new photos
new photos on my smugmug. New photos include a couple more of kiki, 2 of ginger the dog and some photos of Sam Adams. Been trying to do more photography now that I have a digital and it's practically free. Unfortunately I have not been brewing in awhile. I'll probably pick up another kit tomorrow. I finally got my score results from Sam Adams. Both my beers got criticized for not being hoppy enough. I figured the British Bitter would lose points for lack of bitterness but the American Pale Ale I brewed tasted plenty hoppy when I sent it. I'm guessing age took it's tole and the hoppiness subsided. Probably shows that I need to be more patient when I drink my beer because at first I thought it was too hoppy. Though some of the bitterness I think was from astringency from over sparging the grains. I'm going to give it another shot with the Sam Adams patriots brewing competition. The winner of that contest gets there beer served at the 2009/2010 Patriots game. I wanna retry the Lager I made earlier, this time making an all grain version. I was also thinking of trying to make a more malty rendition of the classic American lager. School will be starting in 2 weeks. Hopefully with everything else I'll be able to find time to brew.