I haven't brewed since September and I have some visitors today, so it seems like a great day to brew something nice to celebrate Amanda's new job. This will be sort of a Jason-/Chouffe-inspired Belgian-style pale ale, featuring Simcoe, Columbus, and Cascade hops, and fermented using 1388 (Wyeast Belgian Strong Ale). I'll keep you posted.
In other homebrew news, in a marathon session last week I bottled both "Hon"-ey Pale Ale and Ava's House Bitter. I was terribly delinquent with dealing with both of the beers, but at least I racked the House Bitter; the honey pale sat in the primary since September! If I've learned anything about brewing, it's that beer is generally forgiving and it should turn out ok. Smelled a little funky, though.
Oh, and thanks to the cleverness of house guests, my weird attempt at a red beer got a new name: Dr. Red Socks. Jason calls it an accidental Belgian, since something funky got in there but created something very nice. A fat and malty base, some sourness and dark, figgy fruit in the nose, etc. I've sat this next to Trois Pistole before just to maybe put it in a little context, and I was pleasantly surprised. Note that I don't want to suggest that it was even remotely designed as such, but these nice things happen every once in a while.
On deck before school starts: RSA Simcoe IPA, another Belgian or two, and preparation for the round of wedding beers.
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