How Much Did This Cost?

I think I even saw some Tito's vodka bottles on another shelf.

Playing Around with Logos

The other day, I drew a circular logo for Desperate Measures Brewing Company, the brewery Satan wants to open someday.

He hated it, and he was not shy about insulting my ancestors. Until I reminded him they were his ancestors too.

So I went back to the original logo I cam up with a while back and showed him some concepts.  Here's what the pint glasses could look like:

And here's what the work shirt might look like:

Not the crossed mash paddles on the right sleeve.  Satan's former military, so I wanted him to feel at home.

Pedernales Brewing Tasting Room

Citra DIPA Brew Day

Tired of dark, malty beers like Herr Neidermeier's Dunkleweiss, a barleywine, and Paint Rock Bock, I decided I needed to make an DIPA. So I went through the "Can You Brew It?" archives and pulled out the Kern River Citra DIPA.

Citra DIPA

Imperial IPA

 

Type: All Grain	Date: 5/19/2013
Batch Size: 6.00 gal	Brewer: Jeff Holt
Boil Size: 7.97 gal	Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min	Equipment: Jeff's Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0	Brewhouse Efficiency: 60.00
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU 16.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 84.21 % 1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.26 % 1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 5.26 % 0.50 lb Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 2.63 % 0.50 lb Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) Grain 2.63 % 0.53 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 12 days) Hops - 0.88 oz Nugget [10.00 %] (60 min) Hops 23.0 IBU 1.16 oz Citra [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 12 days) Hops - 0.71 oz Citra [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 9 days) Hops - 0.92 oz Citra [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 6 days) Hops - 1.00 oz Citra [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops - 0.88 oz Citra [10.50 %] (30 min) Hops 18.6 IBU 0.88 oz Citra [10.50 %] (15 min) Hops 12.0 IBU 0.88 oz Citra [10.50 %] (10 min) Hops 8.8 IBU 0.88 oz Citra [10.50 %] (5 min) Hops 4.8 IBU 1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.069 SG	Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG	Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.95 %	Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 67.2 IBU	Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 7.0 SRM	Color: Color
Mash Profile
Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge	Total Grain Weight: 19.00 lb
Sparge Water: 4.31 gal	Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F	TunTemperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE	Mash PH: 5.4 PH
Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge Step Time Name Description Step Temp 75 min Mash In Add 23.75 qt of water at 161.4 F 150.0 F
Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
Carbonation and Storage
Carbonation Type: Kegged (Forced CO2)	Volumes of CO2: 2.4
Pressure/Weight: 21.6 PSI	Carbonation Used: -
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 60.0 F	Age for: 28.0 days
Storage Temperature: 52.0 F
Notes
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Grapevine Craft Brewery Hosts Ground Breaking

After getting their license in April, Grapevine Craft Brewery had a ground breaking the week of May 6, and they hope to have the building finished by summer.

While they do have a supply of beer for Grapevine Main Street Days this week, they won't be at full production until the building is completed.

The building will be at 924 Jean Street, in Grapevine.

Check 'em out on Facebook.

Grand Opening of Pedernales Brewing Company's Tasting Room - May 18

Pedernales Brewing Company, 97 Hitchin' Post Trail, will be offering several food trucks and lots of cold beer! Including a performance from Thomas Michael Riley from 2-4 pm, kicking off the Summer Concert series that will run thru Labor Day....promoting local food, local musicians, and local beer.

Come find me there. I'll be the fat guy drinking beer.

PBC is on US Highway 87 south about a mile from town across from Fredericksburg Funeral Home.

Old MILFwaukee Brew Day

A few weeks ago, I was fed up with dark beer. Fed UP, I tell you! So I decided to rebrew the classic Old MILFwaukee Blonde Ale recipe.

Brew with rice to keep the body in hourglass shape, and wheat for good head.  As soon as I come up with more sexual inuendos, I will bore you stupid with them! And if Satan ever decides to open The Brass Pole, the first combination brew pub and titty bar, this will be our flag ship beer. Well, it will be if it turns out. I'll be kegging this on May 19.

It was a glorious brew day! A small cold front had blown through Paradise, a welcome respite from the hot and humid previous week. When I started brewing it was in the 50s! Aaah!

Old MILFwaukee

Blonde Ale

 

Type: All Grain	Date: 5/4/2013
Batch Size: 6.00 gal	Brewer: Jeff Holt
Boil Size: 7.97 gal	Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min	Equipment: Jeff's Brew Pot (15 Gal) and Igloo Cooler (10 Gal)
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0	Brewhouse Efficiency: 58.00
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU 13.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 85.25 % 1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 6.56 % 1.00 lb Rice, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 6.56 % 0.25 lb Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) Grain 1.64 % 1.00 oz Cascade [5.90 %] (60 min) Hops 17.5 IBU 1.00 oz Cascade [5.90 %] (10 min) Hops 6.3 IBU 1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [Starter 1500 ml] Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.053 SG	Measured Original Gravity: 1.050 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG	Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.33 %	Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 23.8 IBU	Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 4.4 SRM	Color: Color
Mash Profile
Mash Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge	Total Grain Weight: 15.25 lb
Sparge Water: 5.83 gal	Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F	TunTemperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE	Mash PH: 5.4 PH
Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge Step Time Name Description Step Temp 60 min Mash In Add 19.06 qt of water at 165.9 F 154.0 F
Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
Carbonation and Storage
Carbonation Type: Kegged (Forced CO2)	Volumes of CO2: 2.4
Pressure/Weight: 21.6 PSI	Carbonation Used: -
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 60.0 F	Age for: 28.0 days
Storage Temperature: 52.0 F

Craft Beer in Cans

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I remember back in the early 1990s, craft brewers exploded across the landscape and offered their wares in bottles.  Bottles, for God's sake! The only place to get bottles back then was the liquor store.  Supermarkets pretty much only sold cans.

Craft brewers, though, led the charge to bottles, saying, "The beer tastes better in a bottle!" 

Brewers even told us that their brown bottles blocked the harmful UV light, their tall six pack carriers helped shield the precious nectar inside, so we could experience the true nature of the beer, untainted by can taste. I also remember when Keystone was introduced. It was advertised to have a special liner that acted like glass to protect the beer.

And silly consumers, we bought into it. So much so that Business Insider says that now we have to stop dissing the can so craft brewers, who can finally afford canning lines, are starting to roll out craft beer in cans. Even Sam Adams is getting into the can act!

Now, the craft brewers have to start reselling us on aluminum cans.