After a long absence from brewing beer, I picked up the hobby again. It’s probably been about year since I brewed a batch, but that was back in College Station. This makes the first batch that I did in Austin in the new house, as well as, the first batch I’ve done solo.
This first batch is a Pale Ale that I got from Austin Homebrew Supply called West Coast Pale Ale. It claims to be similar to Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, but I have my doubts since it doesn’t require any dry hopping. I did end up with a mishap as I decided to ferment the beer in a glass carboy with an airlock. When I got home from work yesterday, I found the airlock and bung lying on the ground with krauzen oozing out of the top of the carboy. I had to clean that up and come up with something to act as a blow-off tube for the carboy since I didn’t have the proper equipment for one.
In the end, I was able to get it working and with luck I didn’t add any extra organisms to my beer that will ruin the flavor. Besides that one problem, the beer is looking good so far. Let’s hope it tastes as good as it looks.
Also, I’ve added a link to my brew blog so everyone can check out my beer brewing process in the future. If you see a beer on my brew blog that you would like to try, just let me know and I’ll do what I can to get you a sample.