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I suppose every homebrewer toys with the idea of owning his or her own brewery in some form or another.  For me, it’s a brew pub. 

If the opportunity presents itself down the line, that’s what I’ll do with the next phase of my life.  I’m pretty locked in to what I’m doing now for the next several years, but my next gig will involve a change in profession.  I’d like that change to involve entrepreneurship for sure.  Why not brewing?

I’ve informally been calling my backyard brewing operation Almaden Valley Brewing.  I like the name, so there it is.  For now at least.  Assuming my future establishment opens in the general vicinity, the name will stick.

I’m also brewing beers with different ingredients in an attempt to figure out what each does to flavor/aroma, and how they play together.  The end result will be my standard offerings.  I’m planning four or five standard brews - a wheat, a pale ale, an IPA, an American Amber and a stout for sure, an ESB possibly added to the standard mix.

Progress so far is a mixed bag.  I’m pretty happy with the latest pale ale.  I won’t likely tinker with that recipe much from here on.  I’ve got a very good base recipe I developed for the IPA.  The others, not so much.  My major attempt at the amber failed to carbonate, and the favor was not what I envisioned anyway.  I have yet to brew a stout, but I do have a flavor mix in mind.  I have not brewed a wheat. 

I also have names in mind:

The pale ale:  Raccoon Trail Pale Ale in honor of the raccoon trail that is my back yard fence.  Where do they come from?  Where are they going?  I don’t know.  Except for the one that hung out on my diving board for a while, they all seem to be just passing through.

The IPA: Quicksilver IPA in honor of Quicksilver Park, which I can see from my living room window.  It just sounds like an IPA, doesn’t it?

The Amber:  Almaden Haus Amber.  For me, the Amber is a brewer’s signature, no matter what they think.  As the amber goes, so goes the brewer generally.  Not always, but generally, for my tastes, this is true.

The Stout:  Yellow Lantern Oatmeal Stout in honor of the yellow street light out on the curb in front of my house.  As light passes through no good stout, so too does the light from this yellow street light fail to pass through the darkness.  Taxpayer dollars at work, I think for the benefit of the local observatory if the story in my mind is true.

The wheat:  All Seasons Wheat.  I tend to think of wheat beers as seasonal summer offerings, but this one will always be on tap.  Lame?  You betcha!