A dozen down

[montjoye]

Papa asked me yesterday, "so do you drink all that beer you make?" Well, yes I do, with a little help from my friends. This led me to wondering, how many 'brews' *have I done over the last 2yrs(and a bit)?

I think the count is 12! **
In approximate order:

Harvest Cider 2010
Black Lager
English Ale- goldings hops
English Ale- bittering agent
Gold Lager
Hopped Mead
English Ale- styrian goldings
American Pale
British Ale
Harvest Cider 2012 (Son of Jethro)
Black Lager –mini mash
Rhubarb Champagne

Those crossed out are drunk and gone. There are a few left each of the next four, and the last three are new or newish. The black lager is now drinkable and rather yummy though there is more residual sweetness than I prefer. The new cider is still developing but is very promising and the Rhubarb is still carbonating of course.

and now there is a Witbier underway.
If this ends up tasting anywhere near as good as the spice bag smelled this morning- it will be great! I will say it is the first beer that actually tastes sort of good before the ferment. Mmm, fingers crossed. Starting density belatedly reporting in at 1.046.


*I think of them as brews, but most are really just ferments, at least thus far.
** It feels like there should be more, but I'm probably confused by my preserving adventures.