That being said, i think we can do a lot better. As I mentioned in a previous post we added about a gallon or so too much water to this batch, and you can taste it. It was far from a ruined batch but I really want to revisit this one and see if we can do a better job. I love sharing this batch with people and getting their points of view on it, it has been a highly rewarding endeavor.
With Irish days coming (Irish days is Lakeview's version of St. Patrick's Day, except we find an excuse to stretch it out for multiple days) I would really love to brew this again and share it with as many people as possible that are in town for Irish Days. We have almost exactly a month to have the brew ready, which could theoretically work so long as I get the ingredients ordered and make it as soon as they show up, we'll see what happens.
Here is me and a great friend of mine, my Syrian brother Ami enjoying one of my home brews. Not only is Ami a great friend but also a very talented drummer who as been volunteering doing worship with me my wife, and the others in our group for a couple of months now. It has been great to sit down and get to know him a little better over a beer lately.
Here are a couple of shots of our first batch, as you can see, visually is it what you would expect of a cream stout, black with a nice think foamy head. One picture is obviously of us floating a bottle cap on the head of this beer which was pretty interesting because I've never tried it and it worked marvelously. Anyway, things are going great, I just obtained the book How to Brew: Everything You Need To Brew Beer Right The First Time by John J. Palmer, it has been extremely informative and interesting so far, I'm looking forward to applying the knowledge and sharing with everyone.