Future brewing plans

One of the more interesting hobbies that I picked up during my college years (there are a whole spectrum since I’m a chronic dabbler, and I’ve decided to slowly reveal a few at a time… something productive must come out of all that time spent reading random Wikipedia articles about chess openings!) is the art of brewing. I wouldn’t go as far to call myself a master brewer yet, but perhaps I can bestow the title of journeyman on myself. I’ve made several batches, with and without the help of friends, and all of what I’ve made thus far has turned out to be quite delectable! Since another one of my dilettante activities is the copious consumption of historical texts, I decided for my last brew to follow a recipe for a 1940’s style American IPA. The history of the IPA in general is quite fascinating, and the Wikipedia article (bear with me here!) does a fantastic job covering its inception. Anyhow, I digress…

Since my last brew was historical, I want to follow along that trend and perhaps experiment a bit more with the recipe. My last batches have more or less followed the recipes provided by Austin Homebrew, which have been so nice, that I’m weary of deviating from the literal instructions… but perhaps it is time! The next batch I’m planning on cooking up is a Wee Heavy style beer which at one point was my favorite style… and I anticipate this style will overtake the IPA in a year or two as the most popular beer amongst the snobs out there. Anyways, the Wee Heavy style is a prototypical Scottish beer with lots of malt plus a high hop level, essentially heaven in a bottle! If I get around to brewing in the next couple of weeks, I’ll post progress photos of the process (and perhaps some brief blurbs on what is actually going on)!