http://www.humpsbrewing.bluegosling.com Blogging a Path Through Homebrew Perdition Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:13:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Old Humperdink Several weeks ago, Malin and I did a side-by-side tasting of my recent home-made Old Humperdink Barley Wine against Sierra Nevada's Bigfoot (2010). Both beers are very similar in color and clarity. In this photo, Bigfoot is the one on the right - with the bigger foam. Both beers are ... http://www.humpsbrewing.bluegosling.com/2010/03/05/catching-up/ This month's session topic - provided by The Ferm - is a great one: The Display Shelf (aka When to Drink the Good Stuff). I am personally a big fan of saving beers for just the right occasion. Okay - maybe I'm not fan; maybe I'm just neurotic. Any time I ... http://www.humpsbrewing.bluegosling.com/2010/03/05/the-display-shelf/ The Big Bastard Other than New Year's Day this week, the holidays are behind us at the hump-house. The whole family had a rather wonderful week. And there are a few exciting things to report on the beer front. For starters, I received a very pleasant surprise from my folks with the ... http://www.humpsbrewing.bluegosling.com/2009/12/28/humps-holidays/ Oh, dear Sweetwater India Pale Ale. You are very delicious. Celebration Ale from Sierra Nevada is deliciouser. Hump's Old Humperdink, you are in fine company. Hoppy beer is best. Zeus, Columbus, and Tomahawk are fine species. All-time favorites? Centennial and Amarillo are very close as second place. Kent Goldings are great but are harder to get here. Brits must be hoarding. Some hops are noble. They are nice but ... http://www.humpsbrewing.bluegosling.com/2009/12/17/ode-in-haiku/ Rock Art Brewing Rock Art Brewing has come under flagrant legal attack from the makers of Monster Energy Drinks. They received a cease and desist order asking them to stop the production and marketing of their "Vermonster" barley wine. The makers of Monster Energy Drink, Hansen Beverage Company, claim that the ... http://www.humpsbrewing.bluegosling.com/2009/10/15/vermonsters/ After typing my notes into RateBeer.com for Terrapin's and Left Hand's latest collaboration (Midnight Project Batch #2 - Depth Charge), I was treated to a musical jig: a MIDI rendering of an Irish folk song named Seven Drunken Nights. This musical treat was offered up to exalt my latest achievement: 700 ... http://www.humpsbrewing.bluegosling.com/2009/10/02/seven-drunken-nights/ Tafelbier Brew Day A few weeks ago we had another "brew day". This is basically where I invite people over during a brewing session. One might think that the presence of others would make the process go more quickly or more smoothly. Unfortunately, neither are true. But they do provide good ... http://www.humpsbrewing.bluegosling.com/2009/08/12/tafelbier-brew-day-regal-bitter-new-labels-etc/ We've been having some fun around these parts lately. From tasting some amazing beer and enjoying good beer with good company to brewing up some tasty brew, we've had a decently full month. Allagash... And Others One of the best beers I've tried in the past month is "Les Deux Brasseurs" - ... http://www.humpsbrewing.bluegosling.com/2009/07/26/recently-at-humps/ Brewin' It Up Today Hump's celebrated father's day by making what every dad really wants on this day: awesome beer. Ahhh... Can't you almost smell the sweet wort and fresh German Perle hops? And here we have the spent grains, still sitting in the mash tun, waiting to be pitched into the compost. Unfortunately, ... http://www.humpsbrewing.bluegosling.com/2009/06/20/fathers-day-the-humps-way/ Welcome to the World! Tonight, I added the 1.5 pounds of frozen pineapple and 1.5 pounds of fresh coconut to the Witbier I brewed to celebrate the arrival of our latest son, Ewan. I was dismayed to see that after almost three weeks in the primary it had only gotten down to ... http://www.humpsbrewing.bluegosling.com/2009/06/18/did-someone-say-pina-colada/