Happy New Year!
College Football Bowls
2009 is here. It's time to put the party hats away. Or is it?...
While watching the BCS bowl game between Florida and Oklahoma (notice I said bowl game not championship game), I am reminded of my college days when all the bowl games concluded on New Year's Day. It was awesome!! You had meaningful bowl games all day long while you nursed your hangover.
It is funny that none of the games are as meaningful because there is really no championship game. So why watch any bowl games on New Year's Day? College football needs a playoff system. Eight teams should play on New Years Day. Then 2 more weeks of playoff games to find the one true champion.
Okay. No more college playoff soapbox talk. Let's get back to the true topic on hand...beer. As I kicked back and watched the bowl game, I eased my football aggressions by drinking a Coopers India Pale Ale that we made in October. You can check out my entry about making this beer in the MakeBeer.net brewers blog.
We made this IPA using 1 kg of Dextrose instead of the 300 grams that is recommended on the kit. I was curious how it would turn out. My friend Mark Henry said that the Coopers IPA was his favorite Coopers beer kit and that is how he makes it. I have been test tasting it over the last couple of months. In November and December the beer was on the sweet side. Today the beer tasted great. The sweetness has finally dried out and brew has aged quite nice. I think a one more month aging and it will be just right. The Coopers India Pale Ale is designed along the line of an English India Pale Ale (think Fullers IPA) not a Pacific Northwest India Pale Ale.
CHEERS!
We at MakeBeer.net would like to thank all of you for getting the word out about Cooper's products. We know that it's our dedicated brewing buddies that have got MakeBeer this far. We would like to toast all of you!
We'd also like to welcome our new home beer brewers as well! Welcome to our little club.
As we move forward into the new year, we plan for some more big changes. "Our New Years resolution" We love to hear from you, our brewing buddies, on what you'd like to see with MakeBeer.net. Your input is very important to us and we want everyone to have the best possible experience.
Email your suggestions to info@makebeer.net
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Brewers Blog News:
Blog gets Zuned! Some of you may have noticed that the Brewer's blog went down for a few days. We had an unfortunate accident involving a gremlin that cause our blog to break. We are working to get it back up to it's original state. Please be patient. We'd like to thank those who have contributed to our blog. We hope to increase involvement in it by offering more information.
Got a brewing story? Or Maybe a cool recipe you've discovered.
Email it to brewmaster@makebeer.net. We'll review it and maybe post it on our blog.
Here's to a good 2009!
Cheers!
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