Archive for August, 2008

Fermentation Friday: Different strokes

Friday, August 29th, 2008

It’s time I gave Fermentation Friday a shot. This month’s topic (hosted by The Panhandle Beer Snob and Redneck Brewery) is: “What, in the opinion of others, is the best beer you have ever made and why?” I’m kind of torn between three of the beers my husband and I have made. All three are [...]

Our private Victory tour

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Somehow, my husband Tim and I managed to score a private tour of Victory with one of the brewers last night. Hot damn! We were led around by the quality control/yeast guy, whose name also happens to be Tim. But I’ll go ahead and refer to him as Dr. Tim, as he has a PhD [...]

Stoudts Microfest

Monday, August 25th, 2008

On Saturday, I attended the 17th annual Great Eastern Invitational Microbrewery Festival at Stoudts Brewing Company in Adamstown, PA. Awesome awesome fest! I went with my husband Tim, my brother Ray, and his girlfriend… Nay! His fiancĂ©e Melissa! (They just got engaged on Friday, congrats guys!) Stoudts had a great venue for their fest. They [...]

Das Boot

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Had an interesting and unexpected night on Saturday… My husband, Tim, and I were bored, so we decided to head over to Victory for a couple beers. The idea was to just go for a little while and then come home to our kegerator. Then, Das Boot happened. We were sitting at the bar, minding [...]

Dogfish Head Brewery

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

This past weekend, we hopped in the car and drove down to Slower Lower Delaware to visit Dogfish Head Brewery. Way cool! The brewery is located in Milton, DE, a far away land full of cows and haystacks. It’s actually kind of surprising that there’s any kind of civilization in this area, let alone a [...]

Things we grow

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Meet my husband, Farmer Tim. (I assure you, he doesn’t normally look this devious.) Apparently, he’s good at growing zucchini. Actually, we grow a lot of things in our garden. Check it out… I’ll follow up on how I’m using this stuff. We’ll probably make a harvest ale in the fall with our hops. But [...]

Session #18: Punkin Ale

Friday, August 1st, 2008

The topic of this month’s Session (hosted by The Barley Blog) is “Happy Anniversary.” The idea is to talk about a special beer that you normally only drink once a year, whether it’s for a special occasion, or just because it’s a limited release from your favorite brewery. The beer that immediately comes to mind [...]