Brew Day Pictures

Here's some pictures that I snapped during our brew day yesterday.  We decided to brew up a Hefeweizen for a family reunion for Abby's family that is coming up.  We also had to transfer the Apocalypso into the secondary and add our peach / apricot mixture to it.  In about seven days we'll throw a couple of scotch bonnet peppers in to kick up the spiciness.  After we transferred the Apocalypso we decided to throw together another batch of Apfelwein.  Here's a picture of the yeast going to work in the Apfelwein.


Apfelwein!

One rule that Gus and I have had since we started brewing was that we had to be enjoying brews at the same time to keep the Beer Gods happy.  Yesterday was no different as we sampled some brown ales.  We had Newcastle Brown, Rogue's Hazelnut Brown and our very own Beach Dog Brown.  They were all delicious and I am proud to say that the Beach Dog tasted just as good if not better than the others.



Brown Ales!

 After getting some brown ales in our system and getting the Apfelwein done Gus decided to grab it and move it to the fermenting closet.  We've been using the carboy carrier to move our batches of beer and it works out great.  Here's Gus getting it done.

Gun Show!

After the transferring, tasting and moving of beers we decided to get down to business on the brewing end of it.  Here's a shot from early on in the brew process of the grains soaking in the water.  After we pulled the grains we added an ounce of hops, a few pounds of honey and some extract and let it go.  We decided to try re-using some yeast from the Apocalypso batch and after the Hefe cooled we threw the yeast right on top.



Hefeweizen Brew!

 With another brew day in the books I decided to head home and reward myself with a delicious brew.  I ended up going with a Stormtrooper Imperial IPA and it was the perfect choice to end the evening with.  I also decided to take one more picture, this time of the inside of my kegerator / beer fridge.  Every beer in the fridge was made by L-Town Brewing.  Great Success!


LTB Brews!