This is a BIG BIG thank you to my brewing friends here that encouraged me and my son past our first personal recipe. You may remember we took a belgium triple, added some dark aromatic grains, soaked dark oak chips in captain Morgan, and later added this to the mash. We replace the candy sugar with sugar in the raw. Added some cinnamon, vanilla, allspice, and nutmeg and ....believe it or not....maple syrup.
When we were done the gravity was completely off the charts and I really really thought we had a MAJOR screw up on our hands. Then it fermented like gangbusters for two days and stopped abruptly and we thought the fermentation was stalled. That was when we were completely convinced we screwed up immensely. All of you said, and I quote "step back from the beer". We did and WOW!!!!!! This stuff is just sooooooo incredibly tasty!!!
Its got a real good amber head, and really really tasty. I really think we "lucked out" but we wouldnt have if you hadnt encouraged us to just be patient. The only complaint I MAY have is this stuff is stronger than anything I ever drank in the form of beer.
Next time, ill still be more carefull but this stuff is not going to friends, this is now something we will hold onto as our personal stock to sip from. This is just too good to explain!
THANX ALL!!!!!!!!
When we were done the gravity was completely off the charts and I really really thought we had a MAJOR screw up on our hands. Then it fermented like gangbusters for two days and stopped abruptly and we thought the fermentation was stalled. That was when we were completely convinced we screwed up immensely. All of you said, and I quote "step back from the beer". We did and WOW!!!!!! This stuff is just sooooooo incredibly tasty!!!
Its got a real good amber head, and really really tasty. I really think we "lucked out" but we wouldnt have if you hadnt encouraged us to just be patient. The only complaint I MAY have is this stuff is stronger than anything I ever drank in the form of beer.
Next time, ill still be more carefull but this stuff is not going to friends, this is now something we will hold onto as our personal stock to sip from. This is just too good to explain!
THANX ALL!!!!!!!!