From Facebook:
CINCY WINTER BEERFEST - 4TH ANNUAL
Host: Cincy Beer Festivals!
Time and Place Time: Fri Feb 11, 11 at 6:30 pm until Sat Feb 12, 11 at 11:00 pm
Venue: Duke Energy Convention Center
Description Cincinnati's Original Beerfest!tm The One that started it all. We're back and bigger & better than ever. Proceeds again benefit the Big Joe Duskin Music Education Foundation and its mission to get area schoolchildren excited about playing musical instruments. After selling out every year, we've have made the Big Jump (some would say huge) across the street from the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati OVER TO The Duke Energy Convention Center. And we've arranged with the Center to do a Beerfest exactly how we do them! Great bands, really great craft beers, and volunteers running the event. TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE DECEMBER 1....SO GET YOURS AS THE PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT!
See the event info here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147963451917627
I'll post more info as I get it!
Showing posts with label beer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beer. Show all posts
Nov 24, 2010
Nov 2, 2010
Beer School - final thought
I mentioned several weeks ago that I had picked up a new book, "Beer School" written by the founders of Brooklyn Brewery, Tom Potter and Steve Hindy. I finally finished the book (hey, I am a slow reader) so I wanted to share my thoughts with you.
If you have ever considered going in to business for yourself, this is a must read. Even if you do not like beer, these 2 guys break down all the pressures, decisions, and all other obstacles they had while trying to get their brewery started. They were brutally honest in this book, I assume in effort to help other would be entrepreneurs understand the They share what they hated and what they loved about being in a partnership.
If you start reading this book thinking it is going to be about beer, you will be disappointed. Sure, the book is about the starting of a brewery, but it's much more than that. This book provides great insight to the world of starting your own business.
I know what you are thinking, "Why is a beer blog talking about a book?" Well, it's my blog and it was a book that was suggested to me. I am glad I read this book. If you are interested in the history of Brooklyn Brewery, want to start your own business, or just like reading, I recommend this book.
If you have ever considered going in to business for yourself, this is a must read. Even if you do not like beer, these 2 guys break down all the pressures, decisions, and all other obstacles they had while trying to get their brewery started. They were brutally honest in this book, I assume in effort to help other would be entrepreneurs understand the They share what they hated and what they loved about being in a partnership.
If you start reading this book thinking it is going to be about beer, you will be disappointed. Sure, the book is about the starting of a brewery, but it's much more than that. This book provides great insight to the world of starting your own business.
I know what you are thinking, "Why is a beer blog talking about a book?" Well, it's my blog and it was a book that was suggested to me. I am glad I read this book. If you are interested in the history of Brooklyn Brewery, want to start your own business, or just like reading, I recommend this book.
Nov 1, 2010
Homebrew - Smoked Porter
In a previous post, I mentioned I loved to homebrew. I am still a "rookie" when it comes to brewing and I am only able to brew on occasion. That being said, my buddy and I like to try and brew as often as we can, which usually equates to about once a month. When we brew, we use kits, for now, but we hope to move up to all-grain brewing in the near future.
The most recent brewing excursion came a couple of weeks ago when we decided it was time to start thinking about a nice beer to help warm the blood in the cold winter months. After travelling to our local homebrew shop, we decided that a nice smoked porter would do the trick. So, we grabbed some supplies, headed home, and began to brew.
The brewing process itself is a little tedious for my liking. Don't get me wrong, I know the importance of the process and I have surely tasted it's results, but there is a lot of work to be done just so you can sit and wait and wait and wait for a finished product. In the case of the smoked porter, we had to be even more diligent in watching the pot as it boiled since it was very likely to boil over (which it almost did several times, even in oversized brewing pot). However, the smell was delicious as we waited for the hour to be over so we can put the beer into a fermenter. This was going to be an awesome beer.
Once brewing was complete, we quickly dropped the temperature of the wort and pitched the yeast and moved the smoked porter into a primary fermenter. There the beer sat not even a full 24 hours before it fermented so much that it had seeped through the air lock and onto the fermentation bucket. Thankfully, none of it seemed to have ruined and we were able to save the beer.
After a few weeks, we moved the beer into secondary to let it mellow out a bit more. After a few more weeks, we were finally ready to bottle. We prepared the bottles and the beer and boy did it smell great! Just knowing that in a few weeks I will be able to try another home made beer made me smile.
I will keep you posted on the results of my smoked porter. In the meantime, if you have any advice for someone trying to do an all grain batch, please share. I love the process of brewing and would love to be able to fully create a truly unique beer for myself and for my friends.
The most recent brewing excursion came a couple of weeks ago when we decided it was time to start thinking about a nice beer to help warm the blood in the cold winter months. After travelling to our local homebrew shop, we decided that a nice smoked porter would do the trick. So, we grabbed some supplies, headed home, and began to brew.
The brewing process itself is a little tedious for my liking. Don't get me wrong, I know the importance of the process and I have surely tasted it's results, but there is a lot of work to be done just so you can sit and wait and wait and wait for a finished product. In the case of the smoked porter, we had to be even more diligent in watching the pot as it boiled since it was very likely to boil over (which it almost did several times, even in oversized brewing pot). However, the smell was delicious as we waited for the hour to be over so we can put the beer into a fermenter. This was going to be an awesome beer.
Once brewing was complete, we quickly dropped the temperature of the wort and pitched the yeast and moved the smoked porter into a primary fermenter. There the beer sat not even a full 24 hours before it fermented so much that it had seeped through the air lock and onto the fermentation bucket. Thankfully, none of it seemed to have ruined and we were able to save the beer.
After a few weeks, we moved the beer into secondary to let it mellow out a bit more. After a few more weeks, we were finally ready to bottle. We prepared the bottles and the beer and boy did it smell great! Just knowing that in a few weeks I will be able to try another home made beer made me smile.
I will keep you posted on the results of my smoked porter. In the meantime, if you have any advice for someone trying to do an all grain batch, please share. I love the process of brewing and would love to be able to fully create a truly unique beer for myself and for my friends.
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