Brooklyn BrewShop's Everyday IPA: Bottling my brew

Finally..

After all that procrastination I bottled my beer. I actually bottled 10 bottles!

I had to sterilize the bottles:

Sanitizing 

Let air dry:

A Six pack of Air Dry

Get the beer in the bottles, by way of siphoning:

Can you see the beer inside?

Cap the bottles:

Yeah, boy!

..then I stored them in a dark place.Now if you remember, when I brewed beer my first time, I was drinking some of the beers, BEFORE it was time. My excuse was I wanted to see what the taste was like...well, like the great Peter Griffin says:

I'm guilty of doing it again..I've already had 2 bottles to date.Knowing damn well I should wait until TODAY! It's MY beer,right? Why not?

Anyway, I have some friends who wanna try what I've come up with. I can't have them tasting shitty beer! I think it tastes pretty good! I'll see what they say..

I started this batch a while back and it should already be done, but "procrastination is a hell of a drug"...

Damn....Cheers!

New Belgium Brewing Fat Tire Amber Ale

Howdy!

I'm still in the process of getting a reliable camera. Please bear with me.

This week I decided to review New Belgium Brewing Fat Tire Amber Ale.

The first time I ever heard of this beer was at a pizza joint out here called Killer Pizza From Mars. They not only have "killer" pizza that's outta this world, but they serve craft beers, as well. I was with a buddy of mine and he ordered it. I wasn't into craft beers yet, so, I know for a fact I was guzzling a Heineken.

Fast forward a few years and here we are. I'm tasting and reviewing it.

 I like this beer (there's really NOT that many I don't like)!This one has a nice, light, smooth taste. Not really bitter, just goes down smoothly. No "beer face" for me ( although, that's why I usually record myself, so, you can see my reaction to the tastes)!

It has a light orange brown coloring to it..Like so..

Yummy-ness!

What amazed me was the consistent bubbling that was going on THE ENTIRE TIME it was sitting in my glass.I don't know why this was so amazing, but it was to me.

It definitely captures that Belgium-esque taste.Didn't have that "bologna" smell, though. which is okay with me. I can see pairing this with some kielbasa, or maybe even some smoked sausage, with some sauerkraut.I'm getting hungry as I type this sentence.

Gave me a nice comfortable buzz with the one bottle.A "plus" for me.Spirits MUST have "spirit" to it, as far as I'm concerned.

My suggestion: Light up the grill and put some bratwurst, kielbasa, smoke sausage on the grill and crack one of these while you burn.Finish burning and crack another one while eating your grilled fare.Highly recommended!

Until next time... Cheers!

Stone Brewing Cali Belgique

Erdinger Hefeweizen Beer review

Weihenstaphaner Hefeweizen Review

Happy Mother's Day 2013 - Featuring the Wife

So, the wife wanted to get into the action again!

I love it !

Note: This was supposed to air on Mother's Day

Happy Cinco De Mayo - Tecate Michelada

Oskar Blues Brewery Ten Fidy

Kona Brewing Company Big Wave Golden Ale

Helloooooooo ( in that voice they did on that episode of Seinfield)



How have ya been? I thought I'd review this beer since I did enjoy their Longboarder.
I had just gone grocery shopping with the Wife, where I picked up some Steak-Umms!
I had to have a beer with this greasy treat.I went to my trusty corner store and picked through the Kona Brewing "section" of the freezer.


After "hooking up" the homemade hoagie with all the fixings, I ran into the "studio" to begin tasting.I try to give you my "beer face".That's my niche. I think.




I dedicate this post to Brady Walen at Kona Brewing Company for responding to me the first time I tried their beer.Cheers!

Ballast Point Calico Amber Ale

Hello, Folks!
In this video I review a beer that I first tried here.
I noticed this brand of beer , as well as the type, is sold at my local "bodega". Seeing that, I scooped up the one I had at the show. Great beer! The video says what I want to say, but I have some information for you if you wanna look it up.

• This is the company's description of "Calico"

Here a few reviews as well:

• Rate Beer
• Beer Advocate
• Beer47
• Great Brewers
• Musings on Beer by Brian Masi