Continuing brewing at work

Over the past few weeks I have been more of a cellarman and assistant brewer and I really enjoy it.  I have harvested and stored yeast for future beers and am winding down on the training side of brewing on the 15 barrel system.  I few things that I need to focus on is the strike temp and how much foundation water is necessary.  And the crucial step of sending the wort over to the fermentation cellar.

Since july I have ran the bottling machine for 1200 cases or so with no major problems.

At home I have a few bottles of old sour beers.  I have 7 gallons of a spontaneous ferment that is truely nasty.  Some golden strong ale with bugs and some Witbier wort added along with more bugs. (brett, lacto, who knows… it’s a culture I have maintained for a few years now.)     In kegs I have some Maple syrup ESB and the Golden Strong Ale that is very very clear light a touch of malt sweetness but balanced by some hops, alcohol and carbonation.

Up next:
stout, and an Imperial stout,  A barleywine, and some wort for sour beers.

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