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What HOMEBREW are you drinking right now?
- markaberrant
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I'm drinking 2 homebrewed saisons tonight. One is 4.5% and the other is 8.2%. Pretty much the same recipe, just doubled up for the bigger one. The lighter version is bone dry and is incredibly refreshing with a hoppy nose and lightly toasted finish (thanks to the amber malt). The bigger one is basically a Saison IPA, and despite finishing at 1.007 with 50 ibu has a good bit of mouthfeel and balancing malt sweetness.
Both were finished and dry hopped with Crystal and Willamette, which is creating quite a unqiue profile; neither the traditional earthy saison character, nor the tropical citrus character that we are now seeing in many americanized saisons and belgian IPAs.
Both beers kick some serious butt. I can't decide which I like better.
Both were finished and dry hopped with Crystal and Willamette, which is creating quite a unqiue profile; neither the traditional earthy saison character, nor the tropical citrus character that we are now seeing in many americanized saisons and belgian IPAs.
Both beers kick some serious butt. I can't decide which I like better.
- phirleh
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Some ordinary bitter that I helped Jason Stranak make at the Amsterdam L2B event, very sessionable at 3.5% and great flavour.
Malam cerevisiam facieus in cathedram stercoris
"God don't want me yet, man, I got more feet to taste."
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"God don't want me yet, man, I got more feet to taste."
photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/phirleh/se ... 039468171/
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- markaberrant
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- phirleh
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Having a homebrew bitter before bed, after cleaning up from a brew night of a Belgian IPA.
Malam cerevisiam facieus in cathedram stercoris
"God don't want me yet, man, I got more feet to taste."
photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/phirleh/se ... 039468171/
"God don't want me yet, man, I got more feet to taste."
photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/phirleh/se ... 039468171/
- cannondale
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- markaberrant
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Judged 4 english bitters yesterday. One was incredible, possibly the best bitter I have tasted (commercial or homebrew).
Later in the night, I made a beer milkshake with vanilla ice cream and and Belgian Red Strong (based on Biergotter's Monk's Elixir - http://biergotter.org/recipes/2009-09-19-monks.shtml)
Later in the night, I made a beer milkshake with vanilla ice cream and and Belgian Red Strong (based on Biergotter's Monk's Elixir - http://biergotter.org/recipes/2009-09-19-monks.shtml)
I brewed an alt last weekend. It was at 1.017 this saturday and 1.014 on Sunday... I expected it to finish around 1.013, so when I racked to secondary, I filled a bottle as well.
I thought I'd let the bottle condition, but looking at the activity in the carboy I figured I should open it before it 'openned' itself.
Alts really do need lagering! It tastes a bit like pineapple soap (my 3 yr old said it tasted like olives).
I thought I'd let the bottle condition, but looking at the activity in the carboy I figured I should open it before it 'openned' itself.
Alts really do need lagering! It tastes a bit like pineapple soap (my 3 yr old said it tasted like olives).
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