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June 2010

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6-7-10 well the kegs ran dry. I primed a batch of Driftish last couple days. Still a bit green still needs a bit more carbonation but so far its like a Hopasaurus Rex Jr. I like this so far..
6-24-10
back out in the garage. Drinkin a Polish beer. Zywiec. No idea what it is,, but its pretty damn good. If I had to guess, damn I dunno, lager I guess. Sorta, got some sort of esters goin on drinkin right out of bottle but looks to be very very light in color. Hold on lemme get a glass.
Yep light just a tad darker than hamms maybe hamms golden like. Dont have that import taste either. Not the skunk the other taste,, but its rollin around back there somewhere.

Gonna try to update my beers in a bit.. the summer wheat2 and drifterish.

May 2010

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5-28-10
Been awhile since I have brewed but last week I used some of my summit hops. Brewed a summit/cascade pale ale. Smells good so far. Been a week and all ferment has stopped.

Gonna go get the stuff for another batch of Summer wheat. But this time I’m not gonna use any zest. It doesnt seem like you get anything out if it afer a week or two,,so Im gonna do everything else the same except no zest , abit more pepper and use amarillo hops instead. I dont know if I should call it the same recipe or not but I will for now.

April 2010

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04/07/10- Out in the garage having a few, its pretty cold out here again so I got me a Shiner Bock.
Normally bock aint my style. They always seem to have this taste that I just cant handle. I havent figured out what it is, but Shiner dont have it. Its pretty thin though. Needs a bit more body. As far as any thing else with this beer its hard to tell today. The fridge out here in the garage has everything at about 35 degrees so I cant smell or taste anything.

But I do have all my batches ke3gged or bottled. The Titletown open is in a couple weeks so I am kinda sorta getting things ready for it. I am hoping to enter a few of mine.
I’m thinking I’m gonna put Chipmunk brown in as an American brown. I made this last summer. I was originally intending to make somrthing else,, a stout I think and I left my grains sitting on the work bench in the garage while I went and did something or other and by the time I got back The chipmunks found the bag. So I had to go get more grains. But when I got there I left my recipe at home,, so I just grabbed stuff and came home with this. Its actually way different than what I intended but I like it.

The Summer wheat in as a Belgium wit. I am sorta worried about this one for a couple of reasons. First its my first wheat. Second, Its kegged and I have to bottle some beforehand. And I wanna get the carbonation right. Third, I might just drink all of it before that! This stuff is great.

I was going to enter the Crop circles cream ale but its just way too cloudy, and have a few floaters. But its really pretty good. Sooo,

I have to try and enter the oatmeal stout. But again I messed up and put them all in 22oz bottles. I’m gonna ask the club (Green bay Rackers) If its possible to transfer to 12 ozers. I really like this and this is the one that I was worried that didnt work.
Actually as I am stitting here drinking one, I have noticed that the freezing temp its at has kept the foam down. I may be able to do this.