Good Evening, Remember Me....IPA Update....There's Some Beer Here....I'm Thirsty....

Good Evening:

You remember me don't you?? I haven't been here in a few days. No excuse this time, just a little busy with normal everyday life. I have some time now so I'm writing. Hey, I probably should have a beer, I deserve it I've been so busy with everything. Well, if you don't remember me, I'm Mark, The Brewer, and I'll be your tour guide to great beer, great information about beer, and plain talk about homebrewing, the hobby that makes life great!! If you don't homebrew now, and your reading this, you obviously have some level of interest. And if you don't homebrew now, you should. Hopefully after reading about beer and brewing and homebrewing, you might just want to start. It's easy, fun, and you can always drink your little mistakes. It usually still tastes something like beer!! You can start extract brewing tomorrow with only a small amount of equipment. Really, a pot, a fermenter, an extract "kit", and some bottles and caps (well and a capper of course). That's about all you need (a nylon hose and bottle filler, both together about $10). With that simple amount of equipment, you can be a brewer. And the beer you'll make will just amaze you!! So if you don't remember me, get acquainted again, and if you just miss me a little bit, read on. Posting is about to begin, and be much more timely......

IPA:

For those of you scoring at home, and you know who you are, the IPA is progressing along nicely. I got the beer racked to secondary last week finally after about 10 days in primary. The beer is a nifty light amber color and moved to secondary with no issues. The other great thing is the taste. I snuck a quick taste of the beer even though it is uncarbonated and a tad "green". The beer has a huge, no you don't understand, a huge hop character. The bitterness though clean is a real attention getter. But it's not just a hop tea, it also has a nice malt character about it as well. There is hop aroma present and the finish still needs to develop in secondary and later conditioning. The beer is working along very well and needs a few days to clear and get ready for the packaging phase of work. I liked it and it's a bit on the big side as well. This brew is going to be true blue IPA, will have great hop character, and pack a bit of a punch. It's about time I got one of these right.....

Beer:

With the IPA now resting nicely in secondary and waiting to be packaged, I am starting to finally get the inventory back up to snuff. It's about time. The For Whom The Bell's Tolls pale ale should be ready in a day or so for drinking, plus I still have another keg of Nitro Ranger Stout, and Parrot Pete's. The IPA will make 6 kegs at the ready and there are plans for a real authentic ESB coming real soon. I have to get some grain and stuff, but it will be coming quickly with a brew day to be determined in the next few days, probably about the 18th or 19th. Anyway you slice it, there's finally some beer around here....

Thirsty:

I don't know about all of you out there in cyberland, but the big man sitting here at the keyboard is getting real thirsty. It's about that time of the evening that after putting the day's work away, putting the kids away for the night, and getting the rest of the house ready for a cold spring evening, it's time for a good cold beer. And why not, I've worked hard today, and I'm guessing that I deserve one (as far as you know). I might even have to have a fine cigar with it. Stay tuned this week for more brewing and beer information, plus some additional items yet to be determined for sure, but that are running around my brain unchecked.

Good night all, and have a nice beer before bed. You'll sleep better for sure....

Mark, The Brewer, and about to quench that thirst and get some rest.............
- posted by Mark @ 8:08 PM

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