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Spicy Mistletoe

Brew Number: Twenty
First Brewed: November 5, 2010
Known Aliases: Stank Ale, Dubbel the Spices – Dubbel the Fun
Type: Spiced Belgian Dubbel
Original Recipe: YES
Ingredients: Malted Barley / Flaked Wheat / Jaggery / Hop Pellets / So many spices
Alcohol Content: 7.1%
Bottled: November 22, 2010
About Me: A dubbel, yes, but I am more since I have been brewed with cinnamon, vanilla, peppercorns, grains of paradise, cacao, and cloves.  I’ll either be delicious or disgusting.  There is no in-between with me.

A California Red (BBW Edition)

Brew Number: Nineteen
First Brewed: September 24, 2010
Known Aliases: Hop Red, West Coast Blaster, From Some Book Ale
Type: California Red
Original Recipe: No
Ingredients: Malted Barley / Roasted Barley / Hop Pellets
Alcohol Content: 5%
Bottled: Never!  Kegged for BBW event.
About Me: So hoppy, so someone elses recipe.  I might be the hoppiest beer that SFB has created.  They only wish they came up with me.

Coffeeesque (BBW Edition)

Brew Number: Eighteen
First Brewed: September 24, 2010
Known Aliases: Oatmeal + Coffee + Beer = Yum Ale
Type: Breakfast Stout
Original Recipe: YES
Ingredients: Malted Barley / Malted Wheat / Roasted Oats/ Hop Pellets / Coffee
Alcohol Content: 5%
Bottled: Never!  Kegged for BBW event.
About Me: The first oatmeal stout was delicious.  Why not modify the recipe to include coffee as well?

Old #1 Pale Ale (All Grain Edition)

Brew Number: Seventeen
First Brewed: August 19, 2010
Known Aliases: Prodigal Son Ale, Gig beer
Type: American Pale Ale
Original Recipe: YES
Ingredients: Malted Barley / Malted Wheat / Roasted Barley / Hop Pellets
Alcohol Content: 6%
Bottled: September 5, 2009.
About Me: Old #1 extract version was so good that, when prompted with a possible brew gig, it is no surprise that an all-grain version was your first choice.  I will be just as delicious.

Devil’s Tail Ale

Brew Number: Sixteen
First Brewed: July 24, 2010
Known Aliases: Evil Ale, I Shall Smite Thou Ale
Type: Evil Ale
Original Recipe: YES
Ingredients: Malted Barley/ Malted Wheat / Jaggery / Hop Pellets
Alcohol Content: 5.7%
Bottled: Not yet.
About Me: Brewed for one purpose and one purpose alone: to dominate the 2010 Pratt Street Ale House Homebrew Competition.  I am evil in all aspects.  Bow before me!  Muah ha ha ha…

Our Munich Helles

Brew Number: Fifteen
First Brewed: June 19, 2010
Known Aliases: Because Ryan Wanted A Lager, Fridge Freezer, Never Gonna Ferment
Type: Munich Helles
Original Recipe: YES
Ingredients: Malted Barley / Hop Pellets
Alcohol Content: UNKNOWN
Bottled: September 13, 2010.
About Me: Why try a lager again?  You know you don’t have any idea what temperature it is inside the fridge nor how to keep it at a good temperature.  Go ahead, try to create an optimal fermentation temperature.

Truli Fruli

Brew Number: Fourteen
First Brewed: May 28, 2010
Known Aliases: FruFru Fruli, All Strawberry Ale, Katy’s Ale
Type: Belgian Wheat with Strawberries
Original Recipe: Not Really
Ingredients: Malted Barley/ Flaked Wheat / Oats / Hop Pellets /Strawberries
Alcohol Content: 4.5%
Bottled: June 10, 2010
About Me: I like to think that I was born of good intentions and that is probably true.  And you know if I, the actual beer, can’t say if I will be good or even taste remotely like strawberries then you better believe the brewers don’t have a flipping clue.

A California Red

Brew Number: Thirteen
First Brewed: May 16, 2010
Known Aliases: All Reds Can Suck My Ale
Type: Hoppy Red Ale
Original Recipe: NO
Ingredients: Malted Barley / Hop Pellets / Blueberries
Alcohol Content: UNKNOWN
Bottled: NEVER… kegged July 3o, 2010
About Me: I am a “Red” beer therefore I hate all things SFB and refuse to ferment for various reasons, all of which must remain hidden from the SFB brewers.  I enjoy being a jerk.  Hahahahahahahaha.  You will never drink me.

A British Summer Ale

Brew Number: Twelve
First Brewed: April 22, 2010
Known Aliases: Lets Call It British Because We Used British Yeast Ale, Mosher’s British Summer Ale
Type: British Summer Ale
Original Recipe: NO
Ingredients: Malted Barley/ Malted Wheat / Brown Sugar / Hop Pellets / Gypsum
Alcohol Content: 4.2%
Bottled: May 18, 2010
About Me: I am SFB’s second all-grain attempt and I went 100 times better than the so-called “SFB ESB” which really isn’t that special of a bitter if you ask me.

SFB ESB

Brew Number: Eleven
First Brewed: April 10, 2010
Known Aliases: Extra Sucky Beer, Whoops I Did it Again Ale, You Call This an ESB
Type: Extra Special Bitter
Original Recipe: YES
Ingredients: Malted Barley / Malted Wheat / Hop Pellets / Gypsum
Alcohol Content: 3.5%
Bottled: May 1, 2010
About Me: SFB’s first venture into all-grain brewing.  YAY!!  I turned out to be a giant disaster.  BOO!!  Even though *SOMEONE* left out 10% of my fermentable ingredients and *SOMEONE ELSE* let me boil over I will probably just turn out mediocre instead of a complete waste.  I ain’t no Back From The Dead Red, thats for sure.

