Brother Chris

On Saturday, Brother B stopped by bearing a growler of Bother Chris's Wet Hop Ale #1. Brother Chris is a home brewer. Shifting from extracts, this ale is his first attempt at making beer from whole grains using the hops from Bother B's backyard.

Opening the growler, the ale smelled of hops, flowery and fresh. After tasting Sierra Nevada's Anniversary Ale, I concur at the description. This is a wet hopped ale. It's a cloudy and tart. It's not clean, the tartness lingers.

When Brother Tom stopped by the Church later in the afternoon, we foisted on him a pint. He liked it. He said, "It tastes like a beer I'd buy at store."

Brother B and I agree, it's a successful first batch.

Cheers,

RD