Oatmeal Wheat Stout

On Sunday we brewed up some Oatmeal Wheat Stout at Erich's house. We made a 10+ gallon batch of all grain. Erich put half in his fermenter and we put half in ours to take home. Erich is planning on experimenting with a gallon of it when he switches to the secondary. He'll try adding some coffee to it and see how it tastes. Should be good. Looking forward to a creamy dark stout with some great flavor and color!

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GABF 2009

Friday evening Erich, Tom, Melissa and I headed down to the Colorado Convention Center for the 2009 Great American Beer Festival. The festival covered three days, 450 Breweries from around the country and more than 2,000 beers on tap! We got to try some excellent craft beers that we would otherwise have to travel long distances to enjoy, a sip of Sam Adams Utopia (27%, 48 proof!!), and we met a few of the big hitters of the craft beer and homebrewing world.


Charlie Papazian, author and founder of the Association of Brewers, signed one of his hombrewing how-to books for us. I got a high five from Sam Calagione, founder and president of Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales, when I congratulated him on his court win over Anheuser Busch about the name of their Pumpkin Beer (Budweiser actually sued them because they said that "Punkin" was too generic of a name for a beer!! Dogfish Head won that one!). And, Melissa got a signed DVD from Greg Koch CEO & Co-Founder of Stone Brewing Co. Delicious beers from around the country, who could have asked for a better evening!

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Pumpkin Brew

Pumpkin from the Hanke Farm steeping with the grains.

Melissa brewed a Farmhouse Pumpkin Ale for the second brew at Sminke Brewing Co. Adam, Elisa, Ethan and Chris (Adam's mom) stopped by to give a helping hand. The yeast was very active about 24hrs after, then calmed down at about 72hrs after. We are going to bottle this one, and then start on the next one!

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Beer Wars Movie

Beer Wars Movie

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