Alright. Jud and I have finally finished putting together a basic website that we are happy with, which includes this blog. We’ll be adding to this as the business progresses, keeping all the fans out there up-to-date.

To get everyone up to speed, our beers are coming along nicely, and we are brewing at a breakneck speed to perfect our recipes. I developed general recipes while in California, but Jud and I wanted to spend this development stage fine-tuning them into the masterpieces we think they can be. We brew three five-gallon batches at a time, which takes approximately two weeks for the ale, then sample them for a few days and start the process over again, refining as we go. We have been focusing on the Amber Ale first, and have recently completed what I think is an incredible and perfectly balanced ale. Modest, I know. After 12 batches, we are moving on to the Blonde Bock next, which I think will be slightly more challenging to perfect.

Well, I thought I would include a few pics from our home brew setup, to give you a little idea of what we’re doing. We built this cold box from scratch so that we could keep and modify the temperature during fermentation. Basically just a mini-fridge with a temperature controller attached to an insulated box. Some stain and a little poly and she looks pretty good, huh? There’s also some shots with some amber in primary fermentation in the finished cold box, our home brew setup during sparging, and our keg fridge…enjoy!