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03-08-2011, 04:51 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Elkhart, IN
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Top Secret Brews
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So I was wonderin' if there's anyone else like me that have beer recipes and experiments they keep under wraps?
So far I just have one recipe in the works and a test batch already brewed and mostly consumed. lol I did a little bit of rooting around and hadn't managed to find a beer of it's kind officially brewed. I've only made mention of it to friends and family.
Currently I'm conducting a bit of a kitchen science experiment to see if I can culture some hidden yeast for a special brew. In the mean time I've gotta track down a cheap lab that I can send a sample to if I manage to wake any up. lol
Anyone else a bit of a Mad Brewer?
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03-08-2011, 04:54 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: East Bay, NoR-CaL
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Hidden yeast? This confuses me... 
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03-08-2011, 05:25 PM
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Location: Kansas City
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If it is toasted pumpkin seeds, someone already did that.
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03-08-2011, 05:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Reed City, MI
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I have a secret secret recipe that I will be working on. I saw a brief image of what looked like pumpkin cake with bananas on top. So I think that it might be good to try and make a Pumpkin Hefe with lots of banana flavor.
But don't tell anyone, I want to make a fortune with it!
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03-08-2011, 06:13 PM
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turf monkey supreme
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Ames, Iowa
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it's just beer, what's the big secret?
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03-08-2011, 06:18 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Tri-Cities, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by remilard
If it is toasted pumpkin seeds, someone already did that.
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That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw this |
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03-08-2011, 06:33 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Miami, Florida
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Well, ever since I started, I've been brewing with chick peas as 100% of the grain bill. I even malted, and toasted them. So far, they taste pretty bad.
Other than that, when I finally get the money to start brewing with the right ingredients, I'm planning to make a batch of mbege (African banana/millet beer), and maybe boza.
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03-08-2011, 06:38 PM
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Just an earthbound misfit
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Pencilvania
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Quote:
Originally Posted by remilard
If it is toasted pumpkin seeds, someone already did that.
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I resemble that remark. 
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03-08-2011, 06:39 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Cambridge, MA
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I think there is no harm in thinking (right or wrong) that you are venturing into new territory. Isn't that part of the fun? Keep it a secret or post it. Either way, as long as you are having fun...
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03-08-2011, 06:51 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Cambridge, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Inodoro_Pereyra
Well, ever since I started, I've been brewing with chick peas as 100% of the grain bill. I even malted, and toasted them. So far, they taste pretty bad.
Other than that, when I finally get the money to start brewing with the right ingredients, I'm planning to make a batch of mbege (African banana/millet beer), and maybe boza.
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I have an Ethiopian friend who's teaching me how to make T'ella... I can't find the purple huskless barley anywhere though (they call it black barley). Do people typically make mbege in small batches in soda bottles as well?
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