ionia ales

While I have enjoyed a few of these at Yia Yia’s here in lincoln, I hadn’t really bought any for home. That was sure stupid. This beer is great! Sweeter (less dry) and less bitter than duvel. I am not sure what the “style” is but I don’t really care. I ’spose it’s more of [...]

Duvel…
So dry and delicious. A target beer for sure.
Bigfoot2007 – A big bitter beer.
I know this one will be great next year. It’s got plenty of rough edges to soften. -

Thanks to Why Lie – NEED BEER – go LincolnBrewerBloggers!

delicious.    – small bottle purchased at the BEERTOPIA – quite wonderful.
light straw pours to a very light amber.. darker than a duvel.  A thick head quickly  subsides leaving a light persistant head.  ‘
Light alcohol aroma with yeast/ fruity aromas backed by a hint of malt.
Very light lingering Pils malt flavor,  subtly (sp?) balanced by some [...]

Vinnie Cilurzo of RRBC sent Brendan McGinn 1 FedEx Ground package(s).

So Far So GOOD!
I’ve raised gallons of yeast from less than a thimble-full – or 35million cells.
The plan is to try it out on various batches of ours to see if it helps us out with our malt profiles.   I will post propagation plans, as this develops.

I’ve Been Busy! How about you?
Had a few Fuller’s last night – ESB, and London Pride, the latter being my favorite of the two. The ESB was buttery, a touch is acceptablebut my personal threshold must be lower.
One MP3 I have listened to is.. this
Great notes on bugs and philosophy of brewing
and a video [...]