Recent content by blackbird

So it's only the extract batches you've had problems with? I would stay away from the extract for a while and brew another batch or two with those yeasts and see how they turn out. I'm assuming the "food-grade" containers the extract was stored in was plastic?? Did you heat them in...

Bottled this up Dec. 1st and the flavors have really come together. The only changes I made to the recipe were that I substituted notti for the yeast and didn't add the honey. A friend tried one last night and thought it tasted and smelled of snickerdoodle cookies. The spices are very well...

Ah ok! I can definitely see baked Christmas cookies. I tasted a bit of the spiced tea after it had cooled and it was pretty awesome. I was worried when I tasted it hot, as it seemed bland aside from the strong vanilla aroma. I'm a bit embarrased now, as I don't know why I was expecting...

Ok i just finished bottling and tasted the combined product and it was FANTASTIC!!! I don't know what was causing the vinegar aroma but I can't detect it anymore. If something can be messed up cooking, just leave it to me. I am still curious though, as to why some people consider vanilla...

Ok, I just made the tea and I'm a little worried. First, it doesn't smell like Christmas to me. I can definitely smell the vanilla but very little cinnamon. Also, I get a faint armpit like vinegar smell. Is this from the bitter orange peel perhaps? I'm very hesitant to throw this into my...

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What about adding a clove or two?

Here is another, very relevant post: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/local-brewpub-kind-sucks-200630/

I really need to break up my posts more. That big block of words is pretty hard on the eyes

I agree with pretty much everything you just posted. I think where we differ is that I feel it is more viable commercially than you do. Fair enough. I don't particularly care. It just felt like, after my initial post outlining some of the potential benefits, you had quality concerns (which...

Rycov, I could care less if people are bashing extract brewers. Please don't assume from my low number of posts that I am a "newb" on a rant to argue that my beers are equal with AG. I made my original post in order to provide the OP with a different perspective from the other responses. It...

Airborneguy, my apologies if I misunderstood your post. After reading it and rereading it yet again, I still get the impression that you meant to imply that a brewpub who is brewing with extract is cutting costs and quality will suffer. By saying "extract beers aren't inherently bad" just...

You are assuming that I meant an inferior product because of the use of extract. It looks like this is turning into another one of those debates on quality of extract vs AG brews

I think most people would agree that AG is ideal. But I think if you're just getting started and are on a shoestring budget, extract has some benefits. As ACbrewer pointed out, the extra cost on equipment for brewing AG would be offset eventually, but that doesn't matter if eventually never...

GreenWolf pointed out earlier in the thread that Tolkien mentioned oasts, but no one seemed to comment on it. Here is the quote from the book "The townlands were rich, with wide tilth and many orchards, and homesteads there were with oast and garner..." To me this is proof that there most...