Bad Blogger! Bad Blogger!

Hello dedicated blog readers. I'm sorry I haven't posted in so very long, I have been readjusting to school once more. To be honest with you all, I don't think I ever REALLY adjust to the new schedule a new semester brings until it is almost over. Oh well, what can you do. In lieu of posting the 10 beer reviews I have queued up and ready to go I thought I would first post an update on the most recent brews. They won't have as much multimedia as I would like, because I forgot my camera up in Duluth. This may be the only real downfall of my life of dual citizenship, I never know what is where and when. Right? Anywho.

Padellford's Private Label Sauvignon Blanc
The wine was fermenting in a 6 gallon plastic fermentation bucket (fancy term for a bucket eh?) Before racking the yeasties had to decrease the sugar to the point where the SG was at or below 1.010. Dad and I did all of our second stage of brewing work this past Saturday. When I checked the gravity on Friday evening it was a solid 1.005. We racked the wine from the bucket into a Better Bottle plastic carboy and put the airlock back in place. The main point of this is to get rid of all of the sediment that was at the bottom of said previous bucket. I'm glad we are keeping track of the gravity of this one. I don't believe that the last kit we had fermented completely, as it is still very sweet to this day (but drinkable of course!) When Dad and I tasted this one it was already drier than the red, and carbonated!

Tom Hennessy's Irish Ale
After bottling the most recent beer endeavor I decided two things: 1) To drop the "Red" from the name because it is not red, but more coppery and 2) to name the beer after Samantha's grandfather who was 100% Irish, and whom I unfortunately never had the pleasure of meeting. I had this idea before I even brewed this recipe, but I wanted to make sure it tasted good before officially titling it that. After fermentation, but before conditioning and carbonation, the beer is already delicious (at least in my opinion). I am really happy, because I was worried about this one. I changed my mind at least 8 different time on the hop and malt bills, and in the end just ended up making some quick decisions in the brewing store. Like any recipe, I will likely end up tweaking this one a bit and I already have ideas of things I want to try differently next time. However, I do think this one is going to turn out well and I can't wait to taste it! Once finished, I hope it does the name proud. For those of you who want to try it, I am going to make a list so I don't forget anyone this time. Please let me know and I will make sure I get a bottle to you!


In other news, I recently created a brewing log for Castle Danger Brewery from scratch. I'm really enjoying my internship there, and geekily enough I extremely enjoyed creating a brewing log for them. The picture of it is below. If anyone would like the PDF file for it, just give me your email address and I will ship it out to you.



Happy quaffing everyone! Crack one open, and let me know what you're drinking!