King Moonracer's Revenge - Walker's First Home Brew

So Thursday night, January 6th is my first official tasting of the home brew. Let me tell you about the name first...

King Moonracer's Revenge is a different name for a Christmas Ale, right? Here is the story behind the birth of the name. About week before I made the beer, I woke up one morning already thinking of the beer's name. I wanted the title set it apart from other Christmas beers, so what's the least Christmasy theme there could be? REVENGE. 30 seconds later I was on Wikipedia looking up the story of Rudolph. Unfortunately, that red-nosed outcast didn't piss anyone off when he was put on the sleigh team, but I did find the most excellent of names, King Moonracer. When Rudolph runs away from the North Pole he escapes and finds the Island of the Misfit toys and King Moonracer rules them. What a rad name! So I started thinking...this guy is a Griffin, half Eagle & Half Lion and he's king of the abused children? He should be king of the world! But he has a good heart and cares about the tykes, but Santa gets all the credit for being jolly and spreading joy around the world. Do you know the King? Nobody knows about King Moonracer! But guess what? He secretly makes some great fucking beer. And Santa doesn't get any of it. Booyah! Revenge is his.

I found the elements and gave them to my Houston friend Emily H and she put together a hilariously awesome label, thanks Em!

I poured a few bottles for everyone and then opened up a few more. The feedback was really great! 

Karl came over and you can see his guest here: Karl's Guest Post. AJ and Nic and Jamie R joined us and my coworker Tiffany surprised the group and brought a cake! She went above and beyond, and the night suddenly turned into a festivus for the rest of us (cake was really freaking good ). I was momentarily overwhelmed all that was going on but then I started drinking! The best part of making a home brew is enjoying it.

How happy does this guy look?

She even used the same colors in the icing as in the label! Tiffany = Awesomeness

This beer is my first beer and the recipe can be found here: K.M. Revenge Home Brew Recipe. Obviously, an enormous thank you and credit to David who helped me pick out the ingredients and together we cooked up the batch. I knew nothing about making beer and his guidance at every step was crucial to this beer's success.

Speaking of this beer, it turned out better than I expected. It's really drinkable. It's a golden pale ale with a hint of cloves at the end that provides the much needed Christmas spice. When we bottled the beer, the clove was overwhelming but it turned out quite nice. 'Infamous Jamie R' says that "she would buy this in a bar" and AJ and Nic agree. I'm simply happy having my beer not suck, let alone people actually saying nice things about it.

There's only a few bottles left and I'm going to have a hard time not drinking as soon as possible. I'm so happy it turned out well and to those who came over to celebrate with me (all except 1 are some of my oldest friends who I have known for 8+ years) thank you, it was a really great night with wings, cake and beer. As for a rating, I too would buy this in a store. King Moonracer is a hit! Next year I will develop the recipe and brew another batch. Get in line now ;) TRANSFORMERS rating