I am proud to say that the Trench Run Pale Ale, Jason made is definitely the best beer we have made so far. at least top runner compared to our Local Engagement IPA and Yes,Dear Kolsch. Usually I am not one for tasting the beer before carbonation, but when Jason said it was pretty awesome, I just had to try it. Well consensus is... it is Awesome. I think it will serve its name properly. We ended up bottling the beer last week, and are awaiting the day that we can crack one open and try it fully finished. Our own recipe, for the first time had turned out great!
We also had made a porter, we bottled a couple gallons of just the porter. Then of course our love for experimenting with different flavors came into play with this porter. One gallon is fermenting right now with Tart cherries. (can you tell we really like the flavor of cherries?). One gallon is fermenting in soaked oak chips of Ballast points Three Sheets rum. (YUM). The last gallon is fermenting with Starbucks Italian Roast coffee beans. All of these we of course have chosen based off of what we have tasted in the past and decided we would like to try our own with our favorite items. Of course we don't sit around eating tart cherries, i think our goal is to try and make a really good beer with a good amount of cherry flavor that isn't too overpowering. We already made a stout, and by everyone comments that have tried it they really like it, but wish it was more cherry flavor. We agree, and this time instead of using cherry extract we decided to go with the real thing, Tart cherries and their juice they are sitting in. Then of course who doesn't love to have coffee flavored porter? its morning in a cup as i say when i cracked open my favorite, while in las vegas, the morning of my birthday (Black Butte was the exact beer. my top rated). I think the rum was inspired by a rum porter we had once, cant remember the brewery or the beer, but also want to think my dad had some influence too, even though it might not have been, but he does love his rum!.
We are heading to Indianapolis for a week at Christmas and I'm hoping that we can get some ideas of where the brewery would be a great fit, and possibly try and get some paperwork/literature to read over for opening up a brewery in a state we have not lived in yet. We currently reside in South Carolina, where laws are starting to get better for local breweries, but i just don't see the market for it quite yet here, although we have some great friends who are hoping their brewery opens here in Columbia very soon, and we are super excited and will be huge supporters so keep your eyes and ears open, I think word of mouth is the best form of marketing, plus the beer i have had so far is da' bomb!
Till next time (more like a month with my track record)
-A
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