I thought I was going to leave Canada a bit earlier, but ended up having one more go before I head out in a few hours! We dropped by The Vineyard in Calgary to pick up one more set of ingredients, and this time it was mostly +Mark Girard doing the recipe-ing. He developed a version of a nice Scottish 80 Shilling and we did another go with his new and improved mash tun! This time, much more success. The grains fit much better in the 5gallon mash tun, the braided steel tubing fits better with the magic Mark fix, and the boil was much nicer with a hop bag to remove some of the sludge that they have been getting in their fermenters.
I was really glad to be involved in three wonderful Hannah & Mark Brewing Co. brews while up here, and I look forward to many more from them in the coming months. Since I hope to be back and forth for the next year (plus) I can't wait to taste more of their creativity!
Until I get the chance to brew again, enjoy these photos and some rambles on the brewing life in the US.
All fifty states can homebrew legally now! Alabama finally voted it in. Also, CraftBeer.com released a great image of the US with some of the craft breweries making up the map for Craft Beer Week. I want one printed up! And lastly, the Texas house approved the new law for breweries distributing! We are one step closer to letting me bring my growlers into the breweries and get them filled up. FINALLY!!!
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