DeRoux's Broux
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well, it looks more like a stout in the pic, but it ain't! take a look in my gallery. too big to addin the post. plus you can check out the homebrewtalk.com sticker on my keg fridge. pretty cool.
Walker said:This beer better be f*cking good, seeing as how the entire experience with it has been difficult.
-walker
When it rains it pours! I popped in their Saturday for a new batch and somebody had just walked out leaving a bag of merchandise there. Had to doublecheck your post and make sure you were talking about Sunday, or I would have guessed it was you! Make sure you don't get the other guy's stuff when you go back. :cross:Walker said:After the kiddies were in bed, I went out to get my things from the car and realized that I had only TWO bags of my stuff. The bag that was missing contained; bottle caps, flippie seals, and my idophor.
ORRELSE said:I wish you would hurry up and taste it though--I have about a half gallon (or possibly less) left in my keg after the brewday Saturday. If you don't hurry and taswte yours we won't have samples to compare against as we talk back and forth about what we would change!
I think perhaps you had already left, as the bag was laying on the counter the whole time I was there. They were in another mad rush of customers when we got there, and when we left. The guys looked pretty harried! But good for business is good for me. I noticed they have some new grains now, including my new favorite - melanoidin malt.Walker said:I wonder if you were in the shop at the same time as me? I came into the place while they were in the midst of a HUGE rush of customers. When I left, there were only a couple people remaining. I had a short conversation with some bearded guy about the idophor I was buying, then I left (without the idophor.)
Walker said:I promise I'll taste it tonight, regardless of whether I attempt to bottle it tonight. I don't know how well I'll be able to describe the flavor, though.
My case of Fat Tire from El Paso should have arrived this weekend. I saw my sis-in-law last night, but forgot to ask about the brew hey boyfriend was supposed to bring. I hope they didn't neglect to bring it! I'm counting on it for my comparison.
-waler
ORRELSE said:I had a dude over Saturday that tried it--not knowing it was homebrew, and said it was spot on. He thought it was actual Fat Tire. I'll take that FWIW, but it made me feel pretty damn good.
ORRELSE said:I wish you would hurry up and taste it though
brewsmith said:I'm using the recipe from Beer Captured with a few minor alterations. I modified the recipe for 5.5 gal instead of 5 and I am using White Labs Belgian Ale Yeast WLP550.
Wyeast 1762 Belgian Abbey IIORRELSE said:What yeast does the Beer Captured recipe suggest?
Beer Captured calls it a Belgian-Style Pale Ale. Personally I don't like american ambers, but I do like Fat Tire. New Belgium calls it an "amber ale", but that's not what the BJCP nazis call it.ORRELSE said:I'm curious as to why you chose the Belgian Ale yeast for this, when the beer style is actually considered an American Amber.
I keep hearing that Fat Tire isn't anything like a belgian...guess that must be true because I haven't been to fond of begian's either.ORRELSE said:So many people get caught up in Fat Tire being a belgian style because it is brewed by New Belgium Brewing company.
Thanks.....El Pistolero said:Wyeast 1762 Belgian Abbey II
Wyeast 1388 Belgian Strong Ale
What do the BJCP nazis call it?El Pistolero said:Beer Captured calls it a Belgian-Style Pale Ale. Personally I don't like american ambers, but I do like Fat Tire. New Belgium calls it an "amber ale", but that's not what the BJCP nazis call it.
16B - Belgian Pale Ale.ORRELSE said:What do the BJCP nazis call it?
El Pistolero said:16B - Belgian Pale Ale.
Well I guess we'll see...I used WL Belgian Abbey Ale. Hope it's not too nasty...if it is I guess I could sue the Szamatulski'sSam75 said:I agree...all accounts I've ever read specify a clean, US strain. A Belgian yeast won't get you there if you're trying to clone it. Might make for an interesting beer, though.
DeRoux's Broux said:my HBS called for WLP001. i agree w/ EP. i wish i would have used the Belgian strain, because mine is half-way there. it should be more like a dubbel (my clone, not the original). mines not biscuity enough.......
brewsmith said:Well, you guys mentioned that you should use an american strain for the Fat Tire clone, and I would now have to agree. I used the White Labs WLP 550 Belgian Ale yeast and there is definately a difference. I just transferred to secondary and had a taste. It's good, very good actually, but not an exact clone. I think the grain came close. The color seems about right. But the belgian yeast is considerably different. Gets bottled in two weeks. Side by side test in a month.
DeRoux's Broux said:i guess my grain bill was off, because i'm not happy with mine either. next time, i need to try y'alls recipe. my HBS's was off.....
I've got one close to this in secondary now...how close was the taste of yours to the original?Thor said:#2 (recipe from "Beer Captured," with a few substitutions per my local home brew store.)
8 oz US 80 o Crystal Malt, 6 oz. German Munich Malt, 4 oz US Victory malt, 3 oz. Belgian Miscuit malt, 4 lbs Alexanders Pale Malt Extract, 2.5 lbs Muntons Extra Light DME (note: I used all DME, about 5.7 lbs of Muntons Pale DME vs. the recipe)
1/3 oz Yakima Magnum 15% (5 HBU) - substituted Columbus, same HBU) - bittering
1/2 oz. German Hallertau Hersbrucker - flavor hop, 1 tsp Irish Moss, 1/4 oz. Willimette (aroma)
I used Belgian Ale White Labs liquid yeast for both.
It fits...I've got a couple thousand LP's...some aren't even stereo.Thor said:El P (get it? LP? HAHAHAHAHA!! I crack myself up! OK, I'm better now.)
Cold snap is right...it's 37° in the middle of the afternoon here. Dang near runned over a polar bear this morning...course he wuz gittin chased by a gator.Thor said:It is actually rather good, and a particularly good winter beer. Had one last night, in fact. It was a nice flavor for the cold snap we're having in TX (and, I understand, around the country).
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