Saturday, September 29, 2012

New brewery in town

Sky High Brewing.

Consensus is "meh, needs improvement".  Hopefully they'll get their shit together, otherwise it's just another mediocre brewery.

Kind of unfortunate.  I'll give them another chance in a few months and see if they improve.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Cherry Poppin' Daddies

Live at the restored Whiteside theatre in Corvallis.  Good times!

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Hops!

My 2012 hop harvest, all 2.5 lbs of it.  This year was a bit off for quantity, but the quality seems to be good. We will find out as soon as I brew with them.

Brew Free Or Die

IPA
21st Amendment Brewing
12 oz can, 7%abv

Malty, caramel nose with a hint of hops.  Not very "northwest" like, but that's ok.

Flavor is likewise malty, but with a more noticeable hop presence.

Finish is a hint sweet and malty, but a lingering bitterness appears at the end.

A pretty tasty beer overall.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Beer of the month case!

Trace signed me up for a custom beer if the month club from our local beer/homebrew shop, and this month's was all cool craft beer in cans.

Thanks Trace!

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Monday, September 03, 2012

Hop drying

I love hops, but right about now I'm starting to get sick of them. Thankfully I'm about done for this season.

Hop harvest 2012

...is nearing completion.  WTF happened to August?