Craft beer, Homebrewing, Reviews
From the monthly archives:
When people who aren’t into beer hear me giving credit to the primary name in beer writing, it never fails … “Michael Jackson?! (snickering)”. This is always followed up by me correcting them with, “Not that Michael Jackson.” The Michael Jackson I’m talking about was a monster beer journalist who’d been at it for more than 30 [...]
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So the Witbier has been in the primary for a week. It is approaching its final gravity, so it looks like we’re on target. Thie wort collected did not hit the target OG, 1.052. It fell way short at 1.040, so it looks like this is going to be a Witbier Mild weighing in at [...]
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I wrote a post a while back about how pumped I was to see Newport Market representing the Alesmith beers. If you, dear reader, haven’t yet picked up, at the very least, a Speedway Stout, frankly I’m disappointed in you. Now go clean your room. Seriously these guys are a cut above the rest. Yes, [...]
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Quick post to say that I updated the brew day post for the Hazy Daze Wit by uploading some pictures so that people not familiar with homebrewing can get a clearer picture of the process. Also, the fermenter is bubbling away. The starter I made provided a big enough yeast colony to firmly take root [...]
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So it’s brew day today. This will be the first all-grain batch using the new system. This is intended to be a Belgian Witbier that I’m calling Hazy Daze Wit. I’m going to take some pics and do a more journal-oriented post so that I’m trapping some of the decisions made along the way which [...]
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Quick post here … The Bend Brew Fest starts today and ends tomorrow. It is being held at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. I’ve had several people asking me what the highlights will be at the Bend Brew Fest. I’ve also received comments on how lazy I’ve been in posting lately. In an effort to appease [...]
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I’m committed. I just put the airlock on a starter for the Hazy Daze Wit – a Belgian Witbier that I spoke about brewing about two months ago. I took 1.25 cups of DME and brought it to boil in a little over a quart of water. I added a pinch of yeast neutrient as [...]
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This was picked up during a weekend trip to Seattle. After being outside in the sun, nothing sounded better than a nice, tart, refreshing beer. This one did not disappoint.
Appearance: Cloudy, straw, a little murky. Great big-bubbled head with good retention at least halfway through the glass (thank you wheat!).
Smell: Not too much aroma. There’s [...]
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Anyone who knows me or regularly reads this blog knows I received my all-grain equipment two months ago, and made big plans to brew a Belgian Witbier. Two months later … where’s the f’n beer?!?! Well, we hit summer here in the high desert of Central Oregon, and I didn’t have air conditioning. The fermentation temperatures would [...]
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I picked up this beer at The Bier Stein in Eugene. Jolly Pumpkin focuses on Belgian Style ales, and has been popping up more in my reading of American-made Belgian style ales. This is the first tasting of a Jolly Pumpkin beer on Brewerman, but the second one that I’ve had. I recall really enjoying the [...]
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