michael_riccijr
Member
Hello everyone,
I just started home brewing in late November. I've got three brews under my belt.
TB German Style Light ~ Gone
BB Red Ale ~ In the bottle
TB Nut Brown ~ Primary
Here's my question...
I like to cook. But I like to cook foods I'm comfortable with. I don't use recipes. I know what tastes good and what will go into my foods to make them taste better. E.g. My pasta sauce. I started out with a recipe years ago, but now my sauce is totally different than what it was when I started. I've played around with it and got it to the point where it is perfect to my taste. Nothing major changes in the recipe and I could do it in my sleep. Same goes for my Chicken Tortellini Soup... It's perfection.
I want to apply this to making beer. I want to make the same beer (Something I won't get sick of) and just continue to improve on it until I perfect the recipe and can do it in my sleep. I am NOT learning anything right now by making different recipes every time. Not one of the recipes listed above have been even similar. Like my sauce, I know if I change something, I'll know what the outcome will be. I don't know what the outcome will be if I change something in my beer. I want to know that if I change something in my beer recipe, what the effects will be in the finished beer. I want to know what the effects of different hops and different yeasts will taste like in the finished product. You can try to explain it to me but I'd rather find out for my self.
Am I on the right track with this method of thinking???? This all came to me in an epiphany last night as I was going to sleep.
I want a simple pale ale with a nice hoppy finish. Nothing too dark... I'd get sick of that fast. The closest "good" HBS is about an hour and a half away, and next weekend I'm going to take a trip and pick up some supplies. I'm not an AGer yet, so I'd like to stick to D/LME... Any Suggestions??
I just started home brewing in late November. I've got three brews under my belt.
TB German Style Light ~ Gone
BB Red Ale ~ In the bottle
TB Nut Brown ~ Primary
Here's my question...
I like to cook. But I like to cook foods I'm comfortable with. I don't use recipes. I know what tastes good and what will go into my foods to make them taste better. E.g. My pasta sauce. I started out with a recipe years ago, but now my sauce is totally different than what it was when I started. I've played around with it and got it to the point where it is perfect to my taste. Nothing major changes in the recipe and I could do it in my sleep. Same goes for my Chicken Tortellini Soup... It's perfection.
I want to apply this to making beer. I want to make the same beer (Something I won't get sick of) and just continue to improve on it until I perfect the recipe and can do it in my sleep. I am NOT learning anything right now by making different recipes every time. Not one of the recipes listed above have been even similar. Like my sauce, I know if I change something, I'll know what the outcome will be. I don't know what the outcome will be if I change something in my beer. I want to know that if I change something in my beer recipe, what the effects will be in the finished beer. I want to know what the effects of different hops and different yeasts will taste like in the finished product. You can try to explain it to me but I'd rather find out for my self.
Am I on the right track with this method of thinking???? This all came to me in an epiphany last night as I was going to sleep.
I want a simple pale ale with a nice hoppy finish. Nothing too dark... I'd get sick of that fast. The closest "good" HBS is about an hour and a half away, and next weekend I'm going to take a trip and pick up some supplies. I'm not an AGer yet, so I'd like to stick to D/LME... Any Suggestions??