Kalamazoo Konnection

One of the biggest highlights of my brewing hobby is that one special day, about once every month, that I crack open my first beer from the batch I brewed the prior month. Today was that day. I couldn't wait to get home and try my first-of-the-batch Two Hearted Ale; a clone I made of a beer of the same name from Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo Michagan. Yesterday, I carefully placed my little babies in the kegerator in preparation for today's unveiling. I thought about them all day; little work got done as I dreamt at my desk of Amarillo and Centennial hops wafting from a glass of the clear, pale nectar of the gods. I wasn't disappointed. It was perfect - the balance; the hoppy nose, the bittering flavor of some of the finest agricultural products ever to come out of the northwest. Ahhhhh......I can't wait for the keg to be ready by this weekend.

Note the clarity and the the really great glass that my daughter gave me. The head is a little light, as the beer is actually still conditioning. I haven't the patience to wait for it to finish...