Batch #167 ~ Belgian Saison Farmhouse Ale

This homebrew was made primarily for the Spring Homebrewers Ball, this year serving to benefit the River Bridge Regional Center, with a 5-gallon keg.  The other 5 gallons went into two small kegs, to get us through the next three batches, all getting bottled for March's wedding at the end of this Summer.

2-Row Barley Malt
Bonlander Munich Malt
Maris Otter Malt
German Hallertau whole leaf hops
Citra shole leaf hops
Irish Moss
Lallemand Belle Saison dry yeast

I used a photo of my favorite farmer, Jerome Osentowski, founder of the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, since Belgian Saison is usually known as a "farmhouse ale".

Cheers!

Batch #166 ~ Desert Dry Stout

One last experiment with Juniper Berries, before I leave the rest of the berries in the freezer for awhile, a dry stout brewed in February and bottled in March.

Pale Ale Barley Malt (whole grain, milled right before mashing)
2-Row Chocolate Malt ( " )
Maris Otter Malt
US Golding whole leaf hops
Citra whole leaf hops
Juniper berries
Irish Moss
Lallemand Nottingham dry yeast
organic cane sugar for bottling

I poached this photo of a Burning Man kinetic sculpture, a Pennyfarthing Tricycle, shot at dusk by an anonymous photographer.  I capped and labeled 48 12-oz bottles of this homebrewed stout, and as usual, I will save four bottles for at least a year, in case the photographer or the scultptor sends me a higher resolution photo as proof.  I will find a way to get those four bottles to them, in appreciation for a beautiful evening image at Burning Man in the Nevada desert.