What is This?

What is This?

Beautiful!

Beautiful!
a picture is worth a thousand words

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Chicagoland, IL
Music, Nature, Jesus Christ, Fishing, Making Beer, Wisdom, Humor and... This is a web log which includes information, reflections, learnings and thoughts from a few friends about life, God and making beer. I brewed for 5 years in the late 90's, and I started up again one year ago. My friend Matt and my Bro in Law Mark are helping me on this journey of truth and learning!

UnAmerican Ale

UnAmerican Ale
Similar to Golden Road, but this has 40 degree Crystal Malt and Golden has 10 Degree Crystal Malt

Nut Brown 1

Nut Brown 1
I need to make this a little darker brown, rather than amber, next time...

Riesling Ice Wine

Riesling Ice Wine
My first attempt at wine...it worked out very well!

Golden Road Ale

Golden Road Ale

India Pale Ale, not Pale Enough?

Friday, April 23, 2010

Full Brew/Steam Ahead

Today my full brew closet smells a lot like butterscotch or caramel. This is because of the fermenting beer AND wine dispersing their airborne nectar. It is amazing. Above we have a close up of my Pale Ale on the left and a Summer Ale on the right. These were brewed 3/27/10 and 4/6/10.




Yesterday I brewed up a Pale Wheat, as seen fermenting away above (is this a sentence ending in 2 prepositions!!!! Awesome!) This includes 4 lbs Maris Otter, 4 lbs Wheat, 1 1/2 lbs Honey Malt (my recent favorite grain!), 1 lb 80 degree Crystal malt, 1/2 lb Cara-pils, 3 lbs Dried Wheat extract and 1 oz Amarillo hops.


Above I have my Ice Wine, which was brewed on 4/20/10! This is my second go at this great wine, but alas, it is from a kit... This is a great, sweet, heavy wine that suits my taste perfectly.



Left to right is the Pale Wheat, India Pale Ale, Riesling Ice Wine, Pale Ale and Summer Ale!



Above is the recently brewed Summer Wheat full steam ahead.


4 lbs Maris Otter, 4 lbs Wheat, 1 1/2 lbs Honey Malt (my recent favorite grain!), 1 lb 80 degree Crystal malt, 1/2 lb Cara-pils, 3 lbs Dried Wheat

On top of all this, I bottled my Nut Brown 2 on Monday, 4/19/10. Great fun and experience in gaining wisdom! Thank and praise the Lord Jesus Christ for these blessings as well as His wisdom in which we can share, thanks to His grace and might!

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