Not so STOUT

After seeing Michaels post and picture of our Big Island Stout I couldn't wait to give it a quaff. Unfortunately, a very uneven beer. Very little head and a flatness seems to indicate that I go a bottle that was not as highly carbonated as the one photographed. Color was a dirty brown as opposed to a chocolate shading I would have expected from a Stout. Much like our first batch-some bottles were good and some barely drinkable. I am sure the short fermenting cycle is the cause for the lack of consistent quality.

Hopefully bottle 2 will be a winner.

I think the Hilo Red is going to rock. Great color, nose and it was fermenting 18 hours after we pitched. Hi ho Hilo, away . . .