Debating the weekend's brew...
Posted 06-25-2008 at 02:59 PM by the_bird
I know how annoying those "what should I brew next?!" threads are, but since hardly anybody seems to read the blogs anyway... 
Debating between a re-brew of a light American Wheat and a smoked porter. I *know* which beer I like better - but we've got some get-togethers coming up soon, and the wheat was a real big hit at the last party. Basically a spin from a BierMuncher brew, a real basic American Wheat, with just a little bit of light crystal in addition to some Pils and some wheat malt. The spin was using some Grains of Paradise, which I absolutely love, and which people seemed to like. Subtle, but with a bit of fruty spiciness to it.
But, the beer seemed a little flat to me, drinkable but not spectacular (it's not going in the database, in other words). So, I picked up a packet of sweet orange peel that I think I'll add next time. Give the beer another element to it, another layer of frutiness (without making a fruit beer), just another dimension to hopefully flesh it out a bit. I'll use that and the GoP, I think they'll be quite complementary.
I also have about five pounds of rauchmalt to get used up - as well as plenty of specialty grains (Munich, medium crystals, Special Roast, brown malt, chocolate malt, roasted barley) to pull together some kind of nice smoked porter. No idea what the recipe would look like, but I bought enough different grains last weekend so that I have plenty of options. I *love* me a smoked porter, but it's still a little early in the season for drinking them, and I do have plenty of stout on draft already (although that'll probably be blown by the time we come back from seeing all The Wife's Irish clan).
No time, unfortunately, to do two batches, I'll have to get up at 6:00AM just to get one in on Sunday.
Plus, I still have pilsner yeast in the fridge, some WLP550 to do a big-ass Belgian.... GRR! NO FREAKIN' TIME!
Debating between a re-brew of a light American Wheat and a smoked porter. I *know* which beer I like better - but we've got some get-togethers coming up soon, and the wheat was a real big hit at the last party. Basically a spin from a BierMuncher brew, a real basic American Wheat, with just a little bit of light crystal in addition to some Pils and some wheat malt. The spin was using some Grains of Paradise, which I absolutely love, and which people seemed to like. Subtle, but with a bit of fruty spiciness to it.
But, the beer seemed a little flat to me, drinkable but not spectacular (it's not going in the database, in other words). So, I picked up a packet of sweet orange peel that I think I'll add next time. Give the beer another element to it, another layer of frutiness (without making a fruit beer), just another dimension to hopefully flesh it out a bit. I'll use that and the GoP, I think they'll be quite complementary.
I also have about five pounds of rauchmalt to get used up - as well as plenty of specialty grains (Munich, medium crystals, Special Roast, brown malt, chocolate malt, roasted barley) to pull together some kind of nice smoked porter. No idea what the recipe would look like, but I bought enough different grains last weekend so that I have plenty of options. I *love* me a smoked porter, but it's still a little early in the season for drinking them, and I do have plenty of stout on draft already (although that'll probably be blown by the time we come back from seeing all The Wife's Irish clan).
No time, unfortunately, to do two batches, I'll have to get up at 6:00AM just to get one in on Sunday.
Plus, I still have pilsner yeast in the fridge, some WLP550 to do a big-ass Belgian.... GRR! NO FREAKIN' TIME!
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I vote smoked simply so you can enjoy these wonderfully themed blogs:
http://www.hifimundo.com/public/blog/2008/06/announcing-session-17-going-against.html It's a bit early in our blog-span, but someday it'd be nice to participate with our HBT blogs. |
 
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Yeah... I think smokey. **** it, beer for me. Most everything I have on draft right now is a little bit on the small side, maybe I'll do something a little bigger. 1.070-ish or so. Lots of Munich, lots of Rauch.
Weather looks ****ty this weekend, though...  |
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Actually, I could even go whole-freakin'-hog and make this into a smoked barleywine. 1.100+OG.
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