The American Hefeweizen

That sounds like a total contradiction to have American and Hefeweizen together, but I’m not here to judge. I can cross boundaries and bring two styles of beer together. I’m a big fan of the Hefeweizen, but the true German one was available so I went with the next best thing. I’ve been looking forward to this one ever since we did the Belgian Wheat a month or so ago. That was a damn good beer and I wanted to continue down that road. I think this one turned out exceptionally well. Even though Theo is more of a dark beer and lots of hops kind of guy he couldn’t find fault with this one. This is the type of beer you have after slaving away in the hot sun. After toiling in the fields (or at least mowing the lawn) this beer will slake that thirst. It has a lovely color, an aroma or citrus and a very clean […]

Our first beer!

Ok, this isn’t the first beer we’ve ever made, but it was the first beer we ever bought. And for some reason we have snubbed it and passed it over for the past 6 months. It was the "backup" kit to the Nut Brown Ale which we swore would turn out to be dreck and would have to be thrown into the toilet thus we had a another kit at the ready. And that kit has been at ready for months and months, always skipped over. It’s like Cinderella, never quite invited to the ball. But we made amends and put the Evil Summer Wheat into the hopper. It’s going to be a sweet beer since it has a big packet of honey. And here it is in the carbuoy. The brown is a little unusual I have to admit, but we’ve made plenty of brown beers before. I feel bad we’ve neglected this one for so long, hopefully it […]