Three Floyds-Moloko Stout

Damn these guys and their great beer. This is one of the best stouts I've had in a while. It's nice and dark with a slight head. The sweetness of the lactose sugar is really what make this beer. With the roasted barley,chocolate malt and oats it's surprisingly thin. Being only 7% this is really easy going down. I've had a few 22oz bombers since this came out. One should probably go in the cellaring closet before it runs out.

Northern Brewer-Wee Heavy Homebrew

My friend Kevin from work gave me a bottle of this. He used the extract kit from Northern Brewer. I am a good fan of a big malty brew. This is defiantly one of them. Not sure what the alcohol content is, but it's up there. You can taste that this is a high gravity beer. There's a good balance of malt and toffee flavor. I would love to see how this ages. Might have to give this kit a try sometime.

Rogue-Sesquicentennial Ale

My friend Carrie just got back from Oregon and brought this back for me. What a great surprise. This was the one beer that they only sell at the brewery. All of the ingredients come from Oregon. It has a amber hue with a solid one finger head. There's a grassy citrus nose. Rogue farms Oregon grown Willamette hops give it a great flavor. It's definitely a hopped up amber. Not something I would drink all the time, but would be a nice treat.

Black Majic-Barley Island Brewing

This is one of my favorites from a trip to Indianapolis. It's a really solid java stout. Pours with a good coffee colored head. There is a slight burn coffee taste. Kind of like Starbucks coffee. Not bad, not good, but definitely over roasted. Even with that, the chocolate and thinness of it make it very drinkable.

First Hop Harvest

4 rhizomes were planted in the yard this spring. Of those only one was a success. All organic compost and fertilizers were used. It seems that the I built my trellis in the yard is in a really damp area when it rains. Mid summer I transferred one sad looking rhizome to a spot next to my garage. It took off like a weed. The other three barely grew to be 3 feet tall. Next spring I plan on making a raised garden bed around the trellis to help with the damp soil. The cascade that actually grew gave me a crop of almost 4oz wet hops. I'm really excited to use them in an upcoming brew soon.