chefchris
Well-Known Member
So a client of my Dad's brews beer. Has been at it for a year. His wife appeared at my Dad's office to offer some homebrew. He told her that I also brewed and showed some of my labels. He brought it home and I see the Mr. Beer caps on top. I was excited to try this as I've always wondered how they turned out. The beers were Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Stout and Blue Lightnin'. She said the Stout came in at 9% ABV, but further research showed that it should come in around 7% ABV. I'm pretty sure a hydrometer isn't included in the kit.
We poured the beers and noticed immediately a very "yeasty" smell. Almost so much that I didn't want to drink it. Then the chunks appeared. We found out that they added fresh fruit to the bottles. Not all of the chunks were from fruit. Some of them just looked like ingredients that had not been mixed well. *see video below
This stuff was undrinkable. If my first homebrew had turned out like this, that would have been it for me. This guy's been doing it for a year. It was so over carbonated that one of them just about exploded when we opened it, and the little that I did drink was like drinking a Sprite.
I told my Dad to tell the guy to come sit in on a brew day with me. I would like him to at least work up to extracts. I brew AG so I offered to let him use my equipment and he can just order an extract kit and I'll walk him through it. He's paying the same prices at Mr. Beer for 2 gallon batches.
Hopefully this guy will accept and we can get him on track to making some good (read drinkable) beer.
I found this video on youtube where Andy Dick drinks some Mr. Beer and asks what the "crustaceans" are in the glass[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10EXfz-0Kwg"]Video[/ame]
We poured the beers and noticed immediately a very "yeasty" smell. Almost so much that I didn't want to drink it. Then the chunks appeared. We found out that they added fresh fruit to the bottles. Not all of the chunks were from fruit. Some of them just looked like ingredients that had not been mixed well. *see video below
This stuff was undrinkable. If my first homebrew had turned out like this, that would have been it for me. This guy's been doing it for a year. It was so over carbonated that one of them just about exploded when we opened it, and the little that I did drink was like drinking a Sprite.
I told my Dad to tell the guy to come sit in on a brew day with me. I would like him to at least work up to extracts. I brew AG so I offered to let him use my equipment and he can just order an extract kit and I'll walk him through it. He's paying the same prices at Mr. Beer for 2 gallon batches.
Hopefully this guy will accept and we can get him on track to making some good (read drinkable) beer.
I found this video on youtube where Andy Dick drinks some Mr. Beer and asks what the "crustaceans" are in the glass[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10EXfz-0Kwg"]Video[/ame]