No brewing tonight. Beer yourself.

Jonathan is prancing about the Caribbean and we are lost without him. Hang in there, people. Beer yourselves for us until we can be together again…

It’s Monday. It’s on.

Tonight, 8 pm, we’ll be brewing up some remarkably tasty IPA with a splash of rye. You won’t be able to taste that, but we’ve got some great beers on tap. Guest appearance is expected from Joel, proud new father to Oliver, who is less than a week old. And is very cute.

NO BREWING – BALLS DROPPED

Ok, that came out wrong. But here’s the bottom line. Joel is on a plane to…uh…Joel, where are you going? And Jonathan is in Italy. Which means no brewing. Folks, we dropped the ball. It won’t happen again.

Monday Night Recap: “Life-Cycle of a Drafty Kilt” Edition

Monday was all about the Drafty Kilt. We drank it, bottled it and brewed it. We’ve been fiddling with this recipe for 3 years now, and it’s finally at a place where we are ready to stick it on a shelf and sell it to you.

Joel and I made ourselves useful for once, and bottled some beer. Anytime we bottle, we’re reminded of the fact that we have yet to find the part of starting a brewery that is sexy. Unless you find a beer soaked, grimy garage floor sexy.

A serious system upgrade to Brew Magic

I haven’t been this excited about a new toy since I got one of those little cars with a motor in it for Christmas when I was 8. Last week, we placed an order for the Big Poppa of all brewing systems – SABCO’s Brew Magic.

There are so many incredible features of this system that will give us greater consistency and predictability to our brewing:

• Ability to recirculate the mash through an electronic heat exchanger.
• Pump = no lifting. Good for Joel’s arthritis.
• Sight tubes means I can calculate an accurate boil loss. Not that anyone other than me will care.
• Touchscreen electronic controls with the ability to track time and temperature, call out hop additions and transfers, and even recreate a previous session.
• All stainless steel tubing and kettles with tri-clamp fittings.

This beauty should be arriving in late July or early August. In the meantime, expect more doting, drooling and anticipation.

No, Scratch THAT! Brewing back on!

The Queen canceled on Joel, so we’re back on for brewing tonight. See you between 8 and 10!

Scratch that – BREWING CANCELED

Due to a variety of factors, we are canceling brewing tonight. Specifically, Jonathan is feeling rough, I am stuck at the office, and Joel has dinner plans with the Queen of England. Lame? Yes. Yes, indeed.

But as a consolation, we are making some good progress on the business front and should have a full stash of beers next week. More soon…