Beer updates

The new KFB brew, named June Gloom, has been conditioning in the bottle for 8 days now. We'll do an early tasting on Sunday, just shy of 2 weeks. A quick taste from the hydrometer reading was promising - nicely malty, lightly hopped, strong cloves, good amount of citrus. ABV somewhere near 10%.

I just bottled my Skittlebrau today. Let's just say it's v1.0. I had added two containers of Welch's passion fruit concentrate, but that was apparently not quite enough to really lend a strong fruit flavor to the beer. It's there, but it's not strong. Again, the hydrometer tasting was positive. ABV somewhere near 8%.

In the next few days, I'll be bottling The Mayor of Chile Town, an amber with honey and guajillo chiles. At the same time, I'll brew The Pope of Chile Town. As the name might suggest, it's in the same theme but much stronger - ABV target is 12-13% - and it'll be loaded (LOADED) with chiles - guajillo, ancho, arbol, and serrano for that tip-of-the-tongue burn.