The Porter Worked

It's actually kind of funny that I am writing this now since my homebrewed porter is just about gone. It turned out fantastic though. Everyone who has tried it said they loved it, even my son who is a real beer snob. He went to Europe this past summer and got spoiled with amazing suds. He brought one home for me from Germany that was brewed in an Abby way up on some small mountain. He said you have to trek about 4 miles up this big hill to get to it.

The Porter:
Great body= full flavored all over the tongue
Lace = smooth and not too heavy.
As it hits your tongue there is a smoothness and then a rich full-bodied flavor. You can taste a hint of chocolate malt and then a touch of English bitters. There is a slight hop at the end on the back of the tongue which does not linger. Very nice. The secondary really cleaned it up well.

The temp is dropping so I think I'll brew a Boston Ale. I got a great deal online. I discovered that my wife is not too much of a Belgian fan so I may reserve that brew for Christmas when we have something else still in stock.

My summer was... um... well.... mundane for the most part. I worked on biblical Hebrew three days per week for 8 hours per day. The other days and some evenings I worked at Alger Park CRC where I am the Director of Adult Ministries. We did go camping for a week in Ontario with my wife's family and our two oldest boys came out to visit from Colorado. It was great to see them and we even got in a little DnD and a Ren Faire. What a blast.

The fall quarter starts soon so we're trying to find money for books. Freda, Jeremy and I will be spending a total of about $800 on school books this quarter. I suddenly feel nauseous. New students are moving every week lately and we are paired up with a family from Japan to help them feel at home.

Well that's it for now.


'til next time,

AKD