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St Patrick's Day Brew

Discussion in 'General Homebrew Discussion' started by LiquidLunch5211, Feb 16, 2012.

 

  1. #1
    LiquidLunch5211

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 16, 2012
    With the holiday comming up, I ask you all, what will you be brewing to celebrate St Patrick's Day? I think I will go with a nice cream stout.
     
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    elvestinkle

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 16, 2012
    Thanks for the reminder! I wanted to get a hefe brewed up so I could tint it green easily :D
     
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    LiquidLunch5211

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 16, 2012
    Nice. I think the stout will be on tap and maybe have a brew session on the holiday. What should I brew?
     
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    JHawKS

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 16, 2012
    Ive got a delicious Irish Red going in bottles tomorrow :D
     
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    Howie

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 16, 2012
    I'm thinking about some type of low gravity Oatmeal Stout. I don't have a nitro system, and I find dry stouts don't work so well on regular C02. My line of thinking is bridging the gap between the traditional Irish Dry Stout and an Oatmeal Stout.

    Also, some type of Irish Red.

    Need to get to brewing.
     
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    brtisbuck

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 16, 2012
    I have an Irish Red in bottles now that sadly I don't think I can make last until then.:( My ESB should be perfectly conditioned for celebrating St. Patty's day with as I brew my first American IPA recipe creation.:mug:
     
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    nootay

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 16, 2012
    im thinking about a dry irish stout with some vanilla and cocoa nibs added. ive never used cocoa nibs before, anyone know a good amount to use for 5 gallons?
     
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    Raenon

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 16, 2012
    Bottling the same either tomorrow night or Saturday morning!
    Gonna turn around and start a new batch on top of the yeast cake, I expect this batch'll be gone by the time I go to sleep on St. Patrick's Day.
     
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    SlimeyBooger

    Active Member

    Posted Feb 16, 2012
    I'm bottling a Dry Stout this weekend and bottling a Boulevard Irish Ale clone next weekend.
     
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    bphelan

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 16, 2012
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    slarkin712

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 16, 2012
    I'm brewing a OG 1.044 dry stout on Saturday. I'm pitching a crapload of irish ale yeast to get it to ferment quickly. Hope to have it bottled in 10 days, which would give it 18 days to carb up. Hope it works.
     
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    LiquidLunch5211

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 16, 2012
    I saw that brewing tv are you going for the 1880's version? I may also try to replicate a vanilla porter I had at Breckenridge Brewery.
     
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    bphelan

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 21, 2012
    Yea brewed up 10 gallons this past Saturday, wort tasted pretty delicious.
     
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    LTownLiquorPig

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 21, 2012
    Bottled 15L of what I'm calling my Liquor Pig Stout a week ago. Drank 3 of them Sunday, and they were actually nicely carbed (to about 2.0 volumes) already. Gonna have to hang tight to make them last to St. Patricks Day.
     
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    LiquidLunch5211

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 21, 2012
    I hear that. I brewed a cream stout, I doubt very much it will last. Looks like I will be back to the store.
     
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    MaxSpang

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 21, 2012
    I have about 6 gallons of Irish Red that I'll be enjoying.

    The batch fermented super aggressively, it was gushing out over the top before I could wrangle up a blow-off tube.

    I'd say my first time using a stirplate was a success!
     
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    LiquidLunch5211

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 22, 2012
    I just picked up my grains for an Oatmeal Stout. Should be done just in time! I have never done one before, looking forward to it.
     
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    SailorTodd

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 23, 2012
    I brewed an Irish Red last weekend. It may be my first beer on tap if I get my kegerator set up in time.
     
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    Cambone

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 23, 2012
    can't read
     
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    Scooby_Brew

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 23, 2012
    I brewed an Irish Stout from John Palmer's recipe from this podcast show about 4 weeks ago. I just kegged it and primed it in the keg a couple of days ago. It will be ready for St. Patty's Day.
     
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    spearko520

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 23, 2012
    milk stout for gettin all drunk at a parade!
     
