Recent content by HoppyGilmore

How about Abbey-Normal? Monktified? or "It's a Trappe!" ok the fun wore off. good luck!

Every year I find myself liking it less and less. I think it's because every year I try more and more beers. I had a bottle last night because, being from Boston I feel like I need to, but it was pretty meh. The Winter Lager on tap is still one of my all time favs though.

+100 I pretty much despise everything from NB except for Fat Tire. I've not had the Ranger IPA though which I hear is ok. I take it back, the Summersault was drinkable, but that may or may not have been because the bartender that told me she liked it is super hot.

Ha! I bought a 6'er of the NB Abbey tonight for the first time! (along with a 4 pack of La Fin Du Monde thank the beer gods) I logged on planning on starting a thread about Belgians in general and I'm about to...but figured I have to post here also. There's just something about the New...

It's been two weeks (3 total) and I'm happy to report that the beer is now delicious. The malty/wort flavor has subsided, the hops have come to life, and all is right in my beer universe. p.s. drinking a La Fin Du Monde right now and this stuff is amazing. Perhaps one notch below Duvel in my...

For an easy drinking Shiner beer, I honestly like the Blonde and Light Blonde.

great thanks for the reassurance!

Hello, So I just cracked my first bottle of my SNPA clone (Midwest I think?) and it tastes a bit malty. More to the point, a bit too much like wort. I assume it's because it's been only 7 days in the bottle but I just wanted to test it. I dunno if this is to be expected. a few pieces of...

Hi folks, I just got my Bavarian Hefe kit from NB (omg can't wait for homemade Franziskaner) but the kit arrived on a day when it was over 100 degrees here in TX. The yeast was packed with a tiny ice pack but i'm sure that melted hours before i got home from work. Should i be concerned...

next question. I did a late LME addition at 15 minutes...but 15 minutes later i'm not back up to a rolling boil. Do I add boil time or consider it done? thanks again

Hello, I just read the directions on my Wyeast packet that said to let swell for 3 hours or more. My problem is that I read this with 60 minutes left on my boil. I assume that the 3 hour number is very conservative and I'll be fine but I'd like to get some reassurance from you fine folk...

I was thinking that, about the balance...but I did only get the one extra ounce of hops that I was planning on using for dry hopping. Should i forget about the dry hopping and use it in the boil instead? Will a lb of DME cause too big a malt character? Or do I find a LHBS and buy more hops?

Hello folks, First, I'll just say to any new brewers that my first batch, the Midwest Irish Red, tastes soooo much better after 6 weeks aging than 3 weeks. Try not to drink your whole batch after 14 days in the bottle :) Next up is the Midwest SNPA clone. I've got an extra pound of DME for...

Hot damn! I cracked open my first bottle (pic to follow) and it was delicious. I made the Irish Red Extract Kit from Midwest. I assumed it would taste like Killians, but it's much better. I'd say if I put some cascade in that baby it would taste more like SNPA. It did have the distinct...