Hrm good to know, thanks- I ended up making a hef because I chickened out about wasting the blackberries I shed blood to harvest...now it looks a nice purple-rose color. Wondering how long to leave in fruit.
Thanks, and you should- we have many awesome beer destinations- super deli mart, Elliott Bay, Beer Junction (most bottles in state and 16 rotating taps), beveridge place, big al's...
Haha yeah I was there- showed up about 20 minutes late and brought a "golden IPA" and a Saison I have. I spent a lot of time talking to the yeast lady.
OK, good to know. I don't need clear I need delicious!
I have a bunch of frozen blackberries I picked a couple weeks ago, and the beer has been in primary for nearly two weeks. I'm going to rack it in the next couple days. Was the berry steeping at 160 f degrees just to kill pathogens? seems...
Thanks guys this place is great. I'm not even sure how badly I feel the need to replicate beers, because every time I want to try something different! And I don't have a lot of drinkers- we are at nearly half capacity with the wife pregnant. sirmichael do you ever go to the rat city hb club...
Hey everyone- like most I lurked here for a while after nearly all of my search engine inquiries led me to the board. It's been helpful.
I began brewing extracts in January and switched to grain in August. My first grain beer was a saison that I thought I screwed up horribly but turned out...
Thanks for the report; I'm making this recipe right now. Plenty of blackberries everywhere and I'm gonna use some cascade I picked last week so it's gonna be a cheap experiment! what's the advantage of the cold crash? i don't have any facilities for that right now. using the original all-grain...