This beer turned out to be an experiment in more ways than one. The idea came from a collaboration between Brian and I after he suggested his mom’s caramel as an ingredient. After some thought, I thought it would be interesting to attempt to make my first cream ale. The combination of the two brings [...]

Initiate man-party! My fiancee Jenny is back home for two weeks visiting the parents so I have ultimate brewing freedom. I did not waste any time and got straight to work brewing up this hoppy American pale ale. Earlier failures drove me to return with a vengeance inspired in part by the mental music of [...]

Immediately after cranking out #006 Solanka Stout I decided it would be cool to do one more big fruity beer on my Wyeast Irish Ale yeast cake. The original plan was to do chocolate raspberry but prices at my grocery store moved me over to the equally appealing cherry. I bought two pounds of fresh [...]