Crap

That's what the RCBC's been pumping out these days, pure crap. Just tasted my steam beer, and it reeks of burnt rubber and tastes about the same. Suk...

Today we brew the Russian Imerial Stout that I hope will be good enough for the Summertime Brews Festival in August. We shall see, the last stout I did tasted great.

Still have to brew some mead and an octoberfest...getting behind thanks to these gutter-dumpers!

ESB and O-Fest Blues

Every once in a while even the best homebrewers have to throw a batch out. I am sad to say, the O-fest will be gracing the gutter with it's presence. With a starting OG of 1.056 it should have finished fermenting around 1.018, but after over a month it never made it below 1.032. I really don't know why it never fermented, but hopefully it will help my grass grow...

Moving on. I just kegged (secondary) an ESB I brewed a few weeks back, and it fermented out just awesome. It was sharply bitter, but that will quickly mellow into the smooth bitterness of an English ESB. Here's a shot of it being transferred to the fermentor (a 13gal carboy).

Finally, my hop garden is flourishing. All plants have begun their trip away from the earth, and I will be training them over the next week to climb the trullesses.