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hameless shot of my winnings. I got two free Guinness glasses from Beer Blitz Here is one of them filled with my Glen Charlie Pond Grapefruit Pale Ale. Unfortunately, the post office broke one of the glasses. Oh well, one free glass is better than none! 
t's been awhile. Sorry, been a bit busy. Just wanted to get something in to catchup. I've got two more great beers in the drinking stable and hopefully one more in a few weeks.
Here is my Karankawa Pale Ale. It is in the cellar to drink.
A:light caramel, two finger head. Very clear.
S:sweet, faint lemon
T:citrusy and sweet in the front, then a light bitter after taste
M:thin, watery, mid carbonation bite
D:light quaffer, would be refreshing on a hot day, nice and flavorful
Here is my Glen Charlie Pond Grapefruit Pale Ale. It is in the cellar to drink.
A:Pale straw yellow, three finger head subsides to one finger of fluffy large bubbles.
S:sweet, fruity
T:subtle but strong grapefruit flavor. Not the overly sweet flavor but the sour tangy part. A little sweet but the tart marries well with the hops bitter at the end.
M:thin, watery, light carbonation bite.
D:VERY drinkable, this would be awesome on a hot day. A quaffer but be careful it isn't as light as it tastes.
Here is the Sumpfhaus Bruan. It is bottle conditioning.
ust attempted to harvest yeast from a Dogfish Head 120 and Goose Island Sophie. I believe the DFH is Wyeast 1187, Ringwood Ale. I have no idea what Goose Island is but it is a Saison yeast. What I did:
Prep.
Boiled three baby food jars and caps. Took jars out full of water with boiled tongs. Scooped water into jars to overflowing with boiled tongs. Put caps onto jars with boiled tongs. Screwed caps on and let them cool down. I put them in the fridge later.
Why? Sterilize the jars and get water with low oxygen concentration to make sleepy yeasts.
Enjoy
As soon as I poured the beer out into a mug (save the last couple swigs with all the yeast dregs), I placed a wine sampler cork onto the top and put the bottle back into the fridge.
Harvest
Uncapped two baby food jars with water. Uncorked beer bottles. Poured one baby food jar into the beer then a few extra splashes from the second baby food jar. Swirled the water in the beer bottle. Dumped the beer bottle contents into the baby food jar, overflowing it. Screwed the baby food jar cap on. Placed into the fridge.
We'll see what happens. The Sophie is pale cloudy and the DFH is yellow cloudy so there is definitely yeasts in there.
Here is the Ringwood.
Here is the unknown Sophie.
tienbier time. Wow, that was fun. Fire, hot rocks, pokers, poles, and wort. What more could you ask for?
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| Blowing off the rocks with an air compressor |
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| Making sure the beer won't taste like ash. |
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| Going from cold to steeping temperatures was going to take more day than we had... |
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| ...so we called in the propane burner and eventually brought it up to almost boiling temperature. |
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| In goes some malt. It was supposed to be a 33# jerry can but the LHBS messed up. 10 cans, oh joy. |
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| In goes more malt. |
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| In goes more malt. |
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| In goes more malt. |
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| Carrying it all over to the fire. |
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| We placed it close to the fire to lessen the transport of hot rocks. |
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| Got to boiling quickly. |
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| Lots of blowing off ash. |
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| Hops time. |
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| Nice boil. |
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| More hops. |
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| More hops. |
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| Stir in the hops. |
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| Very nice boil. |
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| Almost boil over. |
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| Lots of splashing. |
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| ”I am a 10th level beer nerd.” |
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| ”Grab my poker please!” |
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| So many choices when a bunch of brewers and a 10th level beer snob come to the party. |
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| Close to finishing. |
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| Transferring wort to carboys. |
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| Carboys ready to be filled. |
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| ”I drink the beer that I brew.””No ,wait.” “I brew the beer that I drink.” “And I make my own cheese too.” |
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| Sumpfhaus Bruan ready to start fermenting. |
arankawa Pale Ale all bottled up. Tasted very good too. This brew uses Sorachi Ace hops, a bit lemony. Can't wait for three weeks to pass now so I can try this brew.I had to secondary this so I could use my Better Bottle for the Glen Charlie Pond Grapefruit Pale Ale. Looks like it benefited from my nice cold cellar temperatures.
omebrew hero she is! Sarah scored an amazing 
find on Freecycle today. Seven 5-gallon glass carboys, a bottle tree, and an Italian Champagne Floor Corker! 
ew plan. Thought better of the Ugly Dude and realized that may have poor marketability. Who would be holding a bottle with Ugly Dude written on it? So, name scrapped. How about this one instead?Two if By Sea Brewing Company
Here are some ideas for the lineup:
Boghouse Brown
Capt. John Kendrick's Porter
Agawam Ale - Pale Ale
Red Brook - Irish Red
Alewife IPA
Alewife2 DIPA
Tremont Nailed - Tripel
R.C. Randall Rye
White Island - Witbier
Pokanoket Sour - Russ
Old Herring - Altbier
Dried Herring Sticke Alt
Nail Works Bock
Nuits de Reve - Oatmeal Stout
Old Samuel Tisdale - Barley Wine
Bog Shinny - Kolsch
Little Harbor Lager
Grey Gull Stout - Foreign Extra Stout
had a brewing buddy stop by today. It had been a while . He stops in every once in a while when I need his strength. Today, he helped me brew up an IPA. Thanks brother, I've missed you. 17 years tonight was when our world turned upside down. You've been gone for as long as we had time with you.This is the first time I am trying to adjust my water before I brew. I've brewed malty beers 
and they taste fine but the bitter beers have a flat taste to them. I found out that my bare water needed a little bit of help. So using a spreadsheet, I found what I needed to add. Chalk (2 gm), Gypsum (1gm), Calcium Chloride (2gm), and Epsom Salts (3 gm) will do the trick.
and they taste fine but the bitter beers have a flat taste to them. I found out that my bare water needed a little bit of help. So using a spreadsheet, I found what I needed to add. Chalk (2 gm), Gypsum (1gm), Calcium Chloride (2gm), and Epsom Salts (3 gm) will do the trick.
As you can see, we have a lot of snow still.
It wasn't all that cold.
But it did get dark quick.
Hey there little brother.
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