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    moorerm04

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 23, 2012
    Just picked up the grains and DME for a PM Vanilla Oatmeal Stout yesterday..... Thinking about brewing tomorrow morning.
     
  23. #23
    Posted Feb 23, 2012
    I will be bottling 25 gallons of various brews in what is sure to be a marathon bottling session.
     
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    RickFinsta

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 23, 2012
    I made a 3gal batch of this (my first AG brew, limited space for grains with BIAB). It smells AMAZING. Only thing is the current EK Goldings are 6.3% alpha. That's right, over double what the recipe calls for, so I cut it back but hope I don't lose the hop character as a result. I first wort hopped to be on the safe side. If the current taste is any indication, this will be my new house porter.
     
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    LiquidLunch5211

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 23, 2012
    What yeast did you pitch for your oatmeal stout?
     
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    FloridaCracker

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 23, 2012
    Well, it's not Irish... But I'm currently breweing a batch of Scottish Ale. Using heather tips as well as east kent goldings, let's hope it comes out alright.
     
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    GreenDragon

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 23, 2012
    I'm doing an oatmeal stout using that limit edition Yorkshire Wyeast. This weekend it goes into the keg to start conditioning. It's also my first attempt at an AG.
     
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    Spartangreen

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 23, 2012
    Noob question here, but to the people brewing this weekend.
    Aren't you all too late to get a good conditioned beer. ~3 weeks.
    Seems like the general consensus is 3 weeks Ferm/3 weeks bottle condition.
     
  29. #29
    Raenon

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 23, 2012
    Even 3 weeks is *enough* for some beers, especially if you can brew something easy in 2 weeks, and have a week for force carb :)
     
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    Scooby_Brew

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 24, 2012
    You can still make it! A classic Irish Stout like Guinness Drought or Murphy's is actualy a low alcohol (~4%ABV), session beer. 2,5 weeks in a fermenter + 3 days force carb, or 2 weeks in a fermenter + 1 week primed in bottles is just enough time.
     
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    nattron

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 24, 2012
    Irish red - then once kegged I made a Porter and used the carboy with the yeast cake in it for an Irish Porter?
     
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    moorerm04

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 24, 2012
    Safale s-04
     
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    LiquidLunch5211

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 27, 2012
    I used Irish 1084 and its going crazy fermenting at 63 degrees. Can't wait to drink this one.
     
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    unionrdr

    Homebrewer, author & air gun shooter  

    Posted Feb 27, 2012
    My Sunset Gold APAv2 will be in bottles 5 weeks & three days at that point. All systems are green & go!:mug:
     
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    LiquidLunch5211

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 28, 2012
    Can wait its going to be a holiday full of good beer
     
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    CCericola

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 28, 2012
    I am torn between a milk chocolate stout (kind of a left over grain recipe) and a light rye-ale I've been craving for summer. It'll be my first brew with my own wort chiller. Super excited.
     
  37. #37
    November

    ...relax...  

    Posted Feb 28, 2012
    I brewed a bit for the occasion:
    Vienna lager
    Green Classic American Pilsner
    Dry Irish Stout with a pint of soured stout in at boil
    Toasted wheat pale ale

    Should be a good day. I brewed in advance so it is all ready to go. Now the hard part is not drinking it before the party.
     
  38. #38
    LiquidLunch5211

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 28, 2012
    I vote for the stout. Have fun enjoy!
     
  39. #39
    jonmohno

    Banned

    Posted Feb 28, 2012
    I made a few last year that i still have for this year a good irish cream stout,irish red,irish blonde (loved them all)and i just made an irish amber(probably more british really)which should be good to go by next month since it has just been bottled.Was gonna make a dry irish stout but eh i have a certain yeast and hop agenda that may not fit in with this time frame, could though if i think about it. Im going to have to drink one of each on patty's day.
     
  40. #40
    LiquidLunch5211

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Feb 28, 2012
    Love irish cream stout! By far my favorite home brew. Enjoy
     
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