Batch #3... Dead Rouge Honey Ale

The Dead Rouge Ale kit is in the carboy and fermentation is under way. I did a adjunct of 7 or 8 ounces of Mesquite honey from Flagstaff. I added the hone in the last 10 minutes of the boil at the same time as the aroma hops.

I'm interested to see how the beer turns out, I didn't pull back on any of the malt or candy I don't think it will be a overly sweet beer. You never know with home brew though that's part of the joy.

Also brewing in the backyard worked much better then brewing in the garage, more space and less cleanup after a boil over.

15 days in the carboy, and then the keg.

Tapping happens on the first monday night football game of the season.

Carbination baby.... it's what makes beer go fizz

So with the latest batch of beer I have run into a unexpected problem.... To much carbination! So much in fact that when I pull a glass I have a glass full of foam rather then a glass full of mostly beer and some foam.

It's a disturbing situation to say the least.

How does one remove over carb from a keg of beer? I haven't quite gotten that one figured out yet. Right now I'm trying the remove the CO2 tank from the keg and releasing the pressure method. I'm going to give it a few days and see what I come up with.

I did have a similar problem with the last batch, but it was resolved by simply dialing back the pressure on the keg. This time that is not working nor is the cold glass trick. I'm not espcially worried about it since I'm not above dumping home brew and starting over.

Which I'm seriously starting to think about.

Though on the bright side Curtis did declare the beer "passable" which I think means if it's the only thing to drink in the house I won't bitch. John also declared "if this was cold it would be perfect"

At least I know people like my kit home brew... just wait until I start screwing with them when I do my own recipies :)

Batch #2 and other thoughts....

I kegged Batch #2 this evening... I don't know how the fermentation took... there was about .25 of a inch of yeast on the bottom of the carboy.... I don't know if this is because of the yeast I used or the beer. The last batch had almost 2 inches of yeast.

I also planned on posting more photos and cleaning guide.. I think that is going to wait until tommrow night.

Batch #2 - A fine Scotch Ale

OK so I wandered down to the homebrew store down the street and picked up another kit... this time it's a scotch ale. This should be intersting since the closesest thing I've ever had to a scotch ale is a irish ale.

And in a very uncharacteristic turn I am almost totally ignoring the instructions that came with said kit and doing the entire thing as I've been taught... it's either going to be a mess or it's going to be ok.

And I just realized that I'm supposed to let the water get to 180 before I put the grains in... Oh well