Freezing my eis off
the making of
Mongrel Brewing Company’s
High Voltage Bock and Roll
One of the many great perks about living in Iowa is the ability to do your eis bock au naturel. I pulled it from my fridge around 1:30am this morning, scared the droppings out of the handful of deer nosing for grass in my yard and plopped my bock in the snow. I’ve checked it every hour or two since, and stumbled upon the above portrait. You can have your Tequila Sunrise; I’ll take my Beer Lover’s Sunrise any day of the week. I knew I should share it with you. Ain’t it pretty?
February 9, 2008 at 9:53 am
Nice pic!
So are you filtering out the ice crystals?
February 9, 2008 at 10:08 am
Where area of Iowa do you reside?
February 9, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Adam-racked from one keg to another, leaving the ice behind.
diginux-SW, near Prescott, population 261ish
February 10, 2008 at 1:19 pm
They (heart) carbs in Iowa, too, eh?!? That’s fun to see.
February 12, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Love the culture cross of brewing and rock and roll. It seems to me that you are truely having fun making beer, very adventurous, and getting up at 1:30 to set your beer out, that is dedication. Brew on man, brew on!
March 2, 2008 at 8:46 am
[...] with great expectations, I took a keg of my For Those About To Bock outside on a cold February night. The plan was to eis half of this ten gallon batch in a snow bank. Every so often, I’d check [...]