Winemaker’s Musings September 2019 Well it has been a couple months or so since my last entry. After our bitter winter we expected low crop amounts on a number of varieties, but were pleasantly surprised to find the best production number in years as the growing season itself was very good. Drier would have been[…]
Jim Brewmaster’s Blast September 2019 Man, what a summer. For this first summer season we had our new 7 BBL brew system fully operational. Allowed me to brew more than twice as much with half the work. There was some head scratching with the new Mash Tun as I had to recalibrate my recipes for[…]
Brewmaster’s Blast January 2019 The brewhouse is a bit quiet this time of year. I have finished the initial installation of the 7bbl brewing equipment and am spending a fair amount of time on getting set-up the way I want it. When finished will be able to use the Hot Liquor Tank (HLT) to heat[…]
It has been a few months since my, the Winemaker’s, last post. Been exceptionally busy with my “other job”! But, the verdict is in on this seasons semi-sweet wines. It was a VERY good year for them. Most of the wines are a bit on the drier side again as our acid levels were low. I[…]
Blues Festival Nirvana. Wow. Such a gorgeous day for a daydream… I mean a Spring, Wine, Beer, Blues, and Balloon Festival. The only hitch were the winds that prevented the balloons from launching. We were able to get a balloon in the erect position, fully inflated, to do a glow. It was nice. We were near[…]
Brewmaster’s Blast June 2018 Brewing is cranking up again. I just brewed Jack’s Nut Brown ale. First time in a couple of years for this one. It is a light brown English style ale. Easy to drink with just a bit of malty sophistication. Be on tap soon. I also just brewed our Raspberry Wheat[…]
Winemaker’s Musing 2018 Things are cooking along at Soaring Wings. The new Amphitheater is up and running and our first big concert with the Blues Festival June 2nd is looming ahead. As for the wine… We just pumped the last of the dry wines out of the barrels and placed them in stainless steel tanks[…]