updates

A busy month and a few other distractions means I have been a while between updates. Sitting down with one of my last bottles of my red indian pale ale last night, I realised how nicely it has come into form and it made my beer gene flare active again, encouraging me to post an update. The RIPA needed a month to mature, it has only just recently become the beer I meant it to be. Unfortunately, at just over a month in the bottle I have the wrong side of a 6-pack left. It is just now approaching AIPA territory, but without the aggressive bitterness associated with the style.

On the 12th of July I bottled my Smoked Schwarzbier and my Big Brew Day Corona. Both are still not ready to drink which is very frustrating, they both taste like they need another two weeks in bottle minimum, and the schwarz has the additional complication of underattenuating. At the moment it tastes like a porter. The corona is tasting eerily similar to how my glacier summer ale did last year, especially while not yet fully conditioned.

Last weekend I had a double brewday, porter and helles. Also invited a few brewers around, sampled a few beers and in general managed to not remember a few chunks of the day. Was a good day, but I still haven't pitched yeast into either wort. Recipes of both to come with further updates, and thanks to everyone who rocked up.

Also needing doing is racking my berry wheat, it will have to be syphoned as the berries have blocked the snap tap. It is more than ready to bottle, but i want to try and settle out a bit more of the crap first, the last berry beer i did was bitty with berry and that detracted from the appearance. My american rye has had a very slow ferment, largely from sitting at the low end of 1010's temperature range. I ought to check the gravity again tonight, it should be finished by now. At last sampling it was around 1.025 and tasting pretty good.


Next on the list to brew will be a barleywine and a small beer, i think. And after that, a german pilsner.