Time for a Hopdate!

08 Thursday May 2014

Posted by Seth in Brewing, Just for Fun, Random Stuff

That’s right. It’s an update about hops!

But first…a recap:

Previously on Regular Guy Brewing…duh duh duh….

I planted two Cascade rhizomes in pots
I named them “Every Time We Touch” and “Evacuate the Dance Floor” respectively
My wife gave me an odd look, probably because I am an idiot.
I sallied forth
The president was taken hostage by bio-terrorists
Only I could save the day, but I had to go rogue to do so.

Okay, those last two were probably from a dream, or from an old season of 24. Regardless…the hops were planted, and there was much rejoicing. Continue reading →

Hopping into Spring!

21 Monday Apr 2014

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Spring is a great time of year. The cold weather of winter makes its departure, leaving in its wake an abundance of new life and color. Lawns that had turned brown in dormancy, come back to life. Trees start budding new leaves. Flowers begin to grow and bloom.

A squatterhouse ll this change and growth does have it’d downside though. Lawns will once again have to be mowed. Weeds will once again have to be pulled. Flowers will once again have to be watered. I am not a huge fan of all that outdoors work, but it’s worth it to have a home that doesn’t look like it’s inhabited by vagrants and squatters. Continue reading →

Time to fulfill my promise

21 Monday Apr 2014

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Last week I told you I would have some exciting news after Friday and I think it’s high time I share it with you. Your patience has paid off friends! I’ll give you a picture clue:

That’s right, the Regular Guys have finally entered a beer into competition! Our Hot Blonde Jalapeño Blonde Ale has officially been entered in two categories in the 19th Annual Microfest here in St. Louis, Missouri. Our beautiful lady will compete in the Blonde Ale category as well as the Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer category.

A kudos and a fist bump from my dad is great and all, but he likes pretty much anything I do. We are really looking forward to getting some unbiased feedback from professional beer judges. Tasting and judging is April 26th and 27th so we’ll keep you posted!

And now a little update. Saturday night we got together to bottle our Hot Blonde Jalapeño Blonde Ale, keg and carbonate our unnamed EPA, and transfer our Smokey Grove Apple Smoked Porter to secondary and add more apples.

The Hot Blonde is a beautiful hay color and carbonated perfectly. I can’t say enough good things about the aroma and flavor of this beer. Our unnamed EPA smells and already tastes amazing, even without carbonation. The Smokey Grove has this wonderfully light smokey aroma with a punch of apple and is black as black can be!

All in all it was a good weekend for beer. Until next time…

Future beers, GO!

09 Wednesday Apr 2014

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So we’ve brewed our Hot Blonde Jalapeño Blonde Ale.

That’s a fine lookin’ beer. Continue reading →

If you brew it, they will come

07 Monday Apr 2014

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It was a chilly Friday night. Dark, damp and dreary (pause for effect). Three Regular Guys set out to do what no other man has ever done before. They would brew…beer!

Ok so brewing beer isn’t revolutionary, but what we brewed just might be. WARNING : You are about to view beer porn. If you are in a room with a closed door and value said door, you may want to open that door because this picture has the potential to blow doors down.

That’s right babies, we brewed our Smokey Grove Apple Smoked Porter. Need another picture?

There you go. Yeah, that’s real live smoke in the background for amazing visual effect. You probably have questions and we would answer those questions in a conversation that would go like this:

You: “If you just brewed this beer on Friday how is it already fermented, carbonated and ready to drink?”

Regular Guys: “Oh sweet innocent you, we’re magic, don’t ask questions.”

Then you drink it and rejoice.

This obviously isn’t our first batch of Smokey Grove, but we did do a few things differently. We used a different type of apple this time and put some in the boil and will use some in secondary.