For now, I’m going to refer to our Pumpkin Ale as the Headless Horseman. It doesn’t simplify things, but it keeps me happy.

We made some tweaks to our recipe this time. For one, we added pumpkin to the mash instead of the boil. See the pumpkin-infused wort trickling into our boil pot above. Notice […]

A direct quote from our illustrious friend Troy last night, and one that made us all happy.
Troy also dropped another nugget on us. We were talking about how we don’t like sour beers all that much. Troy chimed in, “Yeah, I appreciate a good Flemish sour with some nice rabbit.” Apparently Tuesdays and Thursdays are […]

After taking a week off from brewing last week, we’re back in the saddle tonight. We have a full agenda, which includes a second batch of our pumpkin beer. We also have about 40 gallons beer that are ready for bottling or kegging, so if you’ve never come by a little early to […]

It seems like it’s been forever since we’ve brewed… We actually did brew a second batch of our peach Belgian amber, Southern Monk, 8 days ago. But tomorrow will mark the return to Monday nights for us.
With Halloween just around the corner, it seems fitting that we brew another pumpkin beer. Plus, think our last […]

The Wall Street Journal published a recent article showing that the three major US breweries (Anheus r-Busch, SABMiller and Molson Coors) have grown their “craft” beer sales by nearly 45% in 2007, while independent craft brewery sales have only risen 16%. There are two lines of thinking in the craft beer world about this […]

A friend of mine (Summer) just sent me a dandy surprise email. Apparently she has been having some pretty vivid dreams lately, and one of these dreams is about MNB. I think she’s a prophet. I present to you the twisted mind of Summer with minimal edits:
for some reason, i was in atlanta and was […]

Beer prices are on the rise. Hop shortages worldwide have already driven up the price of hops fourfold for some varieties. Our friends over at Yours for Good Fermentables have written a good piece, and more can be found here from Seattle P-I.
Unfortunately this isn’t the only crisis plaguing beer production in Georgia. Those who […]