[real saxophonist]

Twisted Pine Brewing in Boulder. Billy’s Chiles, and Ghost Face Killah.

[cyberaxe]

...NICE!...

....but I'll be having...

....LUKCY BASARTD...

[concentric circles]

I can't get it now but anyone near the outer banks should definitely grab one of these. I'll be having a home brew amber ale.

[ut1992]

Kilkenny Irish Beer.....yum.

[Liberty Valance]

Took this photo on my last trip to the Fredericksburg Brewing Co - Fredericksburg Texas.

[Renfield]

I had a Bacchus and Karmeliet last night at the Beer Trappe in Lexington.

Nothing noteworthy tonight, just a Foster's with lemon juice.

[djf]

FINALLY made it to the brew store yesterday.

Coopers Stout in the carboy as we speak...

Started with abt a gallon of tap water, got it boiling. Added in the 1.4 KG corn sugar.

Opened the can (I got smart this time, and had already put it into a pot with hot water in it to get it loose), mix in with the sugar, etc on the stove.

Let it get good and warm but not back up to a boil and put it in the carboy. Added cold tap water and it came down to about 79 degrees. Figured this is probably ok, so I pitched the yeast (London ESB Wyeast. I was actually able to break the damn packet this time, it was swelling good!)

If there is anyone here who wants to try making beer for the first time, I would highly recommend the ESB yeast. It’s hard to get any bad results with this, because by the time you pitch it, it’s like night of the living yeast, this stuff really goes good!

In about 4 days, I’m going to split off around five quarts of it, and add two quarts of water with another 1/2 KG sugar. I like to try things like this, this way I end up with two brews, one a fairly heavy stout, another which is a lighter stout but with higher ABV.

Current temp sitting at 74 degrees and it’s already bubbling like mad!

Luv making beer!
;-)

Hate washing bottles!!
:-(

[Hotmetal]

Pic from last nights tasting.

[Revolting cat!]

You know, you travel to a country like the Czech Republic or any of her neighbors, and there just about any mass produced beer beats any of the American so-called craft beers, with weird animal names (hardy, har, har! ) and colorful labels. Why is it? Is it the water?

(I’m excluding from this comparison American brewpub beers, which are in a completely different category.)