Hillbilly_Bill
Well-Known Member
I have chosen this promotional kit from Austin Homebrew to be my first attempt at making beer. I am curious if anyone on the forum has made this kit and if so, how did it turn out.
Bill
Bill
i did the partial mash on thursday and used beathbrewers technique. hit my og right, and it is bubbling away in the laundry room nicely.
ben
I have been sitting on an allgrain version of this kit for a couple weeks now and am planning a brew day. I would love to hear any feedback on this brew....it was a heckofa deal. Any thoughts on those sorachi hops?
I thought I read that Sorachi Ace is very lemony. I'd seach the forum to check. If that's true
I'd be tempted to sub in a different aromatic hop. Amarillo would be a good choice.
Tagging this thread with the words Austin Homebrew so I can follow it.
Forrest
I thought I read that Sorachi Ace is very lemony. I'd seach the forum to check. If that's true
I'd be tempted to sub in a different aromatic hop. Amarillo would be a good choice.
I've only taken a whiff when replacing the blow-off tube w/ the airlock... but the only thing I can compare the smell to was early memories of Sunny Delight-- the pseudo orange juice.
I just threw up a little in my mouth. I pray that the final product isn't anything like sunny D.
Mike... what do you mean, "I just threw up a little..."?
Note: I stated earlier that I had the extract kit coming, when actually I have the mini-mash kit on order. Do the mini-mash kits come with unhopped extract? I would like to be able to be flexible in my choices of hops.
Bill
Note: I stated earlier that I had the extract kit coming, when actually I have the mini-mash kit on order. Do the mini-mash kits come with unhopped extract? I would like to be able to be flexible in my choices of hops.
Bill
I would stick with the recipe. Those guys at AHS know what they are doing.
Let us know how the Karankawa Pale Ale tastes.. got it on order.
I would stick with the recipe. Those guys at AHS know what they are doing.
Will do... I have decided to brew my "mini-mash" kit by the book... will advise all of the results as soon as I test it. I plan on giving it a couple of weeks after bottling to finish, then it is down the old hatch.
With the type of hops used it should be more like a month in the bottles, then you can try it. If it is too hoppy for you then wait some more.
I put in the description that it is aggressively hopped. The more you add any spice to a beer, hops are a spice, the longer it will take to mature.
Forrest
I brewed this about a week ago using the Deathbrewer mini-mash technique, except I did a full boil. Went well and am really looking forward to it, I'll let you know how it turns out.
I'm interested in the sorachi ace, I'm not sure I've ever had it but I heard good things. Forrest, do you have any tasting notes (does the sorachi come through)? and also wondering how familiar you are with the Karankawa's... weren't they cannibals?
PS: Are the tuesday specials comming back?
The Tuesday specials are coming back.
Forrest
The Tuesday specials are coming back.
Yes, the Karankawa tribe were cannibals that lived between where Houston and Corpus Christi are now.
The Sorachi hops will come through a little because it is a low cohumulone hop. The beer is a mouthful of flavor.
Forrest
Forrest... I researched the Karankawa tribe to check on their propensity toward cannibalism, and as it turns out, they were cannabilistic only in the traditional sense that they ate body parts of their vanquished enemies. It also turns out that virtually all other tribes engaged in this ritual. I am not an expert, only an old school teacher and retired truck driver that likes to research interesting topics. The information I gather is public domain and anyone willing to take the time to use Google or any other search engine can access this information.
Yeah, that's all well and good, but you're missing the point: the word Karankawa sounds friggin bad ass.
Yeah, that's all well and good, but you're missing the point: the word Karankawa sounds friggin bad ass.
I just threw up a little in my mouth. I pray that the final product isn't anything like sunny D.
Thought it only fair to Forrest & everyone to report back after taking a hydrometer sample/reading last night.
There is NO sickly sweet Sunny D smell left. It smelled wonderful and tasted really really nice- even in its warm/flat state.
Getting really excited to start drinking this.
Did you go strictly by the directions, or did you do a full boil?
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