Friday, June 14, 2013

Recipes put on hold

posted by Jon

More for my own sake than anyone else to happens to see this, but these recipes and names are reserved for later use:

"Blue Boy" Belgian IPA 

"The Sentry" Belgian Strong Pale Ale 

"Stagebeast" Belgian Dubbel 

"Margarete" Belgian Quadrupel 

Monday, August 6, 2012

RSVP

posted by Jon

The 1st annual Knoll Street Brewing Anniversary party will be held on August 18. We will be brewing all day and having supper together in the evening. Wives and children are invited. Please let me know ASAP whether you will be coming and how many you will bring. More supper details in the next few days (haven't decided on BYO meat and dish to pass or if I will just do everything).

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Update

posted by Jon

Hello all. It's been a bit since I've posted so I figured maybe I should update.

I'm considering doing away with posting all of the play-by-play of every recipe we do. Will any of you be unhappy if this happens? Didn't think so. I have all of the recipes and play-by-play in paper form. If you want one, just ask and I'll give it to you.

Plan on brewing on Saturday, July 28. We will be doing 3 batches, making for a long day. Plan on dawn to past dusk. We will be doing 3 single-hop IPAs. Taking into consideration the size of my garage and the number of people already coming, please talk to me before inviting any non-club people.

I'm still learning more every time I brew. You may think that the last few beers have been great. As good as they might taste, I still have not brewed a batch exactly the way it was supposed to be brewed. Each batch has a) not had a long enough mash, b) not had a long enough boil, or c) not been fermented at the correct temperature. a and b can be taken care of easily enough, but without temperature control (working on it) c will have be solved by using a certain strain of yeast based on the temperature in whatever room of my house I'm fermenting in.

I'm getting extremely low on bottles. Please return as many as possible, as soon as possible. Drink faster, people.

Since we are brewing 2 batches a month, we have actually reached the end of our fiscal year. I assume you are all planning on being a part of beer club for another year. Please get me your $120 as soon as you can.

Please let me know if you will be here for the Knoll Street 2nd Anniversary party in August.

Monday, May 21, 2012

El Jefe Grande

posted by Jon

On May 5 we brewed 2 beers, Kay Sister Ryed and El Jefe Grande. Here are the details on El Jefe.

All Grain - Kay Sister Ryed

posted by Jon

As I had mentioned in a previous post, we have upgraded to all-grain from extract. I will use one of the beers we brewed a couple of weeks ago to explain the difference.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Summer Schedule

posted by Jon

Here's the schedule for the rest of the spring and summer:

June 2: Brewing from 10 AM til ??? Brewing Belgian Tripel and Belgian IPA (May & June beers)

July 10: Brewing from 5 PM til ??? Brewing July beer (or side batch)

July 28: Brewing from 10 AM til ??? Brewing Aug & Sept beers

Aug 18: KSB 2nd Anniversary party 10 AM til ??? Brewing Oct & Nov beers. Supper provided. Wives/kids invited. More details later.