Fightin Joe's Party Hefe #2 Bottled.

More Hooker Luv! This time it's Raspberry. 2 pounds of fresh raspberries purree'd and added at secondary fermentation. This wheat ale is completed hopped with amarillo hops.

kegged 1 gallon. Bottled 48 12oz's

Tecumseh's Fire Strong Ale

Kegged this strong ale today. OG 1091... FG 1015. ABV 10.0 percent. I'm gonna make limited bottles of this one using the Beer Gun counter pressure filler set up i've bought and have been
working with. Forced carbed at 30PSI... Will let stand for a week... then cool.... then hit the bottles.

BEER TRIPPIN # 3 Furthermore "Knot Stock"

Grabbed a sixer of this too. Furthermore's "Knot Stock" a black peppered pale ale. what a great idea for a beer. it's spicy and really interesting. i love this one.

BEER TRIPPIN # 2 Ale Asylum "Ambergeddon"

Thanks to a tip from Dan from Killdozer... this a beer that makes me love Wisconsin MORE!

Ale Asylum in Madison is a small brew pub/package brewery that produces and delivers in small quanities to the immediate Madison area. I scored this at LE CORK in Mt. Horeb on the way to the House on the Rock.

A layer of yeast in the bottom.... a good sign that it is done "homebrew" style... it's a sweet hard beer similar to Sierra Nevada's pale ale times 2... maybe 200... i love this beer.... and just LOOK at that label !whoot!

BEER TRIPPIN #1 Founder's "Cerise"

I'm posting alot from my recent trip to NW Illinois and southern Wisconsin.

Here's a review of a beer i got there...and smuggled back home to the cabin in the Georgia mountains.

Founder's Cerise

"Using only fresh Michigan tart cherries, this beauty tantalizes with intense flavors combined with a no hesitation malt bill. Adding fresh cherries at five separate stages of fermentation achieves the ultimate balance between tartness and sweetness. "

from the Founder's website. Been a fan of this Grand Rapids' brewery for awhile now. Awesome beers... now ... i grabbed a 4 pack of their cherry ale. It's tart... subtle... and pretty good. It's a hard sell when i just had a bottle of New Glarus' Wisconsin Red.... but it stands up. I'm debating a cherry beer... here for myself. hmmm.

...and the Winner is.... WHA?

Well... Get this... the 2009 Brewmaster's Open of Alpharetta was this weekend. Homebrewers from all over the South sent in their entries...and the Judges have named... yes... The Courageous Conductor the Silver Medalist in the Porter category!

FROM THE LIST!

Table 12 - Porter (12 Entries)
1 . Bob Carlton, Brewmasters of Alpharetta Alpharetta,GA

BrewDepot Porter
2. Scott Hedeen, The Burnt Hickory Brewery Acworth,GA
The Courageous Conductor
3.Nick Hudson, Carboy Junkies Birmingham,AL
Chocolate Rye Porter

ok.. the rest of my children... went un rewarded.. but i'm just SO happy for this "aling ale" to get some recognition!

Here's a history of all the trauma this beer went thru to get this award.

1. Extreme Blowoff and clogged airlock... went uncovered for 2 day during primary! (i was away for the weekend!)

2. Auto Siphon broke... had to manual siphon... i literally SUCK... no pun... at that.

3. The Carboy for secondary cracked open when i placed it on the tile floor... i lost about a half of a gallon of beer.. huge mess... had to quickly transfer to new carboy (good thing i clean my carboys really well... after i empty them!)... it aerated... it was in trouble.

To think.....i even debated throwing it away!

anyway... congrats to the other winners...and here's to next year!

Huzzah!

Cannon Dragger Pale Ale.

Wm J. Hardee's Tactical Pale Ale may have been the worse name of ALL time. SO... i'm trying a new one for the batches of my Casade hopped California style pale ale.
CANNON DRAGGER.