Welcome to all of our Knoll Street Beer Club members. Since this is the first post, we will update you on a couple of things and ask for your advice on upcoming beers.
First of all, our first beer will be brewed sometime in the next couple of weeks. We will be starting out with a seasonal favorite, a pumpkin ale. However, since we are all about amping beers up a bit, we will actually be doing an imperial pumpkin ale. More grains, more malt, more hops, more pumpkin, therefore more alcohol and flavor in the finished product. Your first six-pack will be drinkable around Reformation Day (in honor of two famous home-brewers - Martin Luther and John Calvin).
The first of your money has been spent. We made the strenuous trek to Siciliano's in GR (if you ever go to Siciliano's, don't bring a credit card. Seriously. You will spend your limit) and bought a new 5 gallon carboy. This will allow us to have 3 batches going at once.
Now it's time for your comments. We would like to know what types of beers are your favorites, and therefore, which beers we should be brewing. Please choose your top ten (or so) from this list:
American Ales
Amber/Red Ale
Barleywine
Blonde Ale
Brown Ale
Dark Wheat
Double/Imperial IPA
Double/Imperial Stout
IPA
Pale Ale
Porter
Stout
Strong Ale
Wild Ale
Black & Tan
Chile Beer
Wheat Wine
Cream Ale
Pumpkin Ale
Rye Ale
Belgian Ales
IPA
Pale Ale
Strong Ale
Dubbel
Oud Bruin
Gueuze
Lambic
Fruit Lambic
Quadrupel
Saison/Farmhouse
Trippel
Witbier
English Ales
Braggot
Bitter
Brown
ESB (Extra Special Bitter)
Milk Stout
Oatmeal Stout
Old Ale
Russian Imperial Stout
Winter Warmer
German Ales
Altbier
Weissbier
Dunkelwiezen
Hefewiezen
Kolsch
Irish Ales
Irish Stout
Scottish Ales
Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy
American Lagers
American Adjunct Lager
Steam Beer
Czech Lagers
Czech Pilsener
German Lagers
Bock
Doppelbock
Eisbock
German Pilsner
Maibock/Helles Bock
Helles Lager
Marzen/Oktoberfest
Rauchbier
Schwarzbier
Vienna Lager
