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And brewing a mirror pond clone!

Enjoy chimay grand reserve last night. Ladies choice as it's my wife's birthday.

Congrats on your first brew!

ArtimusBeerimus said:

Steelie211,
That's a sweet glass! Drove through Michigan last weekend... Stopped at New Holland (the day before their 15th anniv party, unfortunately), at at a place called the Blue Frog Cafe in Big Rapids for some of their brew, and dropped by Founders on the way back... Looks like a fair amount of breweries in Grand Rapids to visit someday when I have more time... and Founders was pretty impressive, as well...

As for what I'm drinking - I'm having some homebrew... my Done and Dunkel as I fix up a starter...

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Thanks Artimus. Got the glass for free from the guy that runs the liquor department where I buy my beer. There are tons of brewerys all around the Grand Rapids area. Seems like a new one opens every day

Six Malt Amber homebrew - and quite happy with how it turned out.

Eirdinger wiesbeir dunkel... Not sure about it

Hair of the Dog Fred

Speakeasy Double Daddy...pretty forgettable

SN Torpedo X-IPA in a can. Awesome camping beer.

Stone/3FFF Bashah
It is very tasty!

Bridgeport Hop Czar... One of my favorite "go to" beers!

Founders - Double Trouble

New Belgium Somersault

Lagunitas Censored Rich Copper Ale...delicious.

Halcyon Wheat. Tallgrass has some pretty impressive beers.

Firestone Amber Ale

Berkshire Brewing Co's Lost Sailor IPA, from a growler. cloudy and delicious

Odell St. Lupulin. It's full of piney, resiny, gooey, hop goodness!

New stuff for me
Started with a Alaskan Summer Kolsch. Not bad but very light. Then Estrella Damm, a really tasty light beer I could drink tons of. But my favorite of the evening, and one I need to stock regularly is Anderson Valley Boont Amber. Oh boy, this is delicious. I hope the beer store is open tomorrow so I can buy more before I head home.

Oh ye, bringer of the beer, we thank thee for this gift of Firestone Walker's Double Jack.

In your name we say, Boom-Shaka-Laka!!!

Homebrewed IPA! And it's amazing.

This recipe:

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 13.69 gal
Post Boil Volume: 11.44 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 11.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 11.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.062 SG
Estimated Color: 7.0 SRM
Estimated IBU: 86.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 75.0 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
11.63 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 48.7 %
4.25 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 17.8 %
2.00 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 3 8.4 %
2.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 4 8.4 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 15L (15.0 SRM) Grain 5 4.2 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 35L (35.0 SRM) Grain 6 4.2 %
2.00 lb Cane (Beet) Sugar (0.0 SRM) Sugar 7 8.4 %
2.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 8 41.3 IBUs
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 30. Hop 9 18.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 10. Hop 10 8.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 11 8.1 IBUs
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 5.0 Hop 12 4.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 13 4.5 IBUs
2.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Aroma St Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Aroma Steep 0.0 min Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg San Diego Super Yeast (White Labs #WLP090) [35. Yeast 16 -
3.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Dry Hop Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days Hop 18 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 23.88 lb
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 36.00 qt of water at 161.0 F 152.0 F 60 min

Some homebrewed 8 month aged double chocolate imperial stout and looking forward to bottling my summer brews tomorrow a batch of hefeweizen and a belgian white

Drinking Brewers Best: Imperial IPA. A little bitter for my tastes but very good. Thought I had chill haze until i realized that since i was pouring out of the 12oz bottles i was kicking up the yeast sediment so it looked like haze. Pouring out of a growler and no haze is a beautiful thing.

Having a homebrewed kolsch. next is a Ferocious IPA, then off to bed. It's been a long night at work.

A bloody mary, breakfast of champions!!

Just finished a glass of my Heartwood Hefe, as well as the dregs of the pale ale I just bottled.

Two brothers Dog Days Dortmunder Lager-not as sessionable as i was kinda wanting but it is what it is.Guess im not familiar with Dortmunder lagers.

My "Nutless" Brown Ale to be followed by my Black Well stout.

Chocolate milk and Sangster's banana cream rum. Yum... not beer I know, but so good. Next up is probably a homebrew hefeweizen with supper.

Summit Saga. pretty tasty.

Had a Hofbrauhaus munchen, or something like that. Tasted and smelled like it came out of a skunk's wazoo. Now, I'm drinking a Union Jack. Big improvement.

Hops and grain- ALTeration

DisturbdChemist said:

Hops and grain- ALTeration

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Funny, I'm drinking the hops and grain pale dog. Friggin awesome

The new belgium and lost abbey collaboration with 100% brett. Not bad. Glad i grabbed two and let one age

Butter Nuts Beer and Ale Moo Thunder Stout

Not sure why but in humid weather I like a good sweet stout still.

My newest saison. Thrilled with it.

Well, I was going to drink a bomber of Old Ruffian, but I dropped the bottle taking it out of the fridge. I didn't want it spraying everywhere when I opened it, so I grabbed a can of Old Chub instead. Still satisfied

Now I'm drinking my New Place Pale Ale. So delicious.

Homebrewed Oatmeal Stout after some brewing, and now for the Brewers!

Rivenin said:

The new belgium and lost abbey collaboration with 100% brett. Not bad. Glad i grabbed two and let one age

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I picked up that one and the NB Tart Lychee. I think I will drink the Tart Lychee one right meow.




This was interesting, but I didn't like it enough to buy it again. It tasted like a Berliner Weisse with a sweet floral note from the lychee. It was lacto sour and had a little barnyard funk. I smelt some wet dog in there too. Maybe it was my upper lip.

Sweetwater Lowryeder IPA and Old Mecklenberg Rein Pale Ale.