The White Shadow

Brew Number: Ten
First Brewed: February 20, 2010
Known Aliases: Lets See What You Got Ale, Sexual Chocolate Ale, That Boy Good Ale, Yeah – Good And Terrible Ale
Type: Dark American Wheat Ale
Original Recipe: YES
Ingredients: Malt Extract / Malted Wheat / Hop Pellets / Irish Moss / Coriander
Alcohol Content: 5.4%
Bottled: March 15, 2010
About Me: Wheat, yet not.  I’m everything a wheat beer is and everything a wheat beer is not.  Ah-ha!  Gotcha!  Or did I?

March Marzen

Brew Number: Nine
First Brewed: January 30, 2010
Known Aliases: Lazy Lager, Oh Crap! Why Is It So Cloudy Marzen
Type: Marzen / Oktoberfest
Original Recipe: YES
Ingredients: Malt Extract / Malted Barley / Hop Pellets / Irish Moss
Alcohol Content: 4.6%
Bottled: March 11, 2010
About Me: Into the cold I go for my fermentation and into the even colder I go for the rest.  I am an original recipe and SFB’s first foray into producing a lager.  I like to test people’s patience and try men’s souls.

Honey Brown, We Hardly Knew Her

Brew Number: Eight
First Brewed: January 22, 2010
Known Aliases: Mt Vesuvius Ale, Sweet Tea Ale
Type: Brown Ale
Ingredients: Malt Extract / Malted Barley / Honey / Hop Pellets / Irish Moss
Original Recipe: NO
Alcohol Content: 6.7%
Bottled: February 11, 2010
About Me: Quick and easy, I did nothing to provide SFB with problems during brewing.  I am complacent and delicious.  I have a feeling that everyone will love me.

Happy Boxing Day! Oatmeal Stout

Brew Number: Seven
First Brewed: December 26, 2009
Known Aliases: I like my women like I like my Oatmeal Stout, There Is Literally Sweat In This Stout
Type: Oatmeal Stout
Original Recipe: YES
Ingredients: Malt Extract / Malted Barley / Malted Wheat / Roasted Barley / Oats / Hop Pellets
Alcohol Content: 6.5%
Bottled: January 9 2010
About Me: I am the second original creation of Second Floor brewing.   I hope that I turn out as desired, low on hops, high on alcohol.   Brewed the day after Christmas with as many British ingredients as SFB could find, I don’t even know what Boxing Day is supposed to celebrate.  What a shame.

Restoration Red

Brew Number: Six
First Brewed: December 13, 2009
Known Aliases: Please Don’t Be As Bad As Our Last Red
Type: Irish Red Ale
Original Recipe: NO
Ingredients: Malt Extract / Malted Barley / Roasted Barley / Hop Pellets
Alcohol Content: 4.6%
Bottled: December 26, 2009
About Me: Restoration because, really, the last red sucked.  It was not even suitable for consumption.   I was created to prove to the world (read SFB only) that SFB can create a drinkable red.  It can’t be that hard.

Old #1 Pale Ale

Brew Number: Five
First Brewed: November 28, 2009
Known Aliases: I’ll Love You Like My First Born Ale
Type: Pale Ale
Original Recipe: YES
Ingredients: Malt Extract / Malted Barley / Malted Wheat / Roasted Barley / Hop Pellets
Alcohol Content: 4.8%
Bottled: December 13, 2009
About Me: I am the first original creation of Second Floor brewing.  I was intended to be simple yet delicious, a great session beer.

Papa Knows Best Pumpkin Ale

Brew Number: Four
First Brewed: November 7, 2009
Known Aliases: Chai Beer, Spicy Spicy, Better Late Than Never Ale
Type: Pumpkin Ale
Original Recipe: NO
Ingredients: Malt Extract / Malted Barley / Malted Wheat / Hop Pellets / Pumpkin / Spices
Alcohol Content: 5.75%
Bottled: November 21, 2009
About Me: In the manner of SFB’s holiday spirit and tendency to procrastinate, I am delicious and spicy.  Too bad there wasn’t much of me.

Back From The Dead Red

Brew Number: Three
First Brewed: October 24, 2009
Known Aliases: Zombie Ale, Mistake Light, Red-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
Type: Irish Red Ale
Original Recipe: NO
Ingredients: Malt Extract / Malted Barley / Hop Pellets
Alcohol Content: 3.24%
Bottled: November 7, 2009
About Me: I am the outcast of the first three brews.  I needed recessitation during fermentation.  Even so, I did not acheive my potential.  Some blame it on the yeast.  Don’t tell anyone but I think it was also the moldy, old liquid yeast extract used to make me.

Parker’s Porter

Brew Number: Two
First Brewed: October 10, 2009
Known Aliases: Sex Panther, Death Your My Bitch Porter
Type: Porter
Original Recipe: NO
Ingredients: Malt Extract / Malted Barley / Roasted Barley / Hop Pellets / Spices
Alcohol Content: ~15% maybe?
Bottled: October 24, 2009
About Me: Everybody likes me!  I start smooth and finish with a robust full body.

Just The Tip Ale

Brew Number: One(!)
First Brewed: September 26, 2009
Known Aliases: Sneaky-Sneaky Ale, Mudd Butt Ale
Type: Ambiguous Ale
Original Recipe: NO
Ingredients: Hopped Malt Extract
Alcohol Content: Unknown
Bottled: October 10, 2009
About me: Smooth and fruity, I am SFB’s first beer and I turned out better than anyone could have thought.  As far as I am concerned, I am the best beer SFB has ever created.