Moving Day on Saturday & Sunday

Second Batch of Sweet Sharon in Secondary

It was time to move the 2nd batch of Sweet Sharon to the secondary and on Sunday I made another batch of Brinton's Mist.

Batch of Brinton's Mist Being Made -- This is the Wort

Additionally, on Sunday I had a couple of friends over for dinner and of course to sample my craft ... since the only batch that was fully ready was the Moose Stout we also after only one week opened a bottle from the Sweet Sharon ... which ready sooner than I expected.

Sweet Sharon Honey Wheat Biscuit

The favors from the Sweet Sharon Honey Wheat Biscuit were quite nice and I am assuming that within a couple of month I will be ready to place this recipe into completion.

Brewing Up a Storm

With my trip to Egypt looming I am trying to use up my supplies before I go including grains, hops and yeast. Last week I am another batch of Sweet Sharon Honey Wheat Biscuit, and today I am making another batch of Brinton's Wheat Mist. There are some slight changes to each batch one to use up the supplies and two to compare recipes.

Nice Head

Next week I will make another batch of Maine's Moose Muck so it will ready to bottle upon my return. Good news on the MMM is that the first batch finally carbonated after 5 weeks in the bottle. I opened a bottle from the first batch and it produced a 1" head and tasted much better. Thus, its seems that the Moose Musk requires longer time in the bottle before opening.

Tasting of Moose Musk & Brinton's Mist

Last week in Las Vegas we finally got to taste all of my hard work as the bottles were ready to open.  I had to go to some seminars so I brought up three cases of beer for my friends to taste.

The Brinton's Mist was a lightly hop tasting beer with touches of cinnamon finishes.  Everyone tasting it thought it was quite nice and enjoyed the beer.  There are a couple of changes I want to try before going to competition.

The Maine's Moose Musk experienced issues in the lack of carbonation.  The taste wasn't too bad and slightly tasted like a wine due to the sweetness ... but the lack of carbonation was too difficult to get past.  The funny thing is that upon my return as I went to dump the remaining bottles I noticed some slight carbonation ... held on the dumping to ask my local brewer for some help on the issue.