It might have been a warm and humid Saturday two weeks ago, but it is always a good day to be brewing beer.  Today I brewed up a new recipe, I call it Steamin Hot Pils.  Think American Pilsner grains, German Pils hops, and Anchor Steam Beer yeast.  If you want the recipe drop me an email.  The Steamin Hot Pils name was kind of a play on words, since I’m using steam beer yeast and it was hot out, it just came to my mind.  I also use a special technique with this beer known as first wort hopping.  First wort hopping is when you put a flavor addition of hops into the wort as it is drained from the mash tun.  The temperature of wort going up to the boiling locks a lot of flavor components of the hops into beer.  And even though you’re boiling them the full 60 minutes, it only contributes to the bitterness like a 20-25 minute addition of hops would.  I’ve used this before and enjoyed the resultant smooth hop flavor.  As soon as I get the pictures off my camera I’ll be sure to post a few!  Look for a review of the Carty Cascade 2010 beer and this beer as soon as we bottle it and age it.