Actually, it doesn’t. A lot of the perfectly good pumpkin ales you’ll find in stores are brewed with 0 lbs of pumpkin. Much of the flavor comes from the spices, like a pumpkin pie. But in our case, we used 10 lbs of pumpkin for 10 gallons of beer. That’s almost 1 lb per gallon, [...]

Come on by tonight where we’ll be brewing our annual batch of Headless Horseman Pumpkin Ale. It should be interesting. This will be our third year and we’re curious to see what transpires. Our first batch turned out great. We used a partial mash though, so we wanted to step it up our second year [...]

As Jonathan has already ranted on my “unsanctioned” beer I figured I might as well share the full story.  My younger sister Martha was getting married this past weekend and since her husband-to-be was the creator of the official MNB tap I figured it only appropriate we do a custom beer to celebrate the occasion.
The [...]

Lew Bryson posted a great little article about Kid Rock’s new beer. Wait, what? Yes, Kid Rock, the king of class, now has his own beer brand, which has been billed as a “premium domestic beer.” From Bryson’s analysis (his analysis in parentheses):
Kenny said, “Drinks will come to market rapidly with Kid Rock’s beer. We [...]

Despite starting earlier than normal, we actually had a fairly late night last night. Things weren’t quite as smooth since Jeff couldn’t get there till later and Joel was suspiciously “out of town” for work. Methinks not.
We had a good turnout and brewed another batch of our popular Eye Patch Ale. We also had all [...]

We were planning on brewing some good ol’ Drafty Kilt Scotch Ale… but our yeast starter failed to start. Then Jeff looked at the packaging. EXPIRED! This was actually my fault for not buying yeast with enough lead time.
So come on by Jeff’s tonight to brew with us (and drink with us). It should be [...]

A pirate’s life be hard to beat. Pillage till noon. Hardtack, bacon and a flagon o’ t’ Eye Patch Ale for lunch. Afternoon watch on calm seas. Orange to prevent t’ scurvieeees. A dip in t’ ocean wi’ scalawags and man-eating sharks. Pleasant eve wit t’ captain and a wench or two, and more Eye [...]