Yes, I realize I have neglected my blogging duties for far too long now, but I am back! Obviously the last post I did was about our finished first batch. Since that time I have lost steady access to a computer (which for very apparent reasons I need for blogging) and have recently reacquired access buy purchase of my own laptop (finally!).
Anyway enough of my excuses and back to the matter at hand, Great Beer!! We've since brewed a few more batches of beer, a breakfast stout, a honey brown, and a vanilla porter. All of the batches thus far have gone fantastic but the winner hands down has to be the vanilla porter which we are planning on doing again very soon. On the brewing horizon are three kits we've recently purchased. The first is an irish red ale, followed by a belgian tripel (which will take about 3 months), and finally an amber ale. We now have the ability to facilitate more than one batch at a time which will really step up production and the amount of people we get to share out beer with. Slow and steady is the name of the game for us when it comes to eventually running our own brewery/brewpub given that we have pretty limited funds at the moment and a limited crowed since we live in the middle of nowhere Oregon.
Also on the horizon are going to be some brewery/brewpub/sports stadium trips with hopefully a video blog starring yours truly and one of my very best friends Erik Larson. I have managed to turn Erik into quite the beer geek and he has managed to turn me into a half decent sports nut. I have some pictures to put up about mine and my wonderful wife (kelly's) trip to bend and subsequent VIP tour of the deschutes brewery. For now, I'll do my best to keep you updated on the daily brewing activities and stay tuned for what is sure to be a fairly entertaining video blog..... hopefully.