Apfelwein

We brewed a batch of Apfelwein last night. No that's not a typo, its a German fermented apple cider. Basically Apple Juice, Sugar, Yeast, and time. Just starting to bubble a little this morning but nothing through the airlock (which is full of green apple vodka, just in case of suck back) and this takes quite a bit longer to ferment properly, so should be a good summer/fall brew for those who are beer adverse.

Nate brought over a bottle of the New Belgium Cocoa Mole, basically super potent chocolate pepper beer. Take a big drink and its actually spicy, which is a crazy change from normal stout. James also came over again, and brought some of his hard cider, which was a nice complement while we brewed our own applejuice.

P.S. Happy 35th Nate. time to start plucking grey hairs down below...

And we are also in the midst of planning a tasting party. Between trying a few 5oz glasses off Amazon.com (which are a little too big for a paddle my uncle's wood shop class made), possibly ordering some glasses from peelepaddle.com and maybe even a paddle, and of course just adding to my brewery tasting collection from Rogue in Astoria next week, somehow I will figure this out before March. Considering my collection consists of the 12 pack of 5 oz glasses, one 4 oz Rouge glass, and one 4 oz glass from disneyland back when we went to Rose Bowl, I have some work to do...