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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:50 pm
by dutchcanuck
Thanks Icemachine...I've done a couple SMaSH with 2 row and was quite pleased. Right now I am wondering what would happen if I used Weyermann's Munich Malt in a SMaSh.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:25 pm
by markaberrant
dutchcanuck wrote:Right now I am wondering what would happen if I used Weyermann's Munich Malt in a SMaSh.
I am guessing a tasty beer would be produced?
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:39 pm
by Derek
5 Ga bottling bucket, but over 5.5 Ga of Weizenbock... What would you do?
After a pint of flat Weizenbock, I had enough... so I watered the rest down with club soda and enjoyed 4 pints of dunkelwiesse!
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:53 am
by matt7215
Derek wrote:5 Ga bottling bucket, but over 5.5 Ga of Weizenbock... What would you do?
After a pint of flat Weizenbock, I had enough... so I watered the rest down with club soda and enjoyed 4 pints of dunkelwiesse!
i would have racked to a growler and saved it for future blending
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:54 pm
by markaberrant
Brewed up a light hoppy blonde and an altbier of sorts back in May. Recently tapped the kegs, both are ok, but not mind blowing. So I blended the kegs and now I've got some sorta wicked Boston/Brooklyn Lager thing going on (but even fresher, maltier, hoppier and more bitter). Really digging it.
I'm liking it so much that I'm gonna try combining the two recipes into a single recipe for next time.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:31 pm
by Dokta Owange
Strawberry IPA
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:49 pm
by jcc
My first saison. Fairly simple recipe. Fermented with Wyeast 3711 and dry hopped with Saaz hops. Spicy and refreshing. Very happy with this one.
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:24 am
by cannondale
jcc wrote:My first saison. Fairly simple recipe. Fermented with Wyeast 3711 and dry hopped with Saaz hops. Spicy and refreshing. Very happy with this one.
Great to hear!
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:37 pm
by jcc
cannondale wrote:jcc wrote:My first saison. Fairly simple recipe. Fermented with Wyeast 3711 and dry hopped with Saaz hops. Spicy and refreshing. Very happy with this one.
Great to hear!
Thanks for giving me that yeast. Love it.
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:17 pm
by JeffPorter
Still drinking my brown ale...but tonight I used it as a "base" for a bolongese, and it worked out quite nicely.
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:09 pm
by matt7215
currently drinking a belgian dark single:
6#s Pilsner DME
8oz Cara Munich
8oz Dark Candied sugar
1 oz French Strisselspalt 60 min
2 oz French Strisselspalt 1 min
Wyeast Trappist High Gravity #3787
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:44 pm
by matt7215
just finished a bottle of mix fruit lambic
5 gallons of unblended lambic sat for 9 months on 1 kg of raspberries, 1 kg of blue berries and 1 kg of blackberries
its been in the bottle for just over 2 months and is still at least another 2 months from being ready
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:59 pm
by Tapsucker
I decided to try something different and brewed a mild. I'm quite impressed with the result. I'm not a big brown ale fan and haven't had a mild in North America that floored me. I know Mill Race is highly regarded, but I find it boring. The new mild at Granite is a pretty good one and it inspired me to try and brew one with the characteristics I like which are.
More body
Less malt sweetness, but not hop forward either.
I guess I'd say I was chasing for a lower alcohol beer with flavour and body more than a true traditional mild.
I have had a few house mild oversees and found the occasional one that worked for me. The one I brewed seems to have done the trick.
I managed to break free of too much maltiness by adding a little flaked rye and some oats. The oats helped with the body and the rye gives the flavour a little edge and both help with the head retention. The final beer arrived at 3.2% and a gravity of 1.009. It's not as heavy a body as I was targeting, but the creaminess from the oats creates a nice perception of body.
If I were to change anything, I would have left it to condition a little longer. I know it's considered a style served 'young', but I can see this improving with an extra week or two of conditioning.
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:23 pm
by cannondale
Imperial porter (based on Flying Dog Gonzo). Just poured my first pint. Delicious. Roasty, malty balanced nicely with the bitterness, and a pile of Cascade on the nose. Dangerous stuff at a little over 9% ABV!
Very excited to know I have another 5 gallons of this on tap...
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:53 pm
by matt7215
matt7215 wrote:brewing this flanders red either this weekend or next:
3 lbs pilsner
3 lbs munich
3 lbs vienna
1 lb light wheat
0.5 lbs crystal 60L
0.5 lbs crystal 120L
1 oz saaz @ 60min
Wyeast 3763 Roselare
currently drinking a bottle of ^this^ that i brewed last may, its in excellent form and i cant wait to see how it matures in the coming years