Billboard.com announced in late July that Adams’ next studio album, which has been in the works since 2005, is almost done. The major holdup at this point seems to be the conspicuous lack of a record deal. We have faith that this will not stop the sound of Brya Adams from gracing our eardrums […]

We dry hop both our pale ale and our IPA (dry hopping means adding hops to secondary fermentation in order to impart their aromatics and, to a lesser degree, flavors). Usually we use whole leaf hops. We find we get better aromatics out of whole leaf than pellets. Unfortunately, the whole leaf hops turn into […]

Bottling our barleywine on Monday has got me thinking about names again… And I can’t get away from the hobo motif. Do any of these strike a chord (or trigger a better name?):
Bindlestiff Barleywine
Glad Rags Barleywine
Jungle Buzzard Barleywine
Steam Train Steve Barleywine
I encourage you to go here or here for inspiration.

Every Monday tends to hold some sort of new surprise. Be it a new recipe, a new twist on an old recipe, a new toy (read: kegerator, heat exchanger, autosiphon) or just some new friends to stop by. New toys and new friends are generally speaking my favorites. From this past Monday….
New Toy:

The […]

We sent a care package to our friend James Spencer of Basic Brewing Radio. Kind of a “thank you for interviewing people about yeast” present. He sent us back this dandy photo. I’m not going to say we’re famous, but…

We are finally ready to introduce a new label to the world. Presenting… The Southern Monk. Or, another possible option, Mulletproof Monk. Granted, the monk is actually the opposite of mulletproof, but I thought it funny nonetheless. The quote for the Southern Monk label comes from Will Rogers:
“The South is dry and will vote dry. […]

I was listening to a three-part Basic Brewing Radio podcast on the subject of yeast in beer a week or so ago (I know, right?). I started thinking about my preconceptions of brewing prior to knowing anything about it. I think I assumed that it was kind of like following a recipe… 2 parts barley, […]