Born on the 4th of July!

Brewed a kit for the second time in my brewing life.  Boundary Waters American Wheat from Midwest.  I modified it a little, some on purpose, some by accident.  It is currently bubbling away in the basement awaiting the day it can be drunk in honor of the 4th!

As a was explaining the brewing process to a friend who happened by, the boil started unexpectedly and in my rush to get the first hops in I grabbed the wrong bag and dumped them in.....  soooo......  it will be an all new beer!   Put Palisade in for the bittering hops and Sterling for the flavor/aroma hops instead of the other way around.  Meant to look up the hops and see what they are but have yet to get around to that.  My guess is I will drink it when it's done.

On another note. 
The Amber Ale I brewed a few weeks ago finished its primary fermentation and I decided to try something.  I had planned on kegging half and bottling half, 10 gallon batch, and have heard allot on the uselessness of secondary.  Now I have always made very clear beers and think it's due to the secondary fermentation.  But I put half right in the keg and the other half in a carboy to bottle in a couple more weeks.  The kegged half I started drinking last week, it did not clear out very well, so I dubbed it Merriman Mud Ale.  It tastes great and has had good reviews from samplers who happen by, and has cleared a little but not much.  The big test will be a side by side comparison after the bottles are ready.

Cheers!