What a day!

Posted by | Uncategorized | Posted on January 15th, 2008

What a day, indeed!

I didn’t actually brew today .. but I kegged 3 batches and bottled the remains of the pale ale from the competition a couple months ago.  I had 11 bottles worth of beer left after kegging 10 gallons!

I tried some of the Oatmeal Stout (fantastic) and Ariel’s cranberry ale (only got a small sip, but it’s pretty good.)  It’s pink!

I also kegged a pale ale that I brewed from a kit a couple of weeks ago.  Kit brews are nice… everything is included and ready to roll as soon as you open the box.  I’m always pleasantly surprised by how fast/easy brewing from extract in the kitchen seems after doing a couple of all-grain batches outside.  I swapped out the dry yeast that it normally comes with for a nice American ale yeast, and it tastes decent.  Our pale ale recipe is better, of course!

Now comes the hard decision … which beer goes on tap first?

Currently on tap:

1)  Holiday Ale
2)  Rye Porter