I wasn't whining in that last post.
Really.
Now it's a bit of a hurry/stop/hurry/stop cycle. Last week, I brewed on consecutive days and all three fermenters are full again--Oktoberfest, Weisse and Kolsch. So, this week there's not a lot of brewing going on.
What to do, what to do?
Today I decided to try something a little new. I picked up a bunch of 22 oz bottles at Norther Brewer and some sealing wax.
I put a question out to the Brewery's Facebook friends. What beer would you like to see return? A couple of you gave me an unexpected answer: the Harvest Strong. As fortune would have it, I saved a half barrel of last year's batch to see what some cold storage would do to it. I sampled it this morning and it is wonderful! The smokiness has subdued and it tastes somewhat like a Belgian Tripel with a big alcohol kick. So I ended up bottling about 26 bottles of that plus 26 bottles of Breakfast Stout. I then dipped the crowns in colored wax giving the bottles a classy (or pretentious) look. Once I come up with a label for them, we'll sell single bottles at the bar. Price is TBD. These will be the first featured bottles in our "Premium Selection" line-up. These will beer our "big beers"--higher alcohol and more specialized malts.
Look for them soon!
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