tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87300350580457498122024-02-18T19:54:08.721-08:00Steller BrewingJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931623258602006205noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730035058045749812.post-33188896238129232532011-01-18T12:45:00.001-08:002011-01-18T12:50:06.271-08:00First beer of 2011!Ha. So my last post was about deciding what should be the first beer of 2010. Sadly this next post is the same question, only a year later.<br /><br />Let's see... last year we brewed an IPA and an Amber. <br /><br />Both were fantastically delicious. But only 2 batches in a year?!? It was a slow year due to my being in China for 3 months taking a detailed study of <a href="http://www.tsingtaobeer.com/">Tsing Tao</a>, a beer I whole-heartedly recommend when you can buy it for 23¢ USD – but not soo much if you pay any more than that.<br /><br />So this year... what will it be? We've moved since our last batch, so we're curious if the difference in water will change our beer a bit... probably not, since the water's from the same source, just different pipes I suppose...<br /><br />More beer stories to come soon!Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931623258602006205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730035058045749812.post-45217808787173254382010-01-04T12:07:00.000-08:002010-01-04T12:10:03.448-08:00First beer of 2010?So, not sure this blog has too many readers... yet =P<div><br /></div><div>But the few of you reading, anyone have suggestions for what beer we should brew for our first of 2010?</div><div><br /></div><div>So far we've done:</div><div><ul><li>European Brown</li><li>Porter</li><li>Golden Ale</li><li>German Hefeweizen </li><li>and a Fig Wine</li></ul>What should be next?</div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931623258602006205noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730035058045749812.post-89101783464477252542009-12-05T17:46:00.000-08:002009-12-05T18:52:34.313-08:00Happy Repeal Day!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNQprgOkq5odxa_SeeLsdRXGNUSrFMaluxY3LzvZEU5GX9BiuIsdVF0V1Lq8IQm81eA4khLJuy2dwGxggqJ3VJ7XuLE5mla7MULudF2UJQ8RkWO0JyQqbSKs7K4CERaMMFg440CUBGxzL/s1600-h/DSC_0397.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNQprgOkq5odxa_SeeLsdRXGNUSrFMaluxY3LzvZEU5GX9BiuIsdVF0V1Lq8IQm81eA4khLJuy2dwGxggqJ3VJ7XuLE5mla7MULudF2UJQ8RkWO0JyQqbSKs7K4CERaMMFg440CUBGxzL/s320/DSC_0397.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411950588235330946" /></a><div><br /></div>Remember remember, the 5th of December...<div><br /></div><div>It had been 14 years of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States">prohibition</a> when on December 5th 1933 the 21st Amendment was ratified, giving back the right to enjoy a most delicious, celebratory beverage.</div><div><br /></div><div>Shelley and I are celebrating with our German Style Hefeweizen. </div><div><br /></div><div>Yum!</div><div><br /></div><div>Happy <a href="http://www.repealday.org/">Repeal Day</a>!</div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931623258602006205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730035058045749812.post-26322317979753148432009-07-11T15:05:00.000-07:002009-07-11T15:08:23.675-07:00Summer Beer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dget9vlKhC3MLTlHqceSGIGnK65kikjLG0pj01HH2WykKwPLgl7X-rG5zwRvGToVKZMW_rO2PGgFOqNJGAAhfzMU1w5Rs7RGpjLrk7OyIwhUBEQJyD1kjDnVtUr1kPYo44NKpZJ2RWkG/s1600-h/DSC_0009.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dget9vlKhC3MLTlHqceSGIGnK65kikjLG0pj01HH2WykKwPLgl7X-rG5zwRvGToVKZMW_rO2PGgFOqNJGAAhfzMU1w5Rs7RGpjLrk7OyIwhUBEQJyD1kjDnVtUr1kPYo44NKpZJ2RWkG/s320/DSC_0009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357327414190150610" /></a>Here at <b>Steller Brewing Company</b>, we've been making some pretty dark beers... our first a European Brown, then a Porter... so given it's summer time and all, we decided it was time for something a little lighter.<div><br /></div><div>We just bottled our first <b>Golden Ale. </b></div><div><br /></div><div>So far it seems like it's going to be a nice, light summer ale, maybe a bit more hoppy than what we've done so far.</div><div><br /></div><div>Can't wait to start drinking it.</div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931623258602006205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730035058045749812.post-78899837375673411032009-07-11T15:00:00.001-07:002009-07-11T15:05:39.914-07:00Fig Wine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZ_pfC-bNjasYSG_ij7Ihv9jdHQH_3Wqvevgk8ATLK792rnDX7PyU3Aqvr81GmUmLINf8UsFuWDy4ITOyXKcVWfruQ_r1QkfLktuAlEsTx0WJcnYploYkKbGa9nWAgtfycWyKW1b2rJFm/s1600-h/DSC_0005.