Welcome back, beer lovers! On Sunday, Spargemeister Tron (as he now prefers to be called) and I brewed up a batch of what we're calling Arthel Watson's Blinding Light Pale Ale, after another bluegrass giant who passed on this year, Doc Watson. If my first name was Arthel I'd come up with some awesome nickname like 'Doc', too. It's an American Pale Ale that I've done before with a couple of alterations. The brew went really well but I was housesitting that night and when I got back home the following day, the fermentation was vigorous enough that it had started to bubble beer out of the airlock. When I pulled out the bung to put in the blow off tube, the pressure inside shot this wad of hops and yeast out of the carboy and right into my face!
Today, the Spargemeister, his twin brother, and I brewed up gallons 11 through 15 of our Hardly Strictly Brews, a yet-to-be-named amber ale styled after Boont Amber Ale. The name will be Warren Hellman-centric but we haven't yet come up with the right one... This beer's creation marks a Barely Brewers first: three beers fermenting simultaneously! As a result, however, we have to ferment this one in a 6.5 gallon bottling bucket because we only have one 6.5 gallon glass carboy. This shouldn't be a problem but we've never used it before so we will see...
Until next time! Cheers!
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