This is what every stout should look like, so bright you can see your camera in it.
First Pint
This was a very exciting day, today I was able to order my beer in a pub. I had dreamed of this day ever since the first home brew in Manchester. As you can see I was too excited and had had a bit before saving the moment for posterity. My first pint of Bloodletter IPA went down very well.
It was a wonderful evening with many great comments from customers, friends and family.
Thank-you all for helping make this possible.
First Commercial Brew Kegged
Admiral’s Arch Ale
The admiral hops finally showed up. This evening we were down at UBrew running up a test batch of Single Variety Admiral Ale. I have been meaning to do a batch with Admiral for ages, as a British hop with a pungent orange aroma, I want to see how it compares to the citrus notes of Citra and Amarillo.
The bowl of hops you see in the picture above had an exceeding delicious orange aroma, with light herbal tones. I can’t wait to see what it comes out like. It is 2-3 weeks till I can, and I will keep you posted.
Label Design
I have been busy with the old laptop, designing some beer bottle labels. It took a bit of effort and vocal encouragement for it all to line up, but finally I got something I was happy with; and the wife approved of. Then to the laser printer, print it out and glue it onto a bottle of our fine Bloodletter IPA Test Batch 3.
Now all that remains is to sit down in front of the TV and drink some beer out of a labelled bottle 🙂
Full Steam Ahead
We are getting the R&D machine into full flow, I will be brewing every weekend from now until middle of October. I may be slightly bad at keeping the posts coming, but will try to keep the updates flowing.
Lunchtime Update
Two exciting things happened this lunch time:
1. I had a delicious Porter and Massaman Curry in the Thai pub round the corner;
2. The business cards finally appeared, this is good they have The Beerblefish Logo on them and he looks happy 🙂
Plans
So …things that have happened since the last post:
- The signs are up for the company
- Our new fabulous t-Shirts arrived
- We have been speaking with Matt at UBrew
- We have joined SIBA as a provisional member
Great British Beer Festival
We have been getting things ready for our visit to the Great British Beer Festival. We have designed a BeerbleFish for the logo and hope to have some t-Shirts to wear to the festival. Where we will be undertaking some essential market research, and look forward to meeting you all there.
Today we have been doing some development work down in Bermondsey in the UBrew Arches, on a Golden Light Ale.
Welcome to Beerblefish Brewing Company
We have been busy at Beerblefish Brewing Company, and finally we have a company. Welcome to all of you who have made it this far.
Here we will be recording our exciting journey running a brewing enterprise.
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