11/8/09 = 1 Successful Homebrew Day

Beer Brew Girls Raspberry Saison Bottled

Yesterday, Sunday 11/8/09, was a very successful homebrew day. We didn’t actually brew anything on this day. We had 3 different beers that either needed to be bottled or moved to a secondary fermentation.

First, we bottled “Fallen Angel”. Fallen Angel is a recommended recipe from the Radical Brewing book by Randy Mosher. We believe it is a Duvel imitator. The color is very similar and the alcohol percentage is dead on at 8%. Since Duvel is one of my FAVORITE beers, I am looking forward to this one.

Secondly, we took the Chocolate Stout from it’s first fermentation carboy and put it on a secondary fermentation with coffee beans. The coffee beans were slightly crushed and placed in the bottom of glass carboy. Then we poured the chocolate stout on top of beans. Yum. This beer will be called “Chocolate Mocha Stout”.  I believe Kathe Kingston, the head brewer, took a recommended recipe for a chocolate stout out of one of our books. Then she made it her own by adding in additional chocolate and coffee. I have been on a stout kick lately with the cold weather. I am REALLY looking forward to this one too. Ahoy!

Lastly (but not leastly), we bottled our successful second attempt of the Raspberry Saison to be named “Fancy Lady”. The first attempt grew mold. We are proud to say this batch didn’t. Since we put raspberries in the carboy of the secondary  fermentation, this particular beer may be a little chunky in places. We had a hard time siphoning out all of the liquid without getting any of the yeast and raspberry chunks. Since we are planning to have this served with REAL raspberries, we are hoping the chunks and the possible cloudiness won’t be a distraction. We will see. The thought of serving this with real raspberries just tickles my beer fancy!

What tickles your beer fancy? Tell me in the comments below!