Whoa....

...remember when I kept up with this thing? I imagine if I had any readership whatsoever that they have given up on me by now...

I suppose when one starts working in the beer industry professionally, coming home and blogging about homebrewing after a long day's work just isn't at the top of my priority list. That isn't to say that I've stopped making beer at home (which was an appropriate worry getting into this job). To the contrary, I've been fairly hard at work getting everything around for my sister's wedding on October 6th, for which I'm brewing (or have brewed) five batches of beer, two batches of soda, and about 50 bottles worth of wine, over the last couple of months. Here's the lineup:

For the beer: 1) A batch of Old Ale from waaay back saved for exactly this type of special occasion. 2) Hannah, my American Wheat, always a crowd pleaser. 3) A pale ale with German hops. 4) A very tasty Tart Cherry Stout with Traverse City cherries. 5) and a special wedding ale to be revealed at a later date.

Additionally, there is a batch of all-natural vanilla root beer, several cases of Viognier, and one last pending soda that is still up in the air. Whew.

For the future, brewing will more than likely slow down, considering the new apartment and the difficulty of brewing without a back deck or porch, but I would certainly like to get in a few batches of some winter type beers (Scotch ale, perhaps bring back the all-Munich oaked stock ale for another run) before the snow outside makes it all but impossible to feasibly brew. So until then...