Bryce has wanted an IPA for a long time and we have tried on multiple occasions. On these other occasions we have failed and created pale ales that were not of the India stature. This last time we tried, though, we knocked it out of the park. Well, not really. It’s really bitter though. Leo… Continue reading The Experimental IPA
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The Voltron Ale
Leo, Bryce and I are products of the late 80s and early 90s. When we were born has informed both our choices in diction and our nomenclature decisions, aka, references. The banality of evil is certainly, to a degree and extent, borne out of the History Channel of our childhood’s and its devotion to World… Continue reading The Voltron Ale
Secondarying Leo’s Stout #2
We secondaried Leo’s Stout, batch #2. The grains and trub settled to the bottom and the yeast settled and compacted on top of it. We used Leo’s jacket to protect the carboy from sunlight and it seemed it deserved a hat. The stout provided a problem, however: it was primaried in the garage, which gets… Continue reading Secondarying Leo’s Stout #2
Leo’s Stout Batch #2
Leo’s Stout #2, has its genesis in the original stout we brewed. As you might imagine. This time, however, we boosted the batch size to around six gallons to take advantage of our 6.5 gallon glass carboy. Can you say blow-off tube? Because we have one. Oh yea. We feel pimpin’. Nay. We be pimpin’.… Continue reading Leo’s Stout Batch #2
Red Belgian # 1 (I Think We’re Screwed)
Not to say that we’re totally screwed, but, we may very well be. You see, it was a long night of brewing, marked by blunders. It started with a good dinner — vegetarian red curry. It was good. We started brewing by boiling 3.5 gallons (we thought it was only 3.) We boiled it all in the… Continue reading Red Belgian # 1 (I Think We’re Screwed)
Stout #1
After having succesefly brewed our first beer, a “basic dark” and both wanting to move on to a greater challenge and something with a more complex flavor, we decided to brew a stout. And brew a stout we did! “If we’re bottling when the sun’s setting, meaning its beaming directly at the beer, isn’t that… Continue reading Stout #1