Up and coming Tapping!

The next tapping will be on Tuesday, September 15. We will be tapping the Collaborative Evil at 8pm. Due to it's potency (10.6% abv) it will be served in snifters. We look forward to seeing you there!

Dark Matter is Brewing

Brewed an Imperial Stout called "Dark Matter" today. It's very heavy...

Some More Great Taste Pics

But Wait There's More!

We are also tapping The Turk Belgian Saison on Aug. 20th. This saison has spicy notes due to the Saaz hops used in the boil and is rounded out with a nice Belgian yeast.

TAPPING! TAPPING! TAPPING!

It's that time again. Tapping Time!
Freshly Uberhopped (during our boil) is an Imperial IPA with 6 hop additions and 40 plus pounds of hops added. Do you like hops? Then you WILL like this! When and where you ask? 8pm at the Floss. Be there on Tues. Aug 18th or miss out on the bitterness...

GTOTMW 2009

Here's some pics from the Great Taste. Once again it was a beautiful day, albeit hot and humid, for the event. The rain clouds parted by the fest opening and the beer gods smiled upon us. Cheers to everyone who stopped by Flossmoor to sample our beer! More pics to come...

Great Taste!

Don't forget, the Great Taste of the Midwest is this weekend. We look forward to seeing all of you out there at our booth!

Farewell to the Intern

Some of you may have met Nick, our intern, during the last month. He has helped us out and had some hands-on training. Yesterday was his last day with us at Flossmoor as he goes on to intern somewhere else before he starts beer school in the fall. Good luck Nick with all of your brewing pursuits!

The Turk and more...

Brewed "The Turk" today, a Belgian style Saison with Grains of Paradise and orange peel in the mash. Should be tasty...
Keep an eye out for our tweaked version of the Panama Red. No major changes, the hops are the same and so is the balance, but it is a little "redder" in hue. We would love your feedback on the beer once it becomes available on tap. Let us know what you like or dislike about it.
It's almost time for the Great Taste of the Midwest in Madison, WI. We'll be there and hope to see everybody at the Taste!

Dortmunder Tapping!

Mark your calendars for our next tapping date: August 4th @ 8pm
We will be serving the Proam Dortmunder, here's the beer info:

O.G. 11.5 degrees Plato (1.046)
F.G. 1.5 degrees Plato (1.006)
5.3% abv

So join us for this tapping of this delicious lager beer!

Collaborative Evil 2009

Some pics from our 2009 Collaborative Evil brew, notice Bryan adding one of the "secret ingredients" to the kettle. That was one full mashtun!

Big Brew Day!

Brewed a smaller test batch of the upcoming 2009 Collaborative Evil brew. Today's Big Brew Day was a chance for some of the Flossmoor staff to help out on a brew and learn what goes into making a batch of beer. We brewed about 10 gallons of beer.

A Zephyr Among Us...

Brewed Zephyr Golden Ale today. Chicago once again surprises us with the coolest July 1st in 30 years. No complaints from the brewers...

ProAm and Bottles of IPA

We bottled the "Rye"m & Reason IPA which is now available for purchase/consumption. Look for it with the blue wax.

On another note, Steve Kamp, member of the B.O.S.S. homebrew club stopped by and helped us brew the ProAm entry for the GABF. Called "Frankenstein", after one of his cats, it is a Dortmunder and this is the first lager that Bryan and I have brewed at Flossmoor. All of us are very excited about it. Check out some of the photos of Steve hard at work!

Catch the brewery happenings with Twitter!

I now know that my lack of blogging has more to do with my lack of patience than not caring. One sentence updates are right up my alley! So if you want to catch what is the latest here at FSBC, please check out @FlossmoorBrewer on twitter.

Beer-o-Scope

Over the next couple of months, we are brewing up some pretty fun and interesting brews to be released in August and September.

Just as last year, we will be participating in a collaboration of breweries brewing the Collaborative Evil. This year's style is a Belgian Golden Strong Ale. Each brewery is adding a unique ingredient (honey, spices/herbs, exotic sugars) that makes each one different. Our ingredient is still a secret -- at least until we taste the finished beer and it doesn't suck.

We are also brewing a Pro/Am beer for the GABF. Homebrewer extraordinaire Steve Kamp and I will be making his Dortmunder-style lager called Frankenstein. A nice lager to sip away the hot, summer ending days (dare I say "dog days";)

In addition to this we are also planning "The Turk", a Belgian Saison.

Can't wait to share them all with you.

Climb the Summit!

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Our next tapping will be held on Tuesday June 23rd, 8 pm.
Here's the stats:

Name: "Rye"m & Reason IPA
ABV: 7.5%
The details: A whole lotta Summit hops in the boil followed by a generous helping of Summit & Chinook for dry hopping. Nine (9) different malts were used in this recipe, that's right, NINE!

So prepare those taste buds and get ready to "rye"m...

handing of the reins

Mug Clubbers it has recently come to my attention that I am a substandard blogger!!! So, in order to ensure that all of you have the most up-to-date info, I am handing the reins to our worthy assistant, Richard Grant. As a result, you will be getting better updates, pics and info about happenings at the brewery. Of course, I will be happy to answer any posts/questions posed to me, but day-to-day posts will now be Richard's.

bryan

Springtime Tapping June 9th!

We are moving into spring and I can't think of a better time to tap our Frühling (Springtime in German) Kölsch. A Kölsch is a light hybrid beer style originating from Köln, Germany. It uses an ale yeast that is fermented close to lager yeast temperatures, yielding a beer with many of the same characteristics as a lager and an ale. It is an easy drinking, slightly fruity, light ale with a hint of black pepper in the finish thanks to the Saaz hop addition. Please join us for a pint after 8pm.

Bryan

"Time Out" IPA tapping Tuesday, May 19th

We are tapping the next IPA in the Brewer's Whim series Tuesday May 19th. Time Out is a little lighter in color and in the ABV coming in at 7.7%. The Centennial hop is featured in this beer with a 4 hop variety dry hop in the fermenter for extra hop flavor.