Hello everybody, welcome to a blog that documents my boredom and my beer brewing in the summer time. What you will find here is a run down of what is being Brewed at 1055 Morewood ave
So a bit of history, 1055 brewery is ran by myself (vince) and my friend jon (but he is gone now so i guess i will continue on the history taking all the credit) around the beginning of summer 2006. Since then we have brewed about 5-6 different beers, and it has been fun. When looking through out different beers you will notice all the weird names, these are just little inside jokes and whatnots from our fraternity at carnegie mellon university.
But none the less, here is a quick run down of what the 1055 Brewery has turned out in the past year or so of brewing (in chronological order)...
1) Pilsner - first beer we made, wasn't anything to special, just a simple pilsner, we did this completely from a kit, so i'm not sure if i would refer to it as an actual 1055 Beer, but we made it so fuck you.
2) Poling Tree Maple Brown Ale - Our second brew, we did this one with extracts and grains, and it turned out great, possibly one of the best beers we made and it was basically our first attempt at brewing ourselves. This one was a simple brown ale recipe that we added all natural maple syrup to. It came out a nice rich tasting beer with just a hint of maple in the background. This will probably be remade as an all grain recipe in the near future.
3) Double Ringer Summertime Wheat (Belgian Wit) - This was another extract with grains attempt, and it was an attempt at a Belgian Wit beer. This beer was very reminiscent of Celis White (great beer), but a bit more bitter. I must say though, i actually have a few of these left, and I drink one every once in a while and it really has aged well, it tastes significantly more smooth, and more flavorful.
4) Puddles Pale Ale (American Pale Ale) - This was our first attempt at making an all-grain beer, and it came out amazing. This beer, which was around 6-7% alcohol had all the great makings of an amazing American Pale Ale. Had good levels of bitterness, but wasn't as bitter as an IPA, i am really looking forward to making this one again.
5) Blackout Cider (Apple Cider) - Though was called it a cider, it really was more of an Apple Wine, clocking in at around 20% alcohol, this was quite potent. We ended up using champaign yeast, so the final product is quite dry, and not easy to drink quickly, but still a good drink.
6) Oatmeal Porter - After visiting rock bottom and having an amazing oatmeal porter there we decided to take a shot at it ourselves, this was a typical porter, with roasted oats added, unfortionatly we screwed up the carbonation levels, so you had to wait out the high levels of head before you could consume it, but overall it was an excellent brew.
So that is all the brews that we have completed, so look for some updates on beers that i am making, different beer reviews, and eventually i will get around to posting all the recipes of all those beers listed above
