Jim's Brew Log Blog

Welcome to my brew log blog.  Here's a few of my brews and the labels I made for them.   Sorry you cant tip a cold one here on the web, but I hope you enjoy the artwork.

Cheers,  Jim

Bourbon Barrel Breakfast Stout:  Generous additions of 

dark roasted and sweet flavor malts,  fresh espresso, lightly hopped and aged

in a freshly emptied white oak bourbon barrel. 

Breakfast of Champions

Cherry Lambic:  Brewed with all the wild things that make Belgian Lambics
so damn good.  Belgian yeast strain straight from the Monks, and a trilogy of 
Belgian wild critters (bacteria) famous for making Belgian Lambics sour and delicious.
5 pounds of cherries and many months aged on Bourbon Oak.
One bite and you'll be sold on the dark side.

Bourbon Barrel Vanilla Porter:  Heaps of  dark roasts and chocolate barley
for that smooth velvety porter flavor.  Goldings hops from the UK for balance.
Madagascar vanilla beans and sweet Bourbon Barrel white oak.
Got wood?

Toasted Blond Pale Ale:  Toasted 6 Row barley adds a nuttyness to the
standard pale ale malt and hops lineup.   Amarillo and Australian Topaz hops 
adds subltle sweet and citrusy hop flavors and aroma.
She's a toasted up beauty. 

Dark as Night Black IPA:  7 different malts from Belgium, Germany and the USA
balanced by bitterness and flavors from heaps of Warrior, Amarillo and Topaz hops.
She'll have you wishing the night never ends. 

Honey Chamomile Wheat:  Hefeweizen style with chamomile and 
wildflower honey added for a floral sweetness and cascade hops for a 
citrus touch.  A springtime kiss.
  

Young Speckled Hen:  My knockoff of Morelands Old Speckled Hen. 
Malty and slighty sweet English style Pub Ale.  Lots of UK Goldings hops,
Aromatic and Crystal malts and English Burton yeast makes this 
one tasty girl. Spot me another!

Aussie Blond IPA:  Dry hopped with Australian Topaz hops for a fruity sweet
pear fruit/ lychee fruit aroma and flavor.  Malty balance from German and US malts.  
Highly hopped with English, German and Australian floral/fruity style
hops (for citrusy hop style IPA see Amarillo Angel below)
A blond bombshell!

Munich Honey Pale Ale:  One of my favorites. Malts from all corners,  
Germany, England, Canada and the US create an incredibly complex  maltiness
that's balanced by 4 additions of hops for a rounded citrusy floral 
hop bang.  You'll beg for more ;-)

One Wish: An Irish Stout with a double kick! Higher alcohol and high hop rate. 
I suppose that makes it an American stout but I like the Shamrock pic  ;-)
Lots of chocolate and black malts for an espresso like maltiness and 
dry hopped for a hoppy happy ending.   
Spankingingly good.

Belgian Dubbel:  Caramel sweet maltyness with a spicey twang from the  
Belgian yeast strain. Not quite a Lambic, and not quite a Pale Ale. 
It's like trying them both together. 
Ever had a dubbel?

Amarillo Angel IPA:  Straight up American style IPA.  Lots of Amarillo Hops for an orangey
citrusy hop kick and enough assorted malts to compliment the hop assault.  
An angel of a brew with a wicked side.

Catch Her in the Rye:  A medium hop Rye IPA brings forward the deep malt flavors and
spiciness from the rye.  Multiple additions of 4 hop varieties add balance.  
Full of earthy complex flavors to wrap your tongue around.

She's not Hefe, She's my Weizen:   Hopped up Bavarian style Hefeweizen 
Weissbier (wheat beer). Banana/clove flavors brought out by the Bavarian 
yeast  and a citrusy aroma  from Cascade and Amarillo hops.  
Think Paulaner or Hacker-Pschorr with a orangy kick from the hops.  
Afternoon delight on a hot summer day.

Pistol Packin Pilsner:  Crisp German/Bohemian hybrid
Pilsner.   Lots of flavor malts and German and 
Czech hops for a florally hopped up 5.5% Pils.
Bang!

Hard Cider: 3 lbs of apples in every 22 oz bottle, and not a spec of anything else. 
8 varieties of sweet and tart apples. Crisp and lip smacking.