I brewed this about 9 weeks ago, and finally opened a bottle last night. The brew spent 5 weeks in primary (my usual time is 4 - 6 weeks) and 4 weeks carbing in the bottle. According to my wife, this is the best beer I have made in the past 6 or so years. It really is good.
I will be...
Brewed this about recipe about 5 years ago and really enjoyed it. It has taken me some time to get back to this recipe, but I will be using my Grainfather (this will be my 8th Grainfather brew since buying it in January 2016) to do this recipe on Easter Sunday.
The only thing I am changing...
Recently retired from the State of Alaska as a network/computer person. Before I retired I decided that a good "retirement" job would be a middle/high school teacher, so I now work part time as a business and technology teacher in a middle school.
Just cracked my first beer after a month and 6 days in the bottle. Not going to say it is my best beer yet, but it is definitely my most complex and interesting beer to date, with many layers of well balanced flavors. I think that with a bit more time in the bottle that this will be one of my...
Finally got around to bottling this one after spending 9 weeks in primary. Hatched 13 chickens right after I brewed this beer, and was raising them in the garage (in a large brooder, not running all over the place - :) ), and there was a bit too much dust and feathers for me to want to bottle...