I didn’t have anything planned for this weekend but found myself itching to brew on the way to the fox lot this morning. I have some amarillo and simcoe I should use up.
A Pale. Had a job transfer from South Florida to Southwest Louisiana back in October so I havent brewed since September and I may be a bit rusty. Me, the wife, and kiddo just moved into our new place about a week ago after a long stay in temp quarters. I WILL manage to sqeeze in a brew day on Monday during my 3 day weekend between prepping a garden area and hop yard.
Herding judges and stewards for the Best Florida Beer Commercial Competition Saturday.
Hopefully I will have the energy to bottle for the BFBC homebrew competition Sunday.
Hopefully making a barrel stand for my bourbon barrel on Saturday. Then it’s my second annual Super Bowl Sunday poker game. Plenty of poker, chili, football and homebrew.
Blood Orange makes a great beer! Havent tried meyer lemon but that sounds yummy. Ive actually even used blood orange zest in a Cal Common boil and then used the meat in the fermenter which I peeled about 8 blood oranges cut them into segments and put them in a pot with 160 water and held steady for about 15 minutes then cooled and added all that to the fermenter. That keg was gone in 1 day!
I was thinking about adding some blood orange juice and calling it a bloody wit. Or some midnight wheat and calling is a black wit. If you didn’t add any wheat at all would it be a lack wit?
Brown Porter going right now. I always brew on Ground Hog’s Day. Sort of an homage to my roots. I grew up in Western PA, pert near Gobbler’s Knob. I actually bottled my first ever brew on 2/2/99!! Looking at my notes today I see it turned out pretty good, hit my numbers before I even knew that was a goal! A stout extract kit that hit 1.011 FG. Not bad. Dry yeast.
APA on Saturday.
Maybe bottle or rack an experimental Maple Porter if I get bored with the SB commercials.