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I lied about the previous nightcap. This will be the nightcap. So....much.....caramel!!!!

I knew it existed, but hadn't seen it around before. I'll definitely have to grab a few to age.

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Fuzzymittenbrewing said:
Not really lol, I just always drank good sh#t. Single. Great job and partied
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Ahhh...I had a family before I landed a job that afforded me the good sh#t in life. I was more referring to my high school days and many nights forcing myself to sleep through the spins after too much store brand vodka and bong loads.
 
Fuzzymittenbrewing said:
Dont get me wrong its delicious. Just not up to what its built to.
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Pliny, Hopslam, Heady...none of those beers can live up to what they've been built up top be because the hype around them is a runaway train. It's sucks to be disappointed by a really good beer because it didn't blow you away, but that's the nature of the beast. The one and only beer I have had that completely and fully lived up to the hype is Alpine Nelson...hands down my favorite IPA.
 
TNGabe said:
I seem to have the opposite problem. I tend to overcarbonate to perfection, which I think is around 4 volumes. I often shoot for 3.5 and then get some additional carb from the brett. I've got two beer with brett in secondary that I dry hopped yesterday trying to push them through to clear up the fermentors by next week and I'm a litttle unsure what to aim for when I bottle them. I'm thinking of priming for 2 volumes assuming they'll end up at 4 or better.
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So your problem is perfection, lol ;)

I have a few beers that turned out pretty well, aside from undercarbing. They're all brett beers from a couple years back where I was a bit gun-shy on overcarbing b/c of brett, but in hindsight they had aged so long (9-12 months) that I just miscalculated that amount of remaining residual co2 and undershot my volumes. I'm going to aim for closer to 3-3.25 going forward for those longer aged brett beers going forward.

tripplehazzard said:
You are a saison nut huh? Hope you enjoyed the ones I sent :ban:
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Love 'em. I haven't dug into any of them yet actually, but can't wait to dig into those Prairies and 2nd Shift, thanks again!
 
Dave1096 said:
Pliny, Hopslam, Heady...none of those beers can live up to what they've been built up top be because the hype around them is a runaway train. It's sucks to be disappointed by a really good beer because it didn't blow you away, but that's the nature of the beast. The one and only beer I have had that completely and fully lived up to the hype is Alpine Nelson...hands down my favorite IPA.
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Heady lived up to it for me. Blew my socks off.
 
Qhrumphf said:
Very few beers I can think of that actually meet or exceed the hype. Cantillon's the only brewer I can think of that routinely meets or exceeds the hype. Most don't even come close.
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Lots of beers with no hype are great. I'd list some, but I value my shelf turds :)
 
Dave1096 said:
That's a pretty awesome trio of hops. Looks caramely on the malt side...what grains did you use?
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It's much less caramely than it looks thanks to the filter on the picture app I use. I use 69% 2row, 15% Maris Otter, 7% Munich, and 7% crystal 20. Mash low and fermented with us-05 to dry it out.
 

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