if all goes well, tonight will be the bottling of 8 of 9 Lives and the brewing up of Cool Cat. The plan is to reuse the yeast cake (after washing of course) because I was too lazy to make a starter...here's hoping everything falls into place!
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Well...so to speak. Poured my first glass of the Revolutionary Amber (see it here!) It was really interesting IMO, and I can't wait to have a few more in the near future.
On deck will either be Cool Cat cream ale or Hoppy Kitty IPA...I am torn on when to brew these up. Actually, the only real "problem" is having enough bottles ready to contain the deliciousness! With 8 of 9 Lives set to be bottled up in the next few days there is going to be a lack of empties... well I am getting backed up with home brew yet again! what a great "problem" to have huh? currently available (as in at least 2 bottles)at the LBBP bar: Alley Cat APA (almost gone!), American Devil IPA, Irish Pride Stout, AvenTINY strong wheat, Dark Voyage Dunkle (almost gone!), Weihen-hefe (LBBP Weissbier) Bavarian style wheat beer, and the Revolutionary and Nightfall ales are juuust about ready...
and I've got the 8 of 9 lives (Dead Guy inspired) fermenting away, and the ingredients for Hoppy Kitty IPA and Cool Cat cream ale just waiting for me to brew so I sampled a carbonator cap force carbed Weihen-hefe (LBBP Weissbier)...oh boy! this is a great beer! after a mere 16 days it is ready to rock, and I am a happy brewer ;-) check out the link to it in the brew log for the recipe and notes
lots of stuff going on: bottled the Revolutionary Amber and Nightfall ales, and brewed up Weihen-hefe. all in all, I probably spent around 8 hours doing beer related stuff. now comes the waiting game while the above condition and ferment...
Last night marked an LBBP first: 2 batches at once! The Nightfall Ale and Revolutionary Amber were brewed up, basically, at the same time. From start to finish, my brew day was just about an hour long (including setup and clean up), and save for one little mishap transferring the Revolutionary Amber wort into the LBK...the day went great. All of my MB ingredients have now been utilized, so that is a little bittersweet as well. The NFA will be bottled and stored for a slightly extended period of time to allow proper conditioning, but the RevA is going to go into the MLHD (one more try with that thing) and I am hoping that it will be good to go by about the 4th of July! I am
It had been a long day, I was tired, and a fresh pizza was just brought home by the lovely wifey...why not sample the AvenTINY? Since it was the first one, I decided just to have at it and not take any real notes. However, I probably should have! It was very smooth and easy drinking. Faint banana in the nose and during the sip. Hint of roastiness. Touch of chocolate. As the beer warmed up a bit during drinking, the banana faded and the malts became a bit more pronounced. The hops didn't play a role in the aroma or taste, but they totally balanced out this beer in a nice way. I'll be curious to see i
Due to a lack of time (by the way, the landscaping around my house looks GREAT at this point!) to dedicate to brewing up my next batch, Nightfall Ale has fallen to the side. However! fret not fellow lil' bastards...it will be in the fermenter some time within the next week at the latest. Then it will be time to order some new grains and hops and let some more LBBP Originals
just bottled up the stout last night, and it was a big haul. 13 12 oz. bottles, and 9 16 oz-ers! big thumbs up to FermCap-S for allowing me to put THAT much into the LBK without creating an explosion. the pipeline is packed now with this stout, the AvenTINY about 10-ish days away from testing out, American Devil, some Alley Cat, and Bavarian Blondie. wow! PLUS, Nightfall Ale is getting brewed up in the very near future...
Due to some general business around the house, the brewing of "Irish Pride" will have to be delayed until next week. I am also thinking about dong a combo platter and brewing up a variation of an MB recipe that I will dub: "Nightfall Ale". Dueling LBKs anyone?
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