Cooling Off

It's finally starting to cool off again. This means it is time to start brewing again. First on the agenda is going to be a specialty beer. Then, I shall get back into working on a main line up for possibly a future venture.

Gee gally!! What ever specialty beer could I be brewing? Well it is that time of year were there could be many choices. I was thinking about an Octoberfest beer, however, it is a little to late to be starting that. Next reasonable choice is a pumpkin beer.

I have given it a name already without even starting the beer. I shall call it "Hessian Pumpkin Spice." Why Hessian you might ask? Doesn't everyone hate stories behind names? Okay well it's all about the story of "Sleepy Hollow." The headless horseman was in fact a Hessian solider that had is head shot off by a canon ball while helping the British in the Revolutionary War. Somehow, the story became a part of Halloween's folklore, which I can only imagine came from the story of Ichabod Craine where his hat was found next to a shattered pumpkin. Hessian's happen to be German, and most beer is known to start there. So, hence the name. Hoping that I can get a label for this beer with the headless horseman depicted on it, then the story will not be so hard to explain.

The brewing shall commence on 9/22/2010. The brew should be ready by Halloween, and most importantly a party that I shall be attending. I will be bringing most of it to the party with some comment cards to get outside the friend circle input on the many features that make up a beer. First time I will have ever done this so good or bad comments will be welcome.

So then, I shall leave this post out there for the world to see and continue on my merry way. More posts to come with the brewing activity.