Scottish 80 Shilling Ale

OK, I have just started a late day second cup of dark coffee. I am ready to blog. The brewery is gearing up to brew a Scottish 80 Shilling Ale. The brewmasters brother who lives in one of the Yankee northern states is gonna get married in mid September this year, so I thought that the brewery should brew something up unique to take there for the wedding reception and get the party started. There may be pre-recorded music playing, but the guest will hear bag pipes after a few of EC Brewery's Scottish 80 Shilling Ale! As usual, I am throwing in abut one pound of Oatmeal to the brew. Keep things smooth and tastey. The brewery expects delivery of the ingrediants early next week. Gonna have to be right on the brewing to be able to have it ready for the big day. Now I will need to come up with a cool bottle lable for the celebration! I am accepting ideas. So far "Ball & Chain Brew" has been suggested.

Micah's Sweet Stout Ale!

Micah's Sweet Stout has been in the secondary fermentor for 3 weeks. It just so happened that the end of the second week was when the brewery was getting ready to leave for vacation at the lake, so the decission was made to let it rest for an extra week. Man, that was a great decission. When the Sweet Stout was racked to the bottling bucket, it was noticed that it was a very clear dark beer. The final gravity came in at 1.022. That brew came in at 5% ABV. I had drawn off a test sample and set aside in the fridge until later in the evening when I drank it. Even without the carbonation, it was awsome! Bottled it all up and got 48 bottles. This is set for July 07, 2010 for the first tasting. Get ready y'all. It's gonna be on!

Nukey Brown Ale

Well, the brewery was away on vacation at the lake over last week. And along with being on vacation a batch of Nukey Brown Ale was opened. After drinking five of those beers out of a cup, it was found that they had a good kick. More than I expected. The next day was rough. Rather than to throw in the towel, I decided that it was a good time to tap into the last mini keg of Oatmeal Stout that had been resting since March. Man was it good. Needless to say it didn't last long. Barely made it through one grillin' night of grilling steaks! As I drank the Stout, my pal - You Know Who You Are - grilled the steaks. Another friend toked on a pipe and made the area of grillin' smell even better. Sooooo...I lite up a stogie! Cheers!

E.C. Brewery is Upgrading!

Your brewmeister here at E. C. Beer is gonna finally get up to todays technology. The brewery is expecting the delivery of a pair of Motorola Droids soon! Sooooo, maybe the brewery can be more diligent about postings. I am sure that there will be some learning that will have to happen, but anything is possible with the right (or left) pint in hand, eh! (Canadian Humor, eh)

Pints Out! Oh yea, before I go, what is Twitter? Just kidding......maybe.

Extra Pale Ale Chillin'

There is a 12 pack of Extra Pale Ale that just got tossed (lovingly) into the fridge! Gettin' ready for the weekend. Gonna be sunny and hot. Just perfect for a cold pint of Extra Pale Ale! Arg, I just forgot where my pint glass is.....heading to go search and rescue it!!

We've Had Twins!

This is a first here at E. C. Beer. We have twins! Really. Nukey Brown and Micah's Sweet Stout pose together for this picture. For the very first time here at E. C. Beer there is a craft beer in the primary and another craft beer in the secondary fermentor. Now if that doesn't light your fire your wood is wet! Like I have said before, better get them pint glasses ready y'all!

Micah's Sweet Stout Ale!

Well, after racking the Nukey Brown Ale to the secondary fermentor, E. C. Beer has now created another fresh craft beer. Micah's Sweet Stout! This brew was personally selected by the son-in-law of the brewmeister himself! While enjoying some time together prior to the weekend of May 15th, a decision to make another brew was hashed out over a Nut Brown Ale. Micah's Sweet Stout Ale was selected. Brewing began mid morning May 15th at around 9am. By 12:30pm the brewing was complete and the brew into the primary fermentor! It was a great time having a special guest over for the brewing process. Thanks dude, you know who you are! The fermenting process of the yeast was apparent by 9pm that night, and by morning of the 16th, it was in full fermenting action, nearly filling the available expansion space in the primary fermentor completly! Whow, that was very impressive. This brew heads for the secondary fermentor on the 29th of May! It is on track to be ready before the 4th of July! Now that is reason to celebrate with fireworks! Time to fill up my pint....so gotta go!