The maple ran out on Saturday, there is still some chipotle left, but I have a feeling it is close to gone as well. We brewed our imperial stout and our EPA back on the 19th and transferred them both on the 30th. Once Marc and I both have some time they will get kegged.

The beer is following again! After a few weeks of having nothing on tap, I am very happy to say the maple porter and chipotle ale are on tap. Marc and I are also planning to brew on Sunday. We will be brewing the imperial stout and the EPA using hops we picked from Hamilton's vines.

It does not happen too often, but occasionally my kegerator is empty as is the case right now. All the beers I had on tap are gone and nothing is set to replace them for a while. We brewed back in July on the 19th, but those beers were made for Derek and Sandy's wedding. We brewed again last weekend on the 17th, so those we will be the next beers in the kegerator. We brewed the maple porter and the chipotle ale. Danika and I will be going to Croatia for the last half of September, so I probably will not have anything on tap again until sometime in October, which is also when we will probably have our next brew session.

It is been a while since the last entry. We decided to take June off, since we had quite a few fermenters in wait. Since the last post, the Rainy Day Summer Rye ran out, the EPA was kegged, tapped and also ran out and we kegged and tapped the Birches. Currently I have the Belgian Black and Where My Birches At? on tap. We still have another two beers (Pilsner Raquel and Concrete Blonde) fermenting in Marc's basement. We plan to brew again on the 19th.

Well, quite a bit has happened since the last post. We brewed Where My Birches At? and Pilsner Raquel on May 18th. We transferred the Concrete Blonde and nameless Extra Pale Ale on May 10th. In the last week or so, my kegs of Sol-toberfest, nameless Extra Pale Ale and nameless Maple Porter ran out, so I tapped my kegs of Rainy Day Summer Rye and nameless Belgian Blake Ale.

We brewed the EPA and Concrete Blonde yesterday. We used the base malt (Gambrinus pale) we got in bulk, the Barley Barley Crusher malt mill to mill it and Marc's pump to recirculate the wort at the end of the mash as we heated it. I think it is a winning combination, since we had great extraction again and our initial gravity readings were higher than the last time we brewed either of the beers.

We kegged the Sol-toberfest, the rye and the Belgian last night. All three turned out very nice. I have one vacant spot in my kegerator and decided the Sol-toberfest will be the next beer tapped.

We kegged the maple porter and the EPA today. Both turned very good. So, brewing yesterday and kegging today, it was a busy weekend. I plan to tap my kegs this week some time, perhaps tomorrow. We also checked the rye and the Belgian. The rye seems to be fermenting just fine, but the Belgian has not really started yet. Hopefully it will start sometime tomorrow, otherwise we may have to put some more yeast in it.

We brewed a Belgian black ale and the summer rye today (we still need a name for the Belgian). We had great extraction with both beers and I think both beers will turn out very nice.

I tapped my keg of oatmeal stout last night. It is very drinkable, but not nearly as good as the last time we made it.

We kegged the oatmeal stout today. It did not ferment any more in the secondary and still has a bit of an odd flavor. It is not bad, just not as good as last time. Once it is chilled and carbonated it will be quite drinkable, just not very potent. I will add a post once I tap it.

We brewed the maple porter and an extra pale ale today (neither have a name yet). They both ended up with pretty decent gravity readings. We also bought a stone and oxygen regulator to enject the wort with oxygen before adding the yeast. We hope it will help our fermentation and drop our final gravities a few points.

We transferred the oatmeal stout and oktoberfest back on Jan 28th. The stout did not fermented that well and has a bit of an odd flavor. We will see how it conditions in the secondary. The Sol-toberfest is coming along very nicely and is a pretty good beer... for a lager.

We had our first brewing session for 2008 today. We brewed two beers, Quaker This Oatmeal Stout and Sol-toberfest.

We kegged the Knock Out Stout tonight. It is a very lovely beer. Marc will probably tap his soon, I still need to clear out some beers in my kegerator to make room. The kegs in my kegerator feel close to empty, so I should have the stout on tap soon.