Long time.

Wow, it's been awhile since I have written. Not really all that much to report. I keep hoping to get out on my mtb, but it keeps snowing. Not alot, but just enough here and there to thwart that idea. Been climbing pretty frequently. I have days when I feel great and strong, and other days when I don't feel so good. So it goes.
The porter that I brewed has been getting good feedback. With all the flavor additions, it seems like everyone gets something different. I have heard ginger, chocolate, juniper, and licorice from various people. Since then I have made a Belgian style strong ale (think Duvel) and a stout. I bottled half the batch of stout with coffee to make a coffee stout and half as is. I have tasted both stouts and they are good so far, but need a little more time in the bottle. The Belgian took a month to ferment fully and I am expecting a longer than normal time in the bottle to carbonate.
This week I started my first batch of all grain beer. It definitely took alot more time to make, but if you think the process though and plan it out, I don't feel as if it is any more difficult. It is fermented solely with a strain of wild yeast found in lambics called b. lambicus. It should be interesting, although I started it two days ago and have yet to see signs of fermentation.
to be continued....