Hyundai Half Marathon

This is a map of the route I'll hopefully finish Saturday, that's right my immediate goal is to finish, the secondary goal is to finish in 2hrs or less.

What beer shall I have 1st just before collapsing?

Our Tastes-- Sierra Nevada Kellerweis

Since the Bavarian Hefe is ready to start sampling we are trying Kellerweis hefeweizen. It pours a phenomenal cloudy yeasty dark golden. Aroma is a clean smooth wheat grain. Taste is a crisp mouth filling slight banana clove. This is a nice hefe. An American hefe made by the true Bavarian open fermentation process. Grains are Two-row, pale and Munich malts bittered with Perle or Sterling. 4.8%abv and a definite "Re-Buy" as The Enabler put it.

Brew Batch #34 Bavarian Hefe

Put CO2 on it tonight at about 12.5-14PSI in the hopes that it will be around 2.6 or so volumes. Hefes are usually higher carbed "fizzy" beers so I hope to hit this one right, shortly after will follow some sort of IPA, either Tongue Splitter (an Enabler) donation or the Zeus IPA. We're fightin' off winter as much as we can but fall seems to be seeping in. This is my 4th batch kegged and after taking in some of Rob's kegerator advice, hopefully not my last!

Brew Batch #34 Bavarian Hefe

Into the keg tonight with The Enabler's help. We sanitized 2 kegs to prepare for the next keggable batch. FG 1.000+0.001 @73F to yield 5.7%abv. Sample shots were exquisite. This should be a nice departure from he NaPO4 contaminated batch from back in the day.

Brew Batch #35 Zeus IPA

Modeled after the highly renowned (in small places) 42-A IPA and it's kin the (*) from The Wedding Series, I brewed an IPA tonight with a special ingredient. I increased fermentables 16% and at 45mins added 35gms (approx. 1oz) of my very own Mitchell Farms Zeus whole leaf hop cones!! I have no idea what the true α acid % is but the literature I've read puts it at 15-17%, so I low ball it for about 15, how's that? The starter of Thames Valley Ale yeast really helped get things going on this one. OG 1.060+ 0.001@72F. I've also started a yeast bank that I hope to have going in my garage fridge soon. Everything from a few bottles of EC Lavlin 1118 to good ole American 1056. Cross your fingers on this because one, I'm keggin it and maybe a few special bottles for TnDC homies. BTW, #20 ended tonight, this was the last batch I brewed when I was The Rocket City chapter. This is the one that made it all the way from HuntsVegas to Montgomery with The Enabler. One thing I have learned and will try to improve on, there are some beers that age very well. Overall, the wheat/wit class does not. This one had lost some love but considering a 3/9/07 brewing and 5/2/07 bottling it was still pretty good.