My parents were in town yesterday and took some pictures of the baby, BEER mom and I. My dad was also the first person other than me and BEER mom who tried my coffee beer. He says it was good, but refused to take any with him because he knew I secretly wanted to keep it.
Here are the pictures from yesterday…
I am pleased to introduce the newest addition to the BEER dad, Beer Company, and Wichita Brewing Co. line of ales: Wichita Coffee Beer.
I admit, I first got into it Thursday evening but was too busy updating all our sites to post anything then.
This coffee beer is just as dark as my espresso stout (which was made with espresso rather than drip brewed coffee) but is a little lighter in body and doesn’t come with the same after taste. Those of you who have been following me on twitter probably know all about that by now. I know many of you are also waiting to try some.
I’m also pleased to announce the first ever bi-monthly BEER dad beer tasting party, and the larger announcement – if economic and market conditions appear suitable (I’m currently doing research) I may consider starting a full blown brewery. More on all that later.
Our coffee beer is now living in 67 wonderful bottles of caffeinated goodness. We bottled it last night prior to the Riverfest fireworks finale. Once again we followed our usual bottling routine, meaning I sterilized and sanitized everything, primed the bottles, and begin filling them when everything was ready.
The bubbling in the fermenter is beginning to slow which means it’s almost bottling time. I need to pick up more corn sugar Saturday morning because I ran out, so most likely we will do work Saturday afternoon.
I also received my bottle caps and a new thermometer today, so other than the sugar and the beer being not quite ready, everything is good to go.
People have asked if I ever thought about putting labels on my beer, which currently I do not plan on doing, but I am looking into how much it would cost to have my own BEER dad or Beercompany bottle caps made.
I’ll be back this weekend with pictures from bottling, and hopefully whatever information I find on having custom caps made. The ones I have been using are what they call “overrun caps” because they are custom caps that go over the quantity ordered and are then sold in bulk at a discount.
These I got today are for a well known brand.
