

Brewed some Belgian-style wit (white) beer last night.
Malt Extract: Wheat 6 lbs.
Grain Bill: CaraPils 7 oz & Belgian Aromatic 1 oz
Hops: Perle (8.5%) .45 oz & Saaz .5 oz
Extras: Coriander .5 oz, Bitter Orange Peel .5 oz & Corn Sugar .5 lbs.
Yeast: Wyeast 3944 Belgian White
Here's the boil:

Finally bottled the Belgian Dubbel. Thirty-three 12 oz. bottles and six 32 oz. flip-top bottles. Thanks Oscar. Yr a true homie, but yr probably just thirsty.
Berry Christmas Eve!

Happy Winter Solstice! What a way to begin the winter.
Los Compadres Brewing Club's first official meeting started with brewing a Belgian Dubbel. Thanks again to Oscar and Joaquin for their assistance. We sipped on the 3-week old Berry Christmas JPA and Mazon's Oatmeal Stout Cerveza.
Belgian Dubbel info:
Original gravity: 1.061
Second fermentation on: 1/2/2010
Bottling: 2/11/2010
Drinking: 2/11/2011???
I don't know if I would be able to wait that long but I hear that up to these many months is ideal.

New batch. New label.

Thanks to my compas for their "hands-on" help this time. They're always around for moral support but this time they came through to put in some real work.
At the Reckholder Beer Co. bottling department:

Today is Sofia's 4th birthday and to celebrate I moved the wort from the 1st fermenter to the glass carboy.
Two more weeks to go.

Patience, patience, patience.

Today was the first day of brewing my second batch. I went to the store earlier in the day to buy the main ingredient for this beer, juniper berries.
After 3 hours of watching water and wort boil we finally threw it into the first fermenting bucket. Next Sunday I move it to the glass carboy.
Thanks for yr help Joaquin.

Juniper (English): Reckholder, Wacholder (German); Enebro, Junipero (Spanish); Ginepro (Italian).
Pics taken by Moose during the celebration.


It's time!

First batch of brew is ready to drink. Premier is on Friday.
Here are some pics during the labeling process.

Doing Oktoberfest in Alpine Village (Torrance, Ca) before Recktoberfest!

Me, Jose T., Matthew, Joaquin C., & Gerardo
Reckholder Beer Company logo:

The idea for the logo came from two things: the quetzal, Guatemalan national bird, and the German coat of arms.
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I was as happy as the day Sofia and then Santi were born.

At least the label is ready.
The concept for the label came from the flag of where we came from, Guatemala. As well as the Bavarian flag, from where my German ancestors were from. The trees are ceibas, sacred tree of my Mayan ancestors and national tree of Guatemala. They are the trees that stand in the middle of the earth, connecting the terrestrial world to the spirit-world above.

Tamale pots are good for brewing too!

Finally decided to buy the ingredients. It's on.
