Stinky Daddy Brewery & Winery

Well Well Well - four brews on tap at SD Brewery.

Put SD Cap & Woolybooger Oatmeal Stout in a keg tonight. Also force carbed Fuggly Blonde.

I am very happy with the CAP. It came in at 5.6% but has a great flavor.

Fuggly is not bad but not great.

I'll know about Woolybooger after it is carbonated but I am afraid it is going to be too light on the ABV for a good stout.

A wheat is in the near future with Sorachi Ace hops.

Fuggely Blonde - B59 - in the keg

Just kegged it.

Racked to a secondary and added polyclar 4 days ago. It is crystal clear. Finished @ 1.009 for 4.6%.

Taste? It tastes like junk beer that you give your beer mooching buddies. In other words, perfect!

Fuggley Blonde - B59 in the secondary

Just racked this to a secondary. It will probably only be there 5 days. I racked it to get it off all the junk. Looked like a bunch of hops made it into the fermenter.  Will drop some Polyclar in tomorrow to help clear it up.

It didn't smell great. Taste - ehh. I am looking for improvement when I chill it. The rice extract really fermented out. It racked at .010 for about 4.5%.

Hope to get to some brewing this weekend!

Fuggley Blonde Ale - B59

Ingredients : 3lbs XL DME; 1lb rice syrup; 1lb honey; .5lb 2-row; .5lb Honey Malt; .25 carafoam; 1oz Fuggles @ 60; 1oz Fuggles @ 20; US-05

Did a easy temperature mash of the grain. Only boiled 2 gallons then topped up to 5 gallons in the carboy. Debated on more hops but decided on a mellow ale. I am not a hop-head. I may dry hop with an ounce of Fuggles. Should be ready for the keg in a couple of weeks.

OG - 1.044

IBU - 14.3

 

Good Meal , Good Beer, Good Friends - The Real Reason to Brew

Stinky Momma and I went to dinner last night with a couple of friends. The restaurant was in Limestone Cove,which is kind of out in the sticks. I was pleasantly surprised with the menu and the food. Actually, it was VERY good. The Country Cafe, with wild caught scallops (sea bass, roast duck, crab cakes) was anything but "country".

They are a BYOB establishment so I brought the recently kegged Bulldawg Lager (B48). It was a hit. The waiter (who also brewed) had a sample, the table next to us had a sample, and the table behind us had a sample. I am going to believe that it was the quality of the beer; not the novelty of my 3 gallon keg and the fact that the brew was homemade, that made it a hit. Old Grass Cutter (B39) and Knobby Tar Amber Ale (B47) were also sampled and well received.

I had a great meal, good company, and got to talk about brewing. It was a very nice evening.

Old Grass Cutter (B39) Revisited

 I had to take down a tree today. Afterward I wanted a cold beer so I grabbed this one out of the fridge. It had been sometime since I last tasted Old GC. I was pleasantly surprised on how well it has aged.

This beer was brewed on June 18th and bottles on July 10th. It was designed to be a light bodied ale for when your hot and thirsty. It did the trick.

 The brew had really cleared. It has almost a Corona flavor. A little skunky and sour, but not in a bad way. Talk about going down easy....

I don't know if it was the corn sugar to dry it out and lighten the body. It could have been the Tettnang hops. Maybe it was the fact that I was hot and thirsty and it was cold as ice. It hit the spot perfectly.

I will try it again for next summer as a lager.

Two Old Brews

Video Pour - Old Grass Cutter

Tastes good. Maybe a little funky after taste really but not bad. 

Old Grass Cutter (B39)

Put this batch in the fridge today. It was in primary 7 days, secondary 15 days, and conditioned 16 days.

This is my first attempt at a label beyond the old SD Brewery black and whites. I am pretty happy with the way this turned out.

 

I've had a test bottle in the fridge for a couple of days. I'll have a video pour a little later.

Grass Cutter Ale (B39) in the Bottle

Put this super light ale in the bottle tonight. I don't know if I can make a lighter colored beer and have it come out with any flavor. I drank the test jar and this one is still pretty flavorless. Hey, but that was kind of what I was attempting.

It was in the secondary for 15 days.

I batch primed with 2.5 oz of corn sugar that was boiled in a cup of spring water. I wanted a higher level of carbonation int this brew. It is designed to be chugged on a hot day.

The FG was 1.007. That gives Grass Cutter a nice little 4.5% .

I don't have anything fermenting. I may get a chance to brew a batch this weekend.