Hiatus Here We Come….

11 Thursday Apr 2013

Posted by Seth in Brewing, Business Stuff

First and foremost, to all our vigilant readers (or reader), sorry for the lack of communication as of late. Life has been shifting gears for the Regular Guy Crew as of late, but in the best of ways, and there hasn’t been as much free time to brew beer or to even blog about brewing said beer.

First, I am happy to report that Justin (or rather his wife) had a baby girl. Her name is Scarlet, and damn she is a little cutie. Just look at that face!

Along similar lines, my wife and I will be welcoming a baby girl of our own into the world next Monday. I will be sure to post photos of her just as soon as I can.

Worry not though. This ain’t no cute baby blog. This is a blog about brewing beer. And there is still much to discuss. Continue reading →

Many apologies

24 Sunday Mar 2013

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I must start with a big fat I’m sorry! I know all of our two followers were anxiously awaiting the pictures and/or video I promised for Friday night’s brew session. I’m not going to beat around the bush or try to sugar coat it.

I cannot tell a lie…I got to drinking and I forgot all about it. I dropped the ball, and I hope the two of you can forgive me.

As far as Friday night’s session is concerned, we kicked some ass! Seth’s brew tech stuff is an out-of-this-world creation! Brewing is so efficient now! As far as the beer, I’m pretty excited about the new Pale Ale recipe. It’s hops aroma and bold taste were a great start to what will hopefully be an amazing beer! This will also be our first time dry hopping. Exciting stuff!

On a different note, we opened up our Milk Stout. While still a bit premature, it had great flavor. It was smooth and thick and it was black as night! Another couple weeks and she’ll be ready.

In summation, I apologize for not keeping my word with pictures and/or video and we had another successful brew day!

Until next time.

Just a quick little update…

18 Monday Mar 2013

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Hello all you Regular Guy lovers! I know it’s early in the week, but I’m more than just a little excited for this Friday night. The time to brew will again be upon us and we are brewing a completely new Pale Ale recipe!

Will the new recipe replace the old? Will the old triumph in the battle to end all beer battles? Will I ever get a date for prom…wait?

I’m going to update you live from brew night. I may take pictures and/or video and post it right here at http://www.regularguybrewing.com. It’ll be like you have ringside seats to that underground wrestling thing you’ve never really heard about, but you think you remember someone saying something about it or a similarly related subject and you kind of think you know what I’m talking about. Sort of.

Keep in mind folks, I’m passing up an opportunity for an epic night of Gears of War Judgement debauchery for this brew…so you know this is gonna be huge!

Stay tuned!!!!!

This is why we brew…lessons learned.

06 Wednesday Mar 2013

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Realized this morning that no one wrote up a recap of last Friday’s brew session. Since we are maintaining this blog as a record of our triumphs and fails as we mosey our way towards becoming a commercial brewery, I thought that I would be remiss if I didn’t at least write something up.

But before I do that, I have to point out the photo to the right that I came across while browsing the interwebs.

Is it just me, or is this one uber-cool pooch. I’d drink a beer with that guy anytime.

Moving on.

Last Friday night marked a couple of key milestones for Regular Guy Brewing. First, it was our first attempt at brewing a stout. And secondly, it was our first time utilizing our brewery control system in an actual brew session. Continue reading →

I’m so excited…I might just pee myself

01 Friday Mar 2013

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Ahhhhhhhh yeah, baby. Tonight is the night.

After a six week hiatus from actually brewing beer, tonight is the night when the magic will happen once again. Tonight….WE BREW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In just a few hours, Brian’s garage will be filled with the absolutely amazing (and slightly erotic) odor of sweet hot sticky wort. Getting a little…well maybe a lot…turned on just thinking about it.

On the agenda: our first foray into stouts.

It’ll big big bodied but milky smooth. Just like me.

I’m antsy. I’m giggly. And I’m down to brew some beer.

Regular Guys…mount up! Let’s do this thing!