26 Tuesday May 2015
Posted in Brewing
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ale, beer, blonde, brewing, craft, craft beer, guy, homebrew, hot blonde, jalapeño, regular, regular guy brewing
It’s the first day of the work week for most, so it feels like a Monday but it’s actually a Tuesday. This is good for two reasons:
1) Your work week is only four days long instead of five.
And
B. It’s time for a Regular Guy Brewing Monday (Tuesday) morning update babies!
21 Monday Jul 2014
Posted in Our Brews
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ale, beer, blonde, blotting, brewing, craft, craft beer, dry hop, extra, extra pale ale, fermentation, filtered, filtering, guy, hop, hops, hot blonde, jalapeño, kegging, pale, pale ale, regular, regular guy brewing, secondary fermentation
It seems just as we say hello to the weekend, we sadly have to say goodbye. The Regular Guys had a pretty productive Friday night. We got together and bottled our Hot Blonde Jalapeño Blonde Ale and kegged our EPA. Then we had a well deserved night out for research and development of course!
Let’s start with the Hot Blonde. Lately we’ve been tinkering with our recipes, taking everyone’s comments and suggestions to heart and combining them with our own ideas and meeting somewhere in the middle. We then make minor adjustments to our recipes and see how it turns out. The Hot Blonde may have been a little too spicy and we’ve been trying to figure out exactly at what point all that spiciness comes in. Well, we figured it out and an incredibly delicious beer was born!
How about some pictures? Ok!
We know this isn’t a “proper” glass for a blonde ale, but we aren’t picky. This is hand model extraordinaire Brian showing off the color and clarity of our brew. She’s a pretty beer!
This is also Brian enjoying the Hot Blonde. You can tell he approves by his eyebrow.
Let the bottling commence!
Seth is a pro. He’s the only one we trust to fill our bottles. I’ve tried, and was really bad at it.
Up next is the unnamed EPA. We’ve brewed this beer three times now and we’re hoping this version will be the recipe we can stick with.
Let’s picture shall we? We shall!
Secondary is complete and by the aroma, the dry hop went splendidly!
Brewmaster Seth is overseeing the transfer of the EPA to keg number one.
Brian is keeping a close eye on the filters.
Here’s a closer look at the filters. There’s some ridiculously good looking beer in there!
And finally, the filtered EPA is being transferred into keg number two. It is now being carbonated and we’ll get to test it out on Friday!
I hope you all have a fantastic week or at least a tolerable one!
Until next time…
16 Wednesday Jul 2014
Posted in Brewing
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ale, beer, Beer porn, brewing, craft, craft beer, extra, extra pale ale, fermentation, guy, hot blonde, kegging, pale, regular, regular guy brewing, secondary fermentation, update
Wow it’s already Wednesday! This update was supposed to be posted on Monday. Where did the time go? Anyway, last Friday 2/3 of the Regular Guys got together to get some work done. Brian was out of town, but that didn’t stop me and Seth from breaking into Brian’s garage to dry hop our EPA and keg our Hot Blonde. We were like ninjas sneaking through the shadows and entering the garage unnoticed. Actually we know Brian’s code so it was pretty easy.
Ready for some pictures?
Our EPA had a VERY healthy fermentation!
Here’s the Simcoe and Columbus hops patiently awaiting the EPA. Last time we dry hopped with leaf hops which look way more impressive than the pellet. Oh well, they do the same thing.
The EPA being transferred on the hops.
The secondary is complete for the Hot Blonde Jalapeño Blonde Ale.
Hot Blonde transferring into keg number one.
The Hot Blonde being filtered and transferred to keg number two.
Here’s a closer look at the filters.
Here’s the filtered Hot Blonde filling up keg number two.
Well, that’s my update from last Friday. This Friday we get to bottle the Hot Blonde and keg the EPA. I think we are also taking a field trip to one of our favorite micros!
More to come, until next time…
12 Monday May 2014
Posted in Business Stuff
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ale, beer, brewing, craft, craft beer, extra pale ale, Fleetwood Mac, guy, hot blonde, jalapeño, Kenny Rogers, regular, regular guy brewing, Smokey Grove Apple Smoked Porter
You should all consider yourselves lucky. As I write this, it is currently Sunday evening. Relax time. Unwind time. My wife is busy doing wife stuff, kids are in bed and normally I would have taken advantage of this rare quiet time to indulge in a game or two of NHL 14.
14 Monday Apr 2014
Posted in Random Stuff
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ale, beer, blonde, brewing, carbonated, carbonation, craft, craft beer, fermentation, fermenting, guy, hot blonde, jalapeño, pale, pale ale, Porter, regular, regular guy brewing, secondary
Friday night we got together and kegged our Hot Blonde Jalapeño Blonde Ale for carbonation.
(In case you forgot what this pretty lady looks like)
When we opened the fermenter, what a delight for the senses it was! It was a beautiful hay colored brew. The smell of the jalapeños really came through and the flavor was incredible despite not being carbonated. I can only assume that if your beer is enjoyable before carbonation, it’s going to set the world on fire when it is!
We may have some exciting news about the Hot Blonde that I’ll fill you in on after it happens. Easy biggin’ you’ll find out on Friday.
We also transferred our yet to be named Extra Pale Ale to secondary and dry hopped for that extra boost of hops aroma and flavor. This beer has only been fermenting for two weeks and I wanted to sample it already! Wonderful aroma, citrusy and floral. I’m excited for this beer!
We didn’t do much to our Smokey Grove Apple Smoked Porter because it’s only been fermenting for a week, just watched her bubble away and make alcohol.
We also made a schedule for our next three beers we’re going to brew. A couple of redemption beers and something brand new! Stay tuned because it’s going to get exciting!
