Humid Weekend and the Harley Barley

One of my best friends and his wife had the sweetest, kindest, biggest Rottweiler I had ever known. Harley was his name and he wouldn't (intentionally) hurt a fly. He was, however, a big, clumsy dog that got very excited when guests came over and he would run around and wiggle his hind quarters until he knocked something over. At about 120 pounds, he had no problem moving household items aside in his exuberance.

This weekend, DBB gave birth to an American Barely Wine (Strong Ale) named Harley Barley in his honor. It's dark, like a Rottweiler, but sweet like Harley, and big and strong to boot with an expected 10% ABV. In about eight weeks, we'll be getting our first taste.

Southern California experienced very atypical weather this weekend with high temperatures, tropical humidity, and in some places, extreme rain. It definitely made the long brew days less than comfortable. But when you do something you love, you never work a day in your life.

The past few weekends have yielded some interesting developments at DBB. Batches of the Irish Red and Lola IPA have been put into the pipeline along with the creation of the first DBB biscuits from spent grains called "Dog Bites". Currently, only peanut butter flavor is available but Lola, Killer, Meka, and Leilani all agree: They're the best!

My next post will highlight some equipment improvements that have been added over the past couple of weeks that I haven't had time to talk about.