Haven’t done a real “state of the blog” in a while, so I thought I would catch any readers I have up on what is going on around here.
I recently brewed what I have dubbed “Winter’s End Wit” as a celebration of the end of cold weather. I brewed it on a day when I had multiple friends over, an impromptu sharing and tasting of beers and cooked out. The entire day, except for trips in to check the boil, etc. was spent on the back porch enjoying the sun. I had a nice looking set of what I call “sunglasses raccoon eyes” going the next day. We had some tasty beers shared in tiny tasting glasses which made drinking for 7 hours straight MUCH easier. I urge anyone else to do the same. Use smaller glasses, save your kidneys. 
Back to the brew…As I almost expected, I got an intense lack of conversion with the amount of unmalted wheat I used and missed OG by about .010 points. This is the first time I was that far off. The beer should top out about 4% and will make for a delicious spring session beer, which is fine as well. Much like Bob Ross, we have happy little accidents unless something affects the taste.
I am currently gearing up for the Hickory Hops festival in Hickory, NC. I have attended the last 2 years and overall this is by far my favorite festival that I have attended. This year, they are preparing for about 8 new breweries and about 40 total. If you are interested in going, get your tickets and be sure to let me know so we can meet up.
In the vein of meeting up, I want to share that I have tried to be very active in the name of Beercentric on Twitter. I have networked and made contacts that are turning into some really neat conversations and opportunities. My goal is to visit a brewery on the way to Hickory and then visit another brewery in Nashville in May. I would love to visit a local brewery every 1-2 months and do a review here on the site. If it works out, awesome. If not, at least I will get these 2 done. I do not have a brewery in mind yet for Friday April 16, so if anyone reads this that has a brewery, let me know if you are in the area between Johnson City, TN and Hickory, NC….that means you Asheville!
I have continued sporadically with the 3 word reviews on Twitter and will do a post compiling some of those real soon. I need to find a more concise way of doing them, just so tracking them is easier with hashtags. More on that later…
Again, if you don’t follow me on Twitter, my handle is @beercentric. Do it…you won’t regret it. You may become apathetic, but regret will never happen.
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