New Equipment 2!!

Well I said I would post some pics of my new toys so here they are!

This is a nice pic of the huge pile of stuff we received. I'm so excited to put it all to use, it's nice to have some glass carboys so that I can actually witness the fermentation and all the other cool stuff that goes down inside that amazing container!

I'm sure you've all seen pictures of kegs, carboys, bottles, tubes and corks before, but hopefully you'll indulge my whims to show all of this off!
I know that this will be enough for me to brew for a while and hopefully be enough for me to get enough brews under my belt that I can start entering some competitions which is really what I want to do in the end.

New Equipment!

The other day we got a call from our friend back in Colorado who is getting out of the home brewing game. It sucks to see a fellow home brewer stop but his loss is our gain! We got a screamin' deal on a TON of new equipment. I'll post pictures of all of it later but we should now be able to have 3 brews going at once and enough bottles to last us for a long time! I am super excited!

Dog Fish Head 'nuf said!

Honestly I had never really tried or thought much about Dog Fish Head brews until I saw the show Brew Masters on Discovery. The show is actually part of what inspired me to start my own home brewing. The show is interesting it does a great job at showcasing all the quirky people in charge of the Dog Fish Head brewery, along with some of the creative process and business aspects that come into operating a micro brew. Also their beer is fantastic!

Tonight I cracked open a bottle of their Palo Santo Marron. It pours really dark for a brown ale and has a super thick creamy head. It smells sweet with a little touch of citrus hops. As good as it smells it tastes even better, sweet with vanilla, caramel, and chocolate. I'm not sure exactly what flavors are in it from the Paraguayan Palo Santo wood barrels that it is aged in but it is delicious! It leaves a taste in your mouth like you just ate some ice cream. It is creamy, finishes smooth with a little bit of alcohol flavor. Scary amount of drinkability because it is 12abv.. be careful with this one, it is incredible!

The Great Brew Pub Adventure In Klamath Falls

Today me and my wonderful wife decided to make the hour and a half drive to Klamath Falls from Lakeview. Since Lakeview isn't exactly the mecca of culture, brews, fine dining, or most any form of entertainment we indulge ourselves with these trips to Klamath about once a month in order to save our sanity and enjoy some of the things a slightly larger town has to offer. In this case the highlight of my day was our lunch date at the Klamath Basin Brewing company's brew pub, The Creamery.



If only for the brew pub then the trip was WELL worth the time. We walked in and were greeted by our extremely friendly server Lindsay. We started things off with a tastey Crater Lake Amber Ale. The amber ale had a light amber color as most of them do, very clear not hazy at all, a light refreshing taste with notes of citrus and a bit of a hoppy dry finish. It had about 1 finger of head with light lacing throughout.








After the Amber Ale it was time for the main course. My wife went with the pulled pork sandwich and after much deliberation I settled on the pub steak sandwich. They were both OUT OF THIS WORLD good! The kind of good that makes you hate all other sandwiches because they can never live up to the splendor that is this sandwich that has so gloriously found its way to your watering mouth and into your soon to be full belly! But of course, talk is cheap, so I'll show you!
















After our delicious meal I finished things off with an even more amazing brew. It was the Klamath Brewing Company's vanilla porter. I am a really big fan of dark beers and porters fit well into that category and this was probably one of my favorite all time porters. It pours black with not a little bit of head that dissipates quickly with very little lacing. It smells of sweet malts, roasted barley, and strong on the coffee. The taste is slightly hoppy with a lot of sweetness to balance it out, vanilla and coffee finish it off beautifully.

This brew pub comes highly recommend by me, so if you ever happen to find yourself swinging through Klamath Falls Oregon, stop by and enjoy a lovely brew, some delicious food, and some friendly staff. Everything was so good I couldn't pass up bringing home a few bottles of their Drop Dead Red, I'll let you know how it is when I can give it a proper tasting, until then keep enjoying those home and micro brews and I'll keep filling you in on my experience!