Update
With the final results back, I did better than I could have possibly hoped in the Granite City Brew Off competition. I placed 3rd in the Fruit Beer category with my Chocolate Raspberry Porter and I placed 3rd in English Brown Ale Category with my English “Mild” Brown Ale. I should get all of my score sheets back in the next week or so. That’s really what I’m looking forward to after this contest. Reading through all the comments will be awesome.
Speaking of beer, I have been enjoying my batches of English Bitter and this years Slammin’ Shandy. I have a batch of Mocktoberfest going currently. Its a pretty big experiment as I’m using “steam” yeast to get lager flavor without the cold fermentation. If it turns out, I hope to brew a large quantity of it for this fall. I also have a basic porter going that will have jalepenos added to it during the secondary fermentation. Yes, a Jalepeno Porter. Tentatively called Fire in Your Hole. Next up on the brew list is to see if I can duplicate the success of my extract version of Dead Dog IPA with an All-Grain batch. I also want to do another batch of Saison this summer. Such an amazing beer.






