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05-07-2006, 12:46 AM
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worste thing you ever tried
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So what is the strangest brew you ever tried to make or have made? If you already made it how did it come out? (just courious)
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05-07-2006, 12:54 AM
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Recently i primed a beer with 1 cup of molasses...boy was that a mistake! The result was a coyingly sweet beer that i could barely drink one of.
Another thing i regretfully did was bottle a beer and leave ZERO headspace as per Dave Miller's suggestion. The thing was that it took about 3 months to fully carbonate! I actually drank them all flat, but my friend kept one for at least 3 months and THAT one was perfect) This is a good idea to do with a beer you plan on 'aging' like a big belgian or russian stout. In theory no head space=no air for oxidation/staling, it works but you must be VERY patient...
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05-07-2006, 02:14 AM
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Location: Townsville,QLD Aust
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I once tried to convert a non alcohlic ginger beer recipe to an alcoholic ginger beer, using the recipe given by a friend, the original recipe(using only fresh ginger) only made a couple of litres so I extrapolated the amounts to make 23 lt. It seemend to brew out properly but the end product was electrifying and by that I mean Shocking!!! Dunno what I did wrong but whatever it was I did it wrong in a big way.
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05-08-2006, 12:38 PM
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Last edited by Cheesefood; 05-08-2006 at 12:41 PM.
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05-08-2006, 02:01 PM
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Cranky Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Willamina & Oak Grove, Oregon, USA
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Making ginger beer with candied ginger. Fresh is the only way to go.
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05-08-2006, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Philadelphia area
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Well, my currently brewing batch is a red raspberry ale. It was supposed to have been black raspberry but I could not find any, either fresh or frozen. Since I figured black raspberries would really darken the batch a lot, I started with a very very pale ale base.
It now is sitting in the tertiary and it looks like Hawaiian Punch. It will probably taste good but next time I will look harder for those black raspberries!  |
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05-08-2006, 05:55 PM
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Beer, not rocket science
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Corrales, New Mexico
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I made an Classic American Beer/Lager and used blue corn grits. It sucked! I didn't cook the grits long enough. Horrible.
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05-08-2006, 06:06 PM
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Beer Bully
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Barony of Fuquay-Varina, NC
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I tried to make a sour mash beer. The mash stank, and so did the beer. I might try it again, though, just because I'm stubborn (aka stupid) like that.
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05-08-2006, 06:18 PM
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Discover the motherlode
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Heidelberg, Germany, Baden Wurtemberg
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Originally Posted by Bjorn Borg
Another thing i regretfully did was bottle a beer and leave ZERO headspace as per Dave Miller's suggestion. The thing was that it took about 3 months to fully carbonate! I actually drank them all flat, but my friend kept one for at least 3 months and THAT one was perfect) This is a good idea to do with a beer you plan on 'aging' like a big belgian or russian stout. In theory no head space=no air for oxidation/staling, it works but you must be VERY patient...
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Sorry for the hijack--but that is an outright genius idea.
*files away for another day*
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05-08-2006, 06:42 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Texas
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Originally Posted by Dude
Sorry for the hijack--but that is an outright genius idea.
*files away for another day*
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I guess you missed where the "Marine" was telling people do do this.... 
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