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This 8 oz jar is almost 100% full of Michter's bourbon and five vanilla beans that I split about a week ago. I am going to use some / all of it in the pumpkin ale that's currently been fermenting the same amount of time when I bottle it next Sunday - I was planning on straining it into my bucket...

Made it to Treehouse Deerfield. Julius Passionfruit for my lovely wife, Catharsis porter for me.

If anyone is interested, my neighbor lost interest so I brewed something more typical. Zero pineapple anywhere, some spices at flameout, some vanilla beans in a bourbon tincture that I'm going to add at bottling.

Used to ferment in my shed outdoors. Last couple batches (that have been above-my-average), I've been using a swamp cooler in my spare room. I think that the consistent temp during the process (no surprise) has led to the vastly improved beer.

2808.5 + 4.25 gal pumpkin = 2812.75

Mashing in on ~4 gal Dolor de Culo Calabasa Cerveza, hopefully an improvement on last year's PITA Pumpkin.

Inspired by the DudeLebowski and a lot of other general discussion, I'm going to visit Treehouse Deerfield after taking my son to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Since it'll be a weekend with a 3-pour limit, it's likely that my family won't be there long. Any other recommendations in that...

Roasted pumpkin for an ale. Steeped vanilla in Michter's for extract at bottling time.

Sunday will be this weekend, I guess; guess that I'll be brewing my annual Pumpkin. My neighbor challenged me to incorporate pineapple and marshmallow into the recipe somehow, but I think he's forgotten about it, so I'm just going with my typical spice mix and maybe some vanilla bean.

I'm guessing they were different lager types?

Sam has made me a believer again. This is another really good beer.

A mix of my summer PA with Yard's Pale Ale. Honestly thought that it was better than either individually. Even more surprisingly, my wife agreed

That's cool. I'm stealing this idea.

1). Went overboard on cleaning, then bottled the second iteration of my Bucktoberfest - looks more dunkel than marzen, but I'll be satisfied if it tastes as good as the last batch. 2). Started organizing / condensing the beer crap in my multipurpose room - wife is starting to give it the fisheye.

Are they going to brew it again? Seems like they should, if it was a hit and sold well.

Cool mug.

Batch #2 is in the fermenter. Hoping that it turns out as well as the first one did.

2548 + 4 more gal Bucktoberfest = 2552 gallons

Didn't have to overcome lack of motivation this morning. Got up early; spent a long twenty minutes stirring a buckwheat cereal mash. Started the mash around 9, added the malted buckwheat, it's been a steady 149 since. Amping up the Tettnang a little from last time - last batch was good, but a...

Calibrated Rapt Pill for next Sunday's Bucktoberfest round #2.