Month: September 2011

  • Throughout my years brewing beer and buying commercial beers I have seen a number of debates on what it best for a bottle of beer. Temps, color of the bottle, corks, caps etc… Most of those have a majority and minority camp, but one that seems to be split down the middle is “Should a…

  • Madame Rose is a crimson colored Belgian style brown ale fermented with wild yeast and aged on cherries in wine barrels. Layers of malty complexity, sour cherry, spice and wood notes make Madame Rose an ideal beer to suggest to Bordeaux enthusiasts and beer drinkers fond of Belgian Kriek and Flanders Brown Ales. It’s no…

  • Wow. 2 very cool things have happened in the past day. First the website in just a bit over two months passed the 6,000 unique views mark! A big thanks to everyone for giving the site a chance and supporting it. Secondly I got the chance to interview someone I never thought I would have…

  • The weather on Labor Day could not have been any worse or any better for brewing. Cold and rainy most of the day with temps in the upper 50’s made for a great day to stay in and brew. The brewhouse was a nice 70 degrees most of the brew session and the only down…

  • It’s another Breaking Bad Sunday so what better than a beer with the ultimate yeast that broke bad… Brettanomyces. I’m always up to try a new yeast in my beers. In fact back when I entered a lot of competitions (and was actually winning) [KIDDING] one of my not so secret secrets was using a…