I had a bottle of my Dr. Who Astronaut American Ale (a pale ale). I made it from one LME of Mr. B/Coopers American Ale mixed with one old Mr. B can of WCPA. I also did a Cascade dry hop addition. It was very good with an ABV of 5.0%
Grand assortment this evening: started with a homebrewed Cherry Stout from a neighbor, then some homebrewed Belgo Belgian IPA, now enjoying a 10 Barrel Brewing 'Hop Project' #2; dry-hopped with some of my favorite hops: Cascade, Centennial, & Amarillo...
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Drinking: Columbus Double India Pale Ale Bottled/Conditioning: Trippel Fermenting: Columbus Double India Pale Ale, Trippel
Had a Blue Patriot after driving home in 87 degree heat w. broken AC.
I have over 9,000 posts on "another forum", which means absolutely nothing. Mr. Beer January 2014 Brewer of the Month with all the pomp and circumstance that comes with it...
Certificate in Brewing and Distillation Technology
Beers I regularly brew:
Bell's Best Brown clone
Irish Hills Red - I call this "Ann Arbor Red"
Mackinac Island Red - I call this "Michigan Red"
Oatmeal Stout - I call this Not Fat, Stout - Oatmeal Stout
Bottled 5 gallons of Ann Arbor Red on 4/18/17. Bottled 5 gallons of Michigan Red on 5/8/17.
Brewed in 2017 - 22.13 gallons (19.91 in 2012, 48.06 in 2013, 61.39 in 2014, 84.26 in 2015,46.39 in 2016)
Brewed in lifetime - 282.14 gallons
Drinkable beer on hand - 13.58 cases, with 6.11 cases ready in May and early June.
Average cost per 12 pack through all beer brewed - $6.27(ingredients only)
Founder's Dirty Bastard. It was hiding with my other brews, brought by my parents back in April. First non-homebrew I've had at the house in some time. It's quite good.
Fermenting: Dad's Lemonade (Pale Ale) Conditioning/Drinking: Paths of Nutty(Brown), spALTered Time (German Altbier) On Deck: Return of the Imperial (Imperial Stout)
Fermenting
Nothing Conditioning
Nothing Drinking 58. Choco Brown 60. Etcitra, Etcitra 61. Bubs' Pale Wheat Xtra 62. Ottoberfest Brew Queue
ROAR! Bacon
Bombay
Saint Sebastian Tripel
Bubs' Pale Ale
Fermenting
Nothing Conditioning
Nothing Drinking 58. Choco Brown 60. Etcitra, Etcitra 61. Bubs' Pale Wheat Xtra 62. Ottoberfest Brew Queue
ROAR! Bacon
Bombay
Saint Sebastian Tripel
Bubs' Pale Ale
Don't be... it means winter will be here soon. The crops are comming off the field, deer are shedding velvet, huntng season has started, we will be wearing coats soon, shoveling white crap very soon to follow. Ok, now I'm depressed, have not got all my outside work done......
Did a small pumpkin ale comparison...Saranac Pumpkin Ale, Elysian Night Owl Pumpkin Ale, and Arcadia Ales Jaw-Jacker.
Saranac has the last few years been far and away my favorite Pumpkin Ale. This years offering seems...meh. No impressive scent, flavors are alright but seemed to have a slight sour aftertaste. Definitely not what I remembered from last years batch. I have a bud who has a few of last years lingering around so will hopefully grab one this weekend and compare head to head.
The Elysian Night Owl, pretty dang good! Good nose, great flavors, the spices work well and the pumpkin definitely comes through. I got a sixer about a week ago and save 2 to specifically compare to Saranac, Night Owl is definitely better than this years Saranac offering.
Jaw-Jacker - strange. Borderline false advertising! Has a picture of a big scary pumpkin on it so you assume it's a pumpkin ale. On closer observation pumpkin is not mentioned anywhere on the bottle. All I can really say is cinnamon, cinnamon, cinnamon, and more cinnamon! Nose, flavor, everything. No pumpkin whatsoever. Not terrible if you like cinnamon which I do, but definitely not a pumpkin ale.
You didn't use the standard back up of the built in 2/40 AC?
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