Archive for May, 2009

The bottle says that this is a straight up American Amber Ale, and it is exactly that – a truly terrific amber ale.
Appearance: A nice white fluffy head with sticky lacing. The color is orange-amber.
Aroma: Just the slightest hint of citrus and floral tones
Taste: Resin followed by floral hints. Nice malt backbone
Overall: I really [...]

Tonight, it was my great pleasure to have the Imperial Ale from the Lang Creek Brewery of Marion, Montana. This beer is really good, and worth anyones attention.
Appearence: Poured with a thin, white head with clingy lacing. The color was cloudy yellow (thanks Vida).
Aroma: I swear to God, the aroma was the same as [...]

Today, I fired up the propane burner and brewed up a new beer, the HOP to IT. It’s an experimental pale ale with flaked oats and honey. The oats should add a creamy mouth feel and the honey will lend it’s floral elements to the fermentation. The recipe particulars are below.

malt and fermentables

%
LB
OZ
Malt or Fermentable
ppg
°L

70% [...]

Today we made a leap of faith…making dandelion wine. This beverage is a traditional springtime preparation. The recipe I had called for sugar – plain, old suger – and I hate fermentation with just sugar, so I replaced it with organic honey. Is it now dandelion mead?
Recipe for 2 gallons (actually came out at 2.7 [...]

The Saison DuPont is from Brasserie Dupont in Belgium, and to say that this beer as some earth notes would be a gross underestimate.
Appearence: Pale golden orange. A white fluffy headwith great retention settles into chunky lacings.
Aroma: Lots of earthiness
Taste: Sweet up front followed by a great tartiness.
Mouth: LIght to medium body, tons [...]

Still figuring out this video editing thing

I Am A Craft Brewer from I Am A Craft Brewer on Vimeo.

Appearance: Poured a clean, golden color with a clean white head about 1/2”. Very weak lacing
Aroma: Clean – almost no aroma at all
Mouth: Very clean throughout the palette with a weak hop bitterness.
Overall: Notice the repeating words, clean and weak. This is one of the most uninteresting beers I have ever tasted. It’s not good, [...]