Here’s how it works: Gather up your favorite sour beers that contain dregs. Check if the bottles contain harvestable dregs (sacc, brett, & bacteria). See the Mad Fermentationist website for…
So, like any New Year’s resolutions, I am off to a strong start to the year. Here is my latest updates… Read the C.S. Lewis Space Trilogy I have asked several friends and found several copies of the trilogy that people were willing to loan me. I am going to borrow them form one of Miranda’s co-workers, so I have…
I decided to make a few New Year’s Resolutions this year, something I do very rarely. I think it will be good to get a few things I want to do down and on track for the new year. I’m not sure if I will make it through them all, or if I will squeeze my way out of them…
So the scientist in me is getting going and wanting to do something a bit out of the ordinary. With my foray into mix fermentations lately, I have ended up with some interesting flavors and combinations. And clearly, I am not too worried about calling it when it doesn’t work out (see coffee Porter attempt). For this next beer, I…
Today I was thinking a bit about some upcoming project/upgrades I wanted to add to the brewhouse. These are pretty minor upgrades and improvements to keep things working better pre-, post-, and during fermentation. Here’s a list of the things that I want to get done soon… Build Garden Sprayer attachement for draft line cleaner. Setup a Carboy Thermowell to use with…
Well guys, I kegged my Coffee Porter today and I’m afraid to say that this batch may be a dumper. There was quite a bit of astringency from the coffee extraction. I even tried adding cold brew and flavorings to balance the astringent flavors, thinking I could add those to the keg to balance it out. However, I don’t think that…
Today I moved my 100% Brett Apricot IPA into tertiary fermentation, for a mosaic dry hop! Deep golden color, clear. Sweet malty nose, light sourness, slightly funky with subtle apricot fruit flavor. I hope to balance it out a bit with the fruity Mosaic hop.
I heard this quote this morning on one of my beer podcasts (Beersmith) and I wanted to post it here and show my nerdiness! Fermentation is Entropy Captured There we go, its out there…I’m a nerd! Jared
Today one of my oldest friends came by with his wife and daughter to meet our little Fisher (and drink some of my beer). It was such a pleasure to have Craig, Clare, and Lydia come visit this afternoon. It was fun to hang out both in a very new stage of our lives. Thanks for coming over!