Brewing today

But first, cigar and coffee.  I'm in the middle of a cigar from a newer company - Black Works Studio. The cigar I'm smoking is the Rorschach.  Ho-lee-CRAP this is a good one.  It smells so good before you light it that you just want to chew on it like a candy bar.  The draw is good.  The flavor is awesome.  The strength is between medium and full.  It's a thing of beauty.

I've got three, maybe four batches that I'm starting today, to include a honey beer with chocolate malt that I'm trying to turn into something like a good stout.  At least one batch to bottle, maybe two.  You know what I'm not doing?

Watching the NFL.  Go protest, you guys!  You're doing great!

UPDATE - we started five one-gallon batches of mead as a test for different yeasts.  Started a five gallon batch of apple cider with a yeast we've been wanting to try, a five gallon batch of honey beer with the chocolate malt, and a three gallon batch of blueberry mead.  We also racked a five gallon batch of wine, a one gallon batch of pear wine, and bottled a one gallon test batch of elderberry mead. Finally, we tested a batch of cherry melomel that we were hoping would come out nicely after we re-sweetened it a month ago.  No dice, it's way too sweet.  So we pitched in some champagne yeast to see what happens.  It's already sitting at 13% ABV, so if we get any sugar eaten by the champagne yeast it'll be a bonus, plus be a wine that will knock you on your ass.

All in all that's a good six hours on my feet making booze.  Life is good.