My First Beer Label
And my realization that I SUCK at photoshop....
I decided to call my latest batch of homebrew Rosie IPA (in honor of the Puppy's first christmas) and I had an idea for a label in mind. After stumbling and bumbling through the wealth of photoshop tutorials I realized that I SUCK AT PHOTOSHOP. Actually, let me clarify, I suck and graphic designing in Photoshop. I can rock Bridge + Camera Raw for photo editing, but when it comes to graphics and text and layouts and layers I SUCK. It took me an hour to figure out how to draw a rectangle that fit across the top third of the canvas!!
Anyway, I stumbled through it and I'm actually pretty happy with the result:
The crazy thing is that I think I can do all of this even easier in the simplified editor that comes with Snagit!
Chili, Baking and Homebrew

Today was a wonderful saturday. The weather was gorgeous, I didn't have any commitments, I had a batch of beer to brew, AND, to top things off, Jason came over with all the ingredients for homemade chili. He had a hankering and I wasn't going to let an offer like this pass me by.
As I worked on brewing my Chinook IPA, Jason made up some fantastic chili. Then Jen got home and decided to whip up some Tastefully Simple Beer Bread.
Chinook IPA

Aiming for:
Hoppy American IPA. Kit link
Yeast:
Safale S-05 Dry Ale Yeast. Dry. 11.5g. Rehydrated.
Speciality Grains:
| .75 lbs | Belgian Caramel Pils |
| .25 lbs | Briess Caramel 120 |
Malts:
| 6 lbs | Pilsen malt syrup | Liquid |
| 1 lb. | Pilsen malt extract | dry |
Hops:
| 1 oz. | Chinook | 60 minutes | 11.2% AAU |
| .5 oz. | Chinook | 10 minutes | 11.2% AAU |
| .5 oz. | Chinook | 1 minute | 11.2% AAU |
| 1 oz. | Chinook | Dry Hop | 11.2% AAU |
Calculated IBUs: 38 IBUs (via calculator)
OG: 1.070 @ 70 Degrees
FG:
ABV:
Brew Day Pics (11/12/2011):
Racked to Secondary (11/22/2011):
FG: 1.018
Bottled on 12/3/2011:










