Batch #178 - Amarillo Amber Ale

Here's to the final batch of homebrew for 2017, making 14 batches for the year, totaling 121 gallons, with around 24 gallons, from four different batches, bottled and carried to Ontario, for March and Kyle's wedding in September.  That's a record for me, most I've brewed in a year since I started, in January of 1999.  I'm still considerably below my legal limit of 200 gallons, toward which I'd have to brew around 23 times per year, using my current system.

This amber ale was brewed with all Amarillo Hops, so I am celebrating with a label depicting "cadillac ranch", a 1970's art project located outside of the Texas town, since then having acquired plenty of graffiti, memorializing and evolving the installation into the future, while keeping it current with the present.

Happy New Year, Everyone!

MT

Batch #177 - Random Amber Ale

Just sweeping out the grain bin before re-stocking for winter brewing, here's a simple Amber Ale, second to last outdoor brew of the year:

Basalt CO town water
2-Row Barley base malt
2-Row Barley chocolate malt
Simcoe whole leaf hops AA: 13.0%
Irish Moss
Saffbrew S-33 ale yeast

Stay warm,
Cheers!

Batch #176 - Ruby Red Porter

In the north country, at the end of every growing season comes a frost.  So it is at the end of a Life well lived.  Here's to my brave Big Sister Kathleen, eldest of nine, protector of all who came after her, leaves a large void in our family, and a room in my heart, full of wonderful memories.  Here's to You, Sis, until we meet again.

Basalt Colorado city water
2-Row Barley malt
2-Row Chocolate malt
Cascade whole leaf hops
Amarillo whole leaf hops
Irish Moss
Saffbrew T-58 Ale Yeast