Robey Street Blog

For my 10th brew, I decided to make a beer dedicated to my favorite local band, Canasta. Not only was this beer dedicated to them, but I also gave them half the batch, as they needed some cold brews to cool them off in their stiflingly hot practice space.

For any interested homebrewers, the recipe can be found on Hopville at: http://hopville.com/recipe/253508/american-pale-ale-recipes/canasta

I gave it a try last week an was quite pleased with the results. A simple pale ale dry hopped with some Centennial hops for the final 7 days of fermentation. This was also my first experience using Wyeast Northwest Ale yeast. Pretty good clarity, excellent aroma, and the flavor was bitter yet refreshing!

Canasta Dry-Hopped APA

I also received some very nice feedback from them, as noted below:

“The results are in… We shared a twelver of this brew at tonight’s practice and all six of us agreed it was great! Not only was it a *god send* to have something frosty on-hand in our stiflingly hot rehearsal space, but the moment I took the first sip, I swear my first thought was, “Mmmm, dry and hoppy…” (forgetting, for a second, just how … accurately the beer had been named). We were all pretty blown away.

I gotta say… Practicing in our sauna-of-a-rehearsal-space twice a week for three hours at a time can get to be a real drag. But then suddenly, someone comes along, brews us a batch of super tasty beer and even goes so far as to name it after us… And then just like that, being in a rock band once again seems like the greatest thing in the whole world.”

Needless to say, I was very flattered and am glad they enjoyed the beer. Hopefully when I open Robey Street, I will be able to offer the Canasta beer as a seasonal brew! :)