Happy New Beer!

The last bottle of Chief Keokuk's Tomahawk Tribute Indian Pale Ale was drank this evening, as the year came to an end, at our new brewery and diner. Thank you to everyone who made this year a success. You may see the next batch of IPA under a new name as we build on this successful recipe. Thank you for you comments too. Happy New Beer!

Merry Christmas from Tecova Brewing Company

If you have a bottle of Tribute IPA, be sure to enjoy it with friends this holiday season. All the best to you and yours. See you next year, with our porter and red.

Tomahawk Twins

Somehow in the middle of the night, an alternate label surfaced, reflecting the checkerboard floor of the old brewery. The yin-yang of the black and white. The balance. It must be the ghost of an old indian tracker, a guide that is leading us in the right direction. Always be sure of your surroundings, and take time to choose your next direction. See you at the new location!

Tomahawk Tribute, labeled & bottled

Our first official release of the Tomahawk Tribute is rolling off the bottling line as I write this. Be sure to stop by and ask for a sample or a bottle to take home. Cheers!

IPA Gen II: Chief Keokuk's Tomahawk Tribute IPA

Your favorite pirate microbrewery is moving, so we are sending a tribute out to everyone who visited our old location, with "Chief Keokuk's Tomahawk Tribute IPA!" See you at our new location, if you can find us, that is...

If you don't have a bottle yet, take a look at our label, linked on the right side of our site.

Update

The IPA should be ready soon and the name will be revealed along with a new label!

In the meantime we have had some ideas, like Devil Beer or 666 Ale.

Helga's Haunted Hanging

The Haloween IPA was transferred to the secondary fermenter today. We took a little taster and boy was it tasty! Hope you're ready for a Hoppy Haloween!

IPA

The IPA was brewed on 09-12-06. It is now fermenting. Name to be determined later.

IPA: Gen II - coming soon

We are going to reformulate our IPA and start from scratch with a whole new recipe in the coming days. Earthquake IPA was a Limited Release - one time thing, on the anniversary of the '06 quake. (I wish I had a bottle last month when the 100-year-old house I live in shook from the small quake we had, but it was all gone). There is and will never be any more Tecova Earthquake IPA!

IPA: Gen II - coming soon. Keep your eyes out.

And force carbonated...

Next... we drink!

Kegged!

Blonde Bomber transferred to the secondary

Sure we have some updates on the blonde...

but I won't reveal them until our junior brewmaster returns from his adventure.

Tecova's handcrafted Busty Blonde Bomber Handcrafted Ale

2 New Beers!

We will be creating a true American IPA this time, to be named later, and a Blonde Cream ale. Keep an eye out. We also will be making our own kegerator with a fridge donated by Mike from Ecohaul. Thanks again, guys!

Haystack Landing Hefeweizen sampling

We are all out of 2006 Earthquake IPA. We hope you had a chance to enjoy it.


We are now sampling the Haystack Landing Hefeweizen. We hope you have a chance to come by and try a pint with us soon!

Haystack Landing Hefeweizen transferred to keg.

The hefeweizen was transferred this evening!

Keg Reconditioning

After picking up a used older Cornelius keg for a deal at Recycletown, that was missing a poppet valve and lid, I decided to recondition it. Finding that most new lids where $30 or more, I started searching for a cheaper used lid. I found one at a place that also had used kegs for cheap, called Brewers Discount. I ordered the lid and o-rings to recondition my keg, as well as the poppet valve. They just arrived yesterday, and I have reconditioned the keg. It's real easy to do:


1. Remove the inlet and outlet valves with a wrench. There is a long dip tube on the liquid (out) valve, and a short tube in the gas (in) valve.

2. Use some "keg lube" and lubricate the new o-rings, then replace the old ones on the tubes.

3. Remove the old o-rings on the top of the valves (I used a razor blade to cut them loose), and replace with lubricated new o-rings.


4. Lubricate the o-rings on the poppets and re-insert. I was missing one, so I purchased this and replaced it.

4. Lubricate the new o-ring on the lid, and replace.

I used colored o-rings for the inlet and outlet valves. I was unsure what the standard was, so I used a red for the gas (in) and a green for the liquid (out).


Coming next, we will attach the co2 line to the keg and test. Then we will keg our hefeweizen.