Today was batch #100, a 1.085 old ale of sorts that should be mighty good. And batch #101, as I did a second runnings beer, fortified with a little extract to get it started at 1.075.
The second brew will also get itself distinctalicious with a different yeast (Munich lager) and different hops (Super Styrian–one I haven’t used before). Will it fit a style? I do not know. Do I care? No. I just packed in the flavors I wanted and will be kegging it up for the late winter consupmtion down the road.
But the real question is: is it really the 100th batch? Sorta. In that count there are many split batches, some 10 gallons and some five gallons. There are two ciders. There’s a dandelion wine. Did I count 2 batches if I dumped cherries (or cinnamon or raisins or oak chips or mangos, etc.) in half a batch that fermented separately? No. So it’s pretty much 100, but not exactly.
In any case, it was what it was, which was a much anticipated day of brewing and sampling good beers. A triumph and a little bit of everyday cleaning. Good. Day. brewvana.
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Congrats.. Milestones are always important no matter what they represent. I guess I better get brewing some more.. you are starting to catch up
I’m not brewing this weekend coming up (real life getting in the way of brewing again!), but got a brew day planned for the 20th weekend. Planning on another lightweight english style bitter, but mainly going to use that batch as a “yeast starter” for a year end big stout. Planning on taking the Stone recipe that was in the recent BYO for their 12th anniversary clone and making my version of it..
Wow. I’m looking forward to hitting that 100 mark someday. Of course, I’ve only been doing this for a year, and brewing on a shoestring budget (I actually made a beer for under $10).
Keep it up! Good brewing!
Details, details. It’s close enough. And mighty impressive.
Gratz man on 100!