ionia ales

A wonderful line of beers.  I can’t think of a single bad thing about them.  I found some coasters at Max and Joe’s in Omaha, where I enjoyed the Abt 12 on Tap.

So I started by mashing in my specialty malts and the Two_Row.

Then I heated up some water with a little grain bag – Special B and Carapils

for my Big Beer… get that up to a boil – Video,

and chill it,

then heat up the sparge water.

Recirculated… Run Off….

boil, – Hop That Brew – Video

and Chill.

yep.. [...]

I have yet to tear in to the temptation, but I have had a few bottles of the La Follie.  It quickly became one of my favorite beers I have ever had.  Not only do I appreciate the beer and the wonderful sour flavors, but I enjoy thinking about the different barrels’ contributions to the [...]

Filled kegs at work, and now I am home mashing a tripel, and boiling an extract IIPA or Barleywine.
Dry hopped last weeks brew.. will keg/transfer next week. I’d like to bottle condition some of this, but I am not sure I am up for the effort. I’d like to do as much of it at [...]

It’s official I am a beer geek.
I took back a six pack of beer to south street liquor, Hazed and Infused. Either I am way past what I thought I remembered this beer to be, or it was very old and lacked the flavor and aroma that I was expecting.
My guess is that the beer [...]

I made some beer last tuesday, at home,  for the first time in ages.
Everything went pretty damn well.  Using the pump to chill the wort speeds up the end quite a bit! and no heavy lifting of boiling wort.  I have been using a similar S.S. mesh as found in my mash tun, – on [...]

This is the beer staircase.

Weihenstephen Hefe-Weizen
Piraate’ Ale
Petrus – 2 year old aged in oak
Duvel
Scaldis
St. Bernardus Tripel
St. Bernardus Witbier
St. Bernardus Apt 12
Dulle Tuve
Thirize? Extra
Delirum Tremens
Petrus Abbey
Orval
Achel Extra Bruin
Chimay White
Chimay Red
Chimay Blue
Westmalle tripel, wait a sec, where’s my dubbel?Rochefort 8
Rochefort 10
A’Chouffe Dobbelen IPA Tripel
La’Chouffe
Saison Dupont
Dupont Moinette
Dupont Floret
Fantome Brise-BonBons
Scotch de Silly
Blaugies Saison d’Epeautre – note [...]

We got Second! – Aksarben did that is… My Bourbon Barrel Stout was voted second *(lost to the Imperial ESB by Empyrean)
If you weren’t able to make it.. here’s some clips.
Winterfest Boz
Where’s Sam?
Is this the brown?

I had a catagory called ‘beer’ — can you believe that?
I ditched it.. it’s just beer reviews, brewing, various stuff, video (content), and yeast and now microbiology is now added because of my interest in the use of Lactic Acid Bacteria.
That’s what’s up.

I have updated, and posted some photos  to the Glassware post from a while back.
plus a nice photo to the DT review… and the Bigfoot
enjoy!