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZ_pfC-bNjasYSG_ij7Ihv9jdHQH_3Wqvevgk8ATLK792rnDX7PyU3Aqvr81GmUmLINf8UsFuWDy4ITOyXKcVWfruQ_r1QkfLktuAlEsTx0WJcnYploYkKbGa9nWAgtfycWyKW1b2rJFm/s320/DSC_0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357326189042288866" /></a>Inspired by a recipe in Craft Magazine, Steller Brewing has decided to take its first venture into Wine making... with our first attempt being a:<div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Fig wine!</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It has been a blast to make so far... not all that different from beer brewing, although it takes WAY longer... so if you're impatient, stick with brewing beer.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Also, I'm getting very mixed reactions from people when I tell them about the fig wine... a few think it sounds amazingly delicious, but most think, "hmmm, that sounds weird, and not tasty". Meh! I say to them. Meh!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I just tried that little glass you see pictured, and it's gotten quite tasty aging over the past couple months. A while longer in the bottles and it's going to be mad delicious. Or maybe gross. We'll see =D</span></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931623258602006205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730035058045749812.post-6237993533399642582009-07-11T14:39:00.000-07:002009-07-11T14:59:57.011-07:00Back in Action<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-G1zzDEEIEby6X-l_aukhnsMdxFEEdDXLtJi8a5Gi3CDXsYkECm_HB9Ez1g7iK0XQvI7WQo3LDFGlUnXBmupKFA_XifilwmHkO-Q-v2keLxhP-A2OhvsU4KUYlEzG8er0S1y6boTXeFXX/s1600-h/TakeMyBagsPorter.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-G1zzDEEIEby6X-l_aukhnsMdxFEEdDXLtJi8a5Gi3CDXsYkECm_HB9Ez1g7iK0XQvI7WQo3LDFGlUnXBmupKFA_XifilwmHkO-Q-v2keLxhP-A2OhvsU4KUYlEzG8er0S1y6boTXeFXX/s400/TakeMyBagsPorter.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357324722162110978" /></a>While this blog doesn't seem to show it, we've been slowly but surely keeping the brewing going.<div><br /></div><div>Last Fall we brewed our second batch, a deliciously dark Porter, and all that's left of it is the recipe... and these kind words from Kit</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:smaller;"><dt id="c3267135584926154032" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal bold 112%/1.4em Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; white-space: nowrap; cursor: pointer; "><span dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/12881703681135893121" rel="nofollow" onclick="" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; ">Kit</a></span> said...</dt><dd style="padding-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font-size:smaller">my boyfriend won a bottle of your steller porter at a gift exchange at the rose house and gave it to me (he does not drink) and it was AMAZING! where can i get more??? thank you!</p><p class="comment-timestamp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; ">January 4, 2009 7:45 PM</p></dd></span></div><div>Thanks Kit!</div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931623258602006205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8730035058045749812.post-22301213072929175392008-10-28T18:42:00.000-07:002008-10-28T18:48:21.471-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideHXhvyoP0VBXdWC_MrvdRUDvcG0nZmiTkHmdud1BjRz4tTAUzjCAlwtmN1mAcFJJnvYi21FUt94CEX9jpFxu1u8SghNouWNeOXlf-MuYXs4SYBBUz0OR6xX0LhpAjTJDN7XkdJWpJCId/s1600-h/DSC_0120.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideHXhvyoP0VBXdWC_MrvdRUDvcG0nZmiTkHmdud1BjRz4tTAUzjCAlwtmN1mAcFJJnvYi21FUt94CEX9jpFxu1u8SghNouWNeOXlf-MuYXs4SYBBUz0OR6xX0LhpAjTJDN7XkdJWpJCId/s200/DSC_0120.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262385677353574754" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Steller Brewing</span> is born!<div><br /></div><div>You've reached the home of the best beer ever <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(brewed by Shelley and Josh)</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>To your left you see our first batch of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">European Brown.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>It came out awesome, and particularly strong.</div><div><br /></div><div>Delicious.</div><div><br /></div><div>Stay tuned for future brewing fun.</div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931623258602006205noreply@blogger.com2