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Man I've bottled 2 batches and I'm ready to keg. Can't imagine 10 years of it. Looks great

Cigar City and big breweries like that use a cucumber essence to get that flavor

Add vanilla and cinnamon, but not too much of either. The two together definitely make you think cookies.

efficiency isn't a big deal. so yeah, don't get so upset over it.

I've emailed Avery in the past about some help cloning one of their beers, and they were very kind and helpful and gave me pretty much the whole recipe. So I'd say that's your best shot!

A hefeweizen can be done in a short amount of time, with just one or two grains, one hop varietal and yeast. Simple stuff.

This isn't true.

I'm as beer of a beer snob as you'll find, spending outrageous amounts of money on silly, overhyped nonsense beers just because I love finding new awesome things. But Sam Adams is pretty damn good. Boston Lager is an excellent beer, as is Noble Pils. I thought the Rye was really good and could...

There's not a direct correlation, as you can get high efficiency without extracting tannins, but yes, that certainly can be a big side-effect of the race for higher and higher efficiency if not done properly

Bump...curious about the sugar. When did you add it? To the boil or during fermentation or...?

Looking forward to your thoughts on this.

keg your stout and put a bunch of coffee beans in the keg. perfect.

hey, they've only made one good beer, gotta expect them to keep it close to the vest.

i like the name Black IPA personally. the oxymoronic nature of it, i think, was part of the whole genesis of the style to begin with.

yeah, Fat Tire is incredibly boring to me. the hype is because it was one of the earliest recognizable wide-spread craft beers.

a lot of craft brewers are this way. it's awesome. i've received some very detailed information from Avery, East End, Barley John's, and a handful of others about specific beers. it's one of the things that really defines a "craft" brewer to me.

fascinating thread. it never occurred to me before this thread that people actually blend two two average beers to create something good. all my experience with blending and beer is from breweries like Lost Abbey, Firestone Walker, Jolly Pumpkin, etc., who brew several different beers, put them...

by boilIng the wort, you are basically sanitizing it. it's not necessary to sanitize anything pre-boil.

brew it, drink it, and enjoy.

if this were a Dark Lord clone you'd want a FG to be in the 1.075 range :)