This is not just a little late.

Weizen Guy finished lagering and has been on tap at the Porterhouse for two weeks now - it's my wheat bock-ish lager. With an estery bouquet, medium body, and spicy wheat driven palate; Weizen Guy is a quaffable lager. Sitting at close to 6% abv this is bigger than most of the beers I've been brewing lately.

I miss the Skye Dew already so I plan to brew another batch of that in the fall. I was really smitten with Skye Dew. Until then, it'll be lagers all the way - little ones, big ones, dark ones, hoppy ones, malty ones, dry ones. You get the idea.

Except for the occasional specialty ale, like Skye Dew, all that I'm going to brew at the Porterhouse from now on is.......you guessed it, lagers.

Why? Two reasons; firstly, our well water in Lahaska is perfectly suited for lagers; soft, with mild natural sulfates, mild mineral content, and perfectly neutral PH. Secondly, our patrons love lagers. This doesn't mean that I'll be filling our tanks with PBR knock-offs; no, no, no. Absolutely no way will I brew one of those - there are enough corn lagers out there for folks to choose from already. Maybe this will open a few eyes about what a lager can be; or maybe I'll be the only one that gives a crap.

Last week I brewed up a second round for one of the original four brews that put together when I first took over brewing for Porterhouse back in 2006 - Peace Keeper. Peace Keeper is a Baltic Porter (yes it's a lager) that Tom Baker originally guest brewed with me back in 2006. It will replace the Thug Flemish Sour Stout.

So; here's the updated tap list:
House Brews:

• Weizen Guy - Wheat Lager
  
• Red Rye Ale
  
• Thug - Belgian Style Stout
• Left Field Lager

Guest Taps:

• Philadelphia Brewing Co - Kenzinger
• Philadelphia Brewing Co - Walt Wit
• Philadelphia Brewing Co - Newbold IPA
• Oskar Blues - Dales Pale Ale

On Tap at Porterhouse

House Brews:

Skye Dew - Mild Scotch Ale; brewed with peated malt, round and smokey

Browne Mild - English Dark Mild; brewed with brown malt, nice and roasty

Dark Wheat - Weird, dark, red wheat beer; a real phenol bomb

Thug - A dry Irish stout malt bill fermented with a Belgian yeast; starts like an Irish stout and finishes with a Belgian tang.

Guest Taps:
Dales Pale Ale
Stone IPA
Ommegang Witte
Sly Fox Pikeland Pils

What's on tap at the Porterhouse:
Dark Wheat - Ameri-Belgique Wheat Ale - This is a ruby hued wheat beer that tastes like liquid wheat toast. Crystal malted wheat and european hops give this ale a pleasing spicy palate. 5% abv

Harvest Lager - An Octoberfest-ish amber lager brewed with malted wheat & vienna malts; wet hopped with home-grown Pennsylvania hops. This one runs about 5% abv

Skye Dew -A mild Scottish Ale brewed with a touch of Whisky malt and fermented cool to pronounce this belly washer's malt flavors. The peated whisky malt gives this beer a smoky flavor reminiscent of whisky from Scotland's Isle of Skye. 3.8 % abv.

Browne Mild - Like roasty flavored brews? This is a way-back brown ale brewed with old-timey brown malt along with the finest English pale malts and hops. Brown malt was a prevelant ingredient at one time in English brewing history; all English brown ales might have tasted like this before malting technology advanced. I first brewed this recipe with Heavy-Tom Baker for his Heavyweight Mild series. 3.5 abv id'nt it now m'lord?