Hello to my two (or so) followers. I have decided after stumbling upon several others like this to start a brewing blog. I attempted last year to make a post a day but found it hard to get around to so it is time for a change. I hope to accomplish two things with this. First, this blog will offer a way for me to track recipes, successes and disasters so I can look back in the future. Second, it will serve as a means to (hopefully) generate discussion about one of my favorite things: Beer!
You may also find me talking about barbecue. That is something else I plan to venture in to this year. And I'm not talking about grilling hamburgers here. I'm talking about low and slow cooking: Pork shoulders, ribs, loins, chicken...the list goes on. Once the weather breaks some good food is going to be cooked on that kettle. But I digress...
My friend Kevin and I have recently ventured in to the world of brewing our own beer. We did so out of interest and our love for great craft beer. Being that we're both engineers, I'm sure in some way we both see it as a way to challenge ourselves to create something great that others will enjoy. I mean, let's be honest, are we really going to drink all four cases of beer each time we brew (not that we wouldn't)?
To date we have an Irish Red Ale in secondary fermentation and my first attempt at a Belgian Style IPA in primary. I'm already looking ahead to tweaking that recipe for next time but can't wait to try it none the less. I spent the time reading and learning the math behind recipe creation and built it like grandma would, from scratch! This weekend will bring bottling, transferring and brewing of Kevin's first recipe which is thoughtfully titled Unser Erstes Weibier. For those who don't know, that is a wheat beer.
In addition to the brewing, Kevin has also organized a local brewing club, The Brewsquito's. Based in Grand Rapids, MI we're made up of brewers of all ages, backgrounds and experience levels. Kevin and I are starting out as extract/specialty grain brewers. We have members that brew all grain and members that are kegging their own beer for use in tapped set ups. We're hoping to learn a lot from eachother and enjoy a lot of good beer.
So if you enjoy beer, follow along. I hope you get something out of it. And as for Three Kings Brewing, stay tuned. If things go the way we'd like them to, you may hear about us some day.
Respect Beer. Drink only the exceptional.
-Mike
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I thought someone already had the Brewsquito name when I Googled it..got a little nervous that there might be someone out there htat was as Boneheaded as me. I was right!!
ReplyDeleteJust commenting to tell you that I found the blog.
Hey Mike,
Found the Blog!
Cheers! Tim