Sunday, December 20, 2009

Snowed In


Like a lot of people in the Mid-Atlantic we were more or less snowed in yesterday. It gave me sometime to keg the Hopsploitation. The ABV came in at 7.2%. I dry hopped the keg with a half ounce of Amarillo whole leaf hops. I've never tried that before, so I'm interested to see how fresh, the hop flavor is. So I officially have nothing fermenting in the house. Sounds like a problem I will have to remedy over the holiday break. I think I might brew a maibock for spring. Also, lately I have been infatuated with Duchesse De Bourgogne, so I like to possibly brew a flanders red. The fermentation time is at least a year, if not 18 months, so this one will require a lot of patience and a good resting spot in chateau de HolzBrew. Anyone have a good recipe?

I also had a bottle of Two Turtle Doves (by the Bruery) yesterday and I was blown away. It is definitely a monster dessert beer, brewed with cocoa nibs and toasted pecans, flavor country, to say the least.

Hope you stayed warm yesterday and your back is not aching too bad from all of the shoveling!

-HolzBrew

4 comments:

Kevin said...

Hey Eric this is Kevin Holloway. Just got a new brew kit. I'll be following along for some tips.

HolzBrew said...

Kevin, good to hear from you. You'll enjoy brewing for sure. Let me know how your first brew is gonna be and how it come out.

Richard Snyder said...

Thanks again for the chance to try Hopsploitation(?). I haven't enjoyed the aroma of a beer that much in a long time! Definitely a great way to start the weekend.

HolzBrew said...

Always happy to share. I'm glad you liked it.