http://brewersroundtable.com/blogs/heavenlyfire My personal brew blog Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:54:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ah, it is that time of the year again. I have an annual vacation to the mountains of Colorado. Let me set the scene for you. 12,000 ft above sea level. No phone service, no tv, no radio. Cabins are fully furnished with everything except ... http://brewersroundtable.com/blogs/heavenlyfire/i-wanna-go-fishin.htm Once again, my son has proved that 16 year old boys have no common sense. He and a friend were running a simple errand for me on Monday. They took my car and were suppose to go there and straight back. No, that is too hard and ... http://brewersroundtable.com/blogs/heavenlyfire/car-accident.htm I try to keep this blog about beer and brewing but I need to put this out. I love the school that my kids are going to but they really upset a lot of poeple tonight to include making my daughter cry for the wrong reasons. Here is ... http://brewersroundtable.com/blogs/heavenlyfire/westwood-highschool-graduation-night.htm Well here is a photo of Andy's pale ale and as you can see, the plate tells the story.  I can't seem to get the balance with carbing.  If I use sugar it doesn't carb enough and if I use CO2 it over carbs.  Trial and error I guess. http://brewersroundtable.com/blogs/heavenlyfire/the-license-plate-says-it-all.htm Well Andy got into town tonight and we tapped the keg.  First issue, I over carbonated AGAIN.  I either get too much or not enough carbonation.  One of these days I will figure it out, I hope.  The flavor of the beer itself is awesome.  The spaltz hops don't have ... http://brewersroundtable.com/blogs/heavenlyfire/andys-arrival.htm Well I pulled a sample and wow, great color, flavor and the FG was 1.010.  I am going to leave it in the primary until this weekend and then throw it in the keg and let it carb until next weekend.  The Spalz hops that I used gave it that ... http://brewersroundtable.com/blogs/heavenlyfire/andys-pale-ale.htm Well I gave the prehistoric porter a test run and I have to tell you, the flavor was great.  The only problem I had with it is that it is not carbing like it should be.  Maybe I should have used a little extra sugar.  Anyway, I will let it ... http://brewersroundtable.com/blogs/heavenlyfire/prehistoric-not-ready.htm Well the fermenting has slowed way down but I am going to wait until Saturday and then I will take a sample for testing.  Also I will be throwing a bottle of Prehistoric Porter in the fridge tonight and sampling it tomorow.  I really hope it turns out ok. http://brewersroundtable.com/blogs/heavenlyfire/update-on-andys-pale-ale.htm Well yesterday I decided to play with my new Spaltz hops.  I have never tried these but have heard a lot of good about them.  My LHBS owner says these are one of his favorite types of hops.  I also tried a new idea of mine (new to me probably ... http://brewersroundtable.com/blogs/heavenlyfire/andys-rock-out-with-the-hawk-out-pale-ale.htm Thanks a bunch Matt, The site works great now.  I will be making some appearance changes as soon as the new themes get downloaded.  I will also be learning a lot about how to do all of this lol, hopefully not the hard way.  Please check back as the updates ... http://brewersroundtable.com/blogs/heavenlyfire/up-and-running.htm