tdavisii

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Please no one threaten or beat me for saying what im about to say. Yesterday i went to a baseball game and had to drink NA beer. I have only drank this stuff one other time in my life which was about 12 years ago. It was odouls and for a light beer it tastes better then most other commercial light beers except there is no "nutrients" in odouls. Ok this being said what is everyones opinion of na beer and does anyone know how they make this stuff?????????

z987k

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I had one this weekend as well. And as far as the taste goes, it's nothing great... certainly not better than say water, tea, soda, etc. So I'll stick to the other NA drinks first.

As far as making it, make the beer normally just like you would with any other beer. Ferment it out, let it age etc. Now when it's time to bottle/keg, get your boiling pot and burner back out and siphon into the boil pot. Now ethanol boils at 173F (per wikipedia) so you'll want to heat the beer up to I'd say just above that temp and hold it there for about 30minutes. Now if you bottle, you'll have to re-pitch the yeast because they'll all be dead.

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Evan!

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NA Beer is okay, my dad drinks it like water (he recently got his 20-year chip). I've made some homebrewed NA for him before using this method. Works pretty well. Unless you have a vacuum system like the big guys have, this is what you'll need to do.

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Aristocratic Ales, Lascivious Lagers

.planned:
•Scottish 80/- •Sweet Stout •Roggenbier
.primary | bright:
98: Moss Hollow Soured '09 72: Oude Kriek 99: B-Weisse 102: Brett'd BDSA 104: Feat of Strength Helles Bock 105: Merkin Brown
.on tap | kegged:
XX: Moss Hollow Springs Sparkling Water 95: Gott Mit Uns German Pils 91b: Brown Willie's Oaked Abbey Ale 103: Merkin Stout
98: Yorkshire Special 100: Maple Porter 89: Cidre Saison 101: Steffiweizen '09 (#3)

z987k

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link to a byo article: http://www.byo.com/feature/66.html

and evan beat me to it.

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Arneba28

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Evan do you have a recipe that would translate good to NA. My father has just over 5 years but would like to try some of my beer.

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Evan!

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Depends on what he likes. My smoked Porter in my recipe pulldown works well...anything that's really hoppy is gonna suffer because you boil out a lot of the hop flavor and aroma when you boil out the ethanol.

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MOSS HOLLOW BREWING CO.
Aristocratic Ales, Lascivious Lagers

.planned:
•Scottish 80/- •Sweet Stout •Roggenbier
.primary | bright:
98: Moss Hollow Soured '09 72: Oude Kriek 99: B-Weisse 102: Brett'd BDSA 104: Feat of Strength Helles Bock 105: Merkin Brown
.on tap | kegged:
XX: Moss Hollow Springs Sparkling Water 95: Gott Mit Uns German Pils 91b: Brown Willie's Oaked Abbey Ale 103: Merkin Stout
98: Yorkshire Special 100: Maple Porter 89: Cidre Saison 101: Steffiweizen '09 (#3)

sirsloop

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I'd stick to water...heh heh

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david_42

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Most recipes can be neutered. If you want a hoppy nose, just dryhop after removing the alcohol. Then re-pitch, prime and bottle. It will end up at 0.5% ABV or even less if you keg & force carbonate.

Why not have your dad sniff or try a small sample of a few brews & you can do a gallon from your next batch.

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BigKahuna

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Proof of this is the fact that distillers do NOT used hopped beer for their wash. Much of the hop aroma and oil comes off at lower temps as well as the alcohol. I do not think it would be a bad idea to dry hop after dealcoholization. (I just made up a word)

Tell all of your fathers congratulations for me. My Dad Died with 17 years worth of sobriety, and that is perhaps the #1 or #2 thing that I'm most proud of him for.
Having said that....Anyone know how to tell if you got all of the alcohol out of your beer?

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z987k

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shouldn't the gravity come up?

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