2 gallon All grain Stein Bier (loads of pics)

[DanPoch]

I never heard of this before either. Pretty cool. So the rocks do the boiling for ya? I'll have to research this some more from the links in this thread. Probably at a time when I'm not supposed to be working LOL

 

[GodsStepBrother]

This website is horrible! anytime I am on hold or not with a client, I am on this site. Its an addiciton.

 

[Bobby_M]

Don't mean to steal any thunder here but thought folks thinking about trying it might find this interesting....

 

[GodsStepBrother]

That is awesome bobbym, it was that video and the one on basic brewing that first got me interested in doing this. How did this beer end up tasting?

 

[jbrookeiv]

VERY interested in doing this.

 

[GodsStepBrother]

I bottled the beer yesterday. I got about 8 and a half 12 oz bottles, and got a taste again. I tried a Stone beer last week at a beer tasting and I tasted a flavor I could not identify, when I tasted mine it seems to have that same flavor. Almost like how the rocks smell? Kind of wet dirty but with a very mineral quality, the flavor is hard to describe and the beer is still very young to judge (it was defiantly drinkable though!). One thing, it was crystal clear, check out the picture of the hydrometer sample.

 

[Bobby_M]

That is awesome bobbym, it was that video and the one on basic brewing that first got me interested in doing this. How did this beer end up tasting?

Like rocks ;-)

The beer probably would have been better but it was unseasonably warm that weekend and our Bock fermented at 70F.

 

[GodsStepBrother]

Rocks are some of my favorite flavors in beer, as well as forest floor, and moldy cave ;-) lol.

Has your brewing club done another one of these? Did your guys rocks end up pitch black as well bobby? I don’t know if I should use them again, or get some new ones. Maybe they wont be as rocky if I use them over and over again haha.

 

[Bobby_M]

Oh, I guess I didn't mention it but that video I posted was my club and that monotone voice is me ;-)

 

[JetSmooth]

It's awesome to see more people doing steinbeers. I have wanted to do one for a long time. Still need to complete my second all grain equipment setup. Might make one with my brewing co-op.

I think I will call it "Peter".

 

[microbrewswhoo]

My friends and I need to do this during a camping trip or something.

 

[GodsStepBrother]

My friends and I need to do this during a camping trip or something.

It would be perfect in a camping setting, due to the campfire ready to go and the wood all around. I would make some kind of spruce tip stein Bier (if you where to go right now, and have access to spruce).

Just make sure to get the rock beforehand, you cannot use just any old rock. Most of them explode when they go from piping hot to cold. Granite is one of the few that can withstand the temperature changes.

 

[GodsStepBrother]

I completely forgot about this brew right up until yesterday. I was having a little beer tasting with some friends, and one of them asked me about it. I stuck one in the fridge and we drank it!

Man this thing is undrinkable:cross:. Such a cool brewing day for nothing, it’s a beautiful copper/amber color; crystal clear, white head looks so promising, but has a really prominent metallic after taste. I mean bad, I do not know what caused it, I am guessing the propane and the metal that the rock where in contact with while I heated them over and over again. I will post a picture of this up, when I get back from work.

If anyone is thinking of trying this I think, a wood fire would defiantly be the way to go. I will be brewing another one shortly with an actual wood fire to try and see if that was the issue. Anybody have any other ideas of where this taste could have come from?

 

[fc36]

Subscribe...I'm going to do this ASAP.