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• Posted in thread: Overly Smokey Beer -What To Do? on 07-23-2011 at 07:50 PM
  Here's the update on this overly smoked beer.

• Posted in thread: Smoking Wort on Grill for Smoked Beer on 07-22-2011 at 11:31 PM
  So here's the 7-month verdict: it's too strong and it's ashyI tasted it at[*]3 months:
  bleh...too strong and ashy[*]5 months: mellowed some, so it's more tolerable, but still strong
  and ashy[*]7 month...

• Posted in thread: Overly Smokey Beer -What To Do? on 12-16-2010 at 12:33 AM
  Great idea, smokinghole. I could always blend it with anything along the way. Yeah, that's a
  good option for any set of brews.

• Posted in thread: Smoking Wort on Grill for Smoked Beer on 12-16-2010 at 12:31 AM
  Good to know, Toga. Thanks. I don't know if I can control it this way or not. In any case, the
  word is that the smokiness should diminish over time. I'll let it age many months and see how
  it cleans u...

• Posted in thread: Overly Smokey Beer -What To Do? on 12-15-2010 at 01:25 AM
  CampFire and azscoobI appreciate the insights and experience. Glad to know age will reduce the
  smokiness. I have it split in two fermentors, so I'm going to dry hop half.Big thanks. :mug:

• Posted in thread: Smoking Wort on Grill for Smoked Beer on 12-14-2010 at 08:50 PM
  I smoked part of it. It's way, way smokey. It might mellow in 6 months. But there's no
  mistaking it for smokey now. :)

• Posted in thread: Overly Smokey Beer -What To Do? on 12-14-2010 at 08:47 PM
  I did an experiment and made REALLY smokey beer. It's too smokey.DETAILS ON HOW I DID IT: now
  it's too smokey. Before bottling, I might try:[*]dry hopping to balance out the smoke
  some[*]gelatin or o...

• Posted in thread: Smoking Wort on Grill for Smoked Beer on 12-14-2010 at 08:41 PM
  Ugh....way too smokey. REALLY, REALLY smokey. It's even a little dirty smokey. It has mellowed
  over the last week or so, but it's still pretty smokey. Perhaps in 6 months it work.Do smokey
  beers by th...

• Posted in thread: Big Salad and Beer - Great Combo on 12-12-2010 at 05:49 PM
  I went to San Diego on a business trip and found Oggi's, a pizza/micro brew place. The first
  night I tried pizza and a beer. Good enough, but filling and heavy.The next night I went with a
  salad and b...

• Posted in thread: Smoking Wort on Grill for Smoked Beer on 11-27-2010 at 05:10 PM
  The wort tasted a little smokey, maybe woody. I usually can't tell as much the first day when I
  cook a turkey this way...I hang around the smoke, so my senses get used to it, and my clothes,
  skin, hai...