“Buy a man a beer and he’ll waste an hour, teach him to brew and he’ll waste a lifetime"- Bob Stoddard
I’m often thinking of beer, how delicious it is...What my favorite type of beer is, why I like that type. What would I brew if I could make one beer and have to drink it forever? I almost always come up with the same answer. Why limit your options? I toyed with the notion of becoming a certified beer judge (yes, such a thing exists), unfortunately, I didn’t have the time to take the class. The whole process takes about two months of classes and a large amount of studying (reading about the beers while sampling them). Perhaps in the future, but not now…
What I’ve been doing in the meantime until I’m rich and famous--or at least financially able to fund my own brewery--is working on perfecting my own recipes. The most recent one I’m working on is a stout that incorporates our cocoa nibs from Ghana and coffee that I roasted. The result was a very deep, rich, full-bodied stout with a phenomenal aroma & flavor. Unfortunately it wasn’t quite what I was shooting for. I think next time I will increase the amount of nibs and lessen some of the other ingredients, as some components overpowered each other and it became somewhat muddled. One thing I got from the whole experience is a new hobby: coffee roasting. I’ve really gotten quite interested in the whole experience--the differences in the varieties, the flavors from different roast--all quite enjoyable (although I have over-caffeinated myself on more than on instance!).
MMMM Beeeer.
I’m often thinking of beer, how delicious it is...What my favorite type of beer is, why I like that type. What would I brew if I could make one beer and have to drink it forever? I almost always come up with the same answer. Why limit your options? I toyed with the notion of becoming a certified beer judge (yes, such a thing exists), unfortunately, I didn’t have the time to take the class. The whole process takes about two months of classes and a large amount of studying (reading about the beers while sampling them). Perhaps in the future, but not now…
What I’ve been doing in the meantime until I’m rich and famous--or at least financially able to fund my own brewery--is working on perfecting my own recipes. The most recent one I’m working on is a stout that incorporates our cocoa nibs from Ghana and coffee that I roasted. The result was a very deep, rich, full-bodied stout with a phenomenal aroma & flavor. Unfortunately it wasn’t quite what I was shooting for. I think next time I will increase the amount of nibs and lessen some of the other ingredients, as some components overpowered each other and it became somewhat muddled. One thing I got from the whole experience is a new hobby: coffee roasting. I’ve really gotten quite interested in the whole experience--the differences in the varieties, the flavors from different roast--all quite enjoyable (although I have over-caffeinated myself on more than on instance!).
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