Sunday, December 25, 2011

Beer Room Almost Finished

This week I started putting up shelves in my new beer room.

I have three of the four shelves up.  I'll do the fourth later this week after I bottle the American Stout I made on the 17th.  The beer is already piling up. 

I hope to have the room filled by March.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Lagers and Stuff

It's time to bottle my Oktoberfest. 
I'll put it in the house tonight to make sure it finishes up and package it in the morning before I go to work.
This beer tasted good when I racked it so I'm eager to get it ready for consumption.
For most brewers it's a bit late in the season to make this style but I'll enjoy this beer through March.
Besides, I'm saving at least half of it for next Fall.

The Winter Bock I made on Thanksgiving day seems to be getting  along fine.
The last two times I made this beer the spices were almost undetectable so I more than doubled them this time.
The beer will definitely be more than a Bock this time.  We'll see later if I should have messed with it.
Jenny and I went to Memphis this weekend for the St. Jude half marathon.

She did well in spite of having limited opportunities to train for it and I'm proud of her.
We found Ghost River Golden in the grocery store there.  They've been working to get bottles into the Memphis market for a while now and I'm sure Chuck Skyepeck is glad to finally have his bottling line up and running properly.
Bluff City Brewing is cheering you on Ghost River.