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…
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!