It started with an observation that turned into a challenge. Jason noticed you could get 5 lb. of clover honey at CostCo for $11.99 — $2.40 per lb. as opposed to the nationwide average of $7.57 (c. January 2018). Obviously this meant that there was virtually no excuse for any of the club members to […]
Some beers start with a target style. Others with an imagined flavor profile. Perhaps it’s born of ingredients already on-hand. And sometimes your four year old son gives you a name that just begs to be a beer; that beer is Teddy Bear’s Mind:
Session #22 was for Category 15, Irish Beer — a.k.a., “How many kinds of Guinness would you like to try?”
As of session #21 we have just four 1 categories left to cover. With this session we worked our way through some of the more… interesting beers from the style guide. I am of course talking about the European Sour Ales. Four? Three? I believe that we intend to cover historical styles but I’m not […]
When I first brewed this beer, I wrote that it “was me trying to play my hand at the IPA game”. I took a less-is-more approach: super-simple grist (just some Briess Pale Ale malt and the golden light DME to make up the difference on my partial mash), all Galaxy everywhere, and a healthy pitch […]
For the third installment in my single-hop APA series, I took some of the “left overs” from the Grisette Moderne and applied them toward this project. Time for Prosody (Mosaic): 1 I was so very tempted to use the “left over” Galaxy for the APA project and/but/so… I had a certain ribbon-winner that needed reprising.[↩]
With session #20, we are about 85% of the way through our BJCP category study. It’s hard to believe that we’ve been at it for nine months, and that we’re only about two-and-a-half months away from the exam. Tonight we tucked into some… bigger beers.
Session #19 of our BCJP study group took on Category 10. Another fun category, what with the rich history and vibrant flavors that characterize the German Wheat Beers.
Sometimes you just want to make something straightforward and simple. No tricks. No experiments. Just something plain and pure and seasonally appropriate. Like this American Porter, Tilde Porter:
Category 17 was the occasion for our 18th BJCP study group session. Only six categories left to study — over 75% of the way through our rubric. A fun category with some interesting variety despite the common thread running through them.