A friendly place for friends who drink

[BGBC]

I'd be careful about making uber drivers mad.

Sounds like that dude just snapped.

There were two cop cars and an ambulance in front of my building this morning, so he couldn't pull up right in front. Saw the driver across the street, didn't think I needed to answer my phone since I was about 20 feet away with a suitcase.

 

[banesong]

Kafe. Dragging a bit. Regrets this morning, and last night was not as good a night as I had hoped.

 

[mattmmille]

Man, I love peanut butter beers.
Drinking water. Wide awake for some reason.

I hope I get to brew mine someday....(with fluff).

 

[mcbaumannerb]

French Press now as I sift through the mountain of weekend emails...

 

[Psylocide]

Morning friendly friends.

Feels good to be back at work this morning.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

French Press now as I sift through the mountain of weekend emails...

You should just delete those emails and spend the morning with me combing over the renderings for the new star wars attractions.

 

[TheCADJockey]

Coffee. Work. Shrug.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

Think we can hit 3206 more posts before Tuesday of next week, or are we giving up on the 10k per month goal?

 

[ChefRex]

Think we can hit 3206 more posts before Tuesday of next week, or are we giving up on the 10k per month goal?

Only one way to find out, feel better than I thought I would when I woke up, need to run some errands.

 

[TheCADJockey]

Think we can hit 3206 more posts before Tuesday of next week, or are we giving up on the 10k per month goal?

 

[WesleyS]

Coffee. Monday. Whatever.

 

[drainbamage]

Coffee. Monday. Whatever.

What he said.

Looking forward to the end of the work day so I can head to the LHBS.

 

[1977Brewer]

Think we can hit 3206 more posts before Tuesday of next week, or are we giving up on the 10k per month goal?

I'm sure we'll give it our best shot.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Coffee. Not too busy of a day, but not motivated to actually do work.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

Ok, lets pick a topic and debate.
How much crystal malt is too much for an IPA?

 

[blizzard]

Ok, lets pick a topic and debate.
How much crystal malt is too much for an IPA?

yes.

 

[Psylocide]

Ok, lets pick a topic and debate.
How much crystal malt is too much for an IPA?

I'd say it depends on what you're going for.

I generally keep it around 5-6% on most of my IPAs though.

 

[drainbamage]

Ok, lets pick a topic and debate.
How much crystal malt is too much for an IPA?

Someone is going to say "any at all".

I think the most I've used is 10%, but I like a little maltiness in them.

EDIT: that was in a DIPA, FWIW.

 

[WesleyS]

Ok, lets pick a topic and debate.

How much crystal malt is too much for an IPA?

I say anything more than 1% for an IPA, and 5% for a DIPA is too much.

 

[Psylocide]

I say anything more than 1% for an IPA, and 5% for a DIPA is too much.

What's your reasoning there?

 

[WesleyS]

What's your reasoning there?

Your mom



Actually just personal tastes. That's about where I keep it in my IPA/DIPA recipes. Nothing scientific.

 

[Psylocide]

Your mom

The only reason I asked is... if you were to bump an IPA up from 1% to 5%, I don't think the difference would be real noticeable (I could be wrong).

From an FG standpoint, it doesn't change the estimate.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

Someone is going to say "any at all".

I think the most I've used is 10%, but I like a little maltiness in them.

EDIT: that was in a DIPA, FWIW.

I was curious myself on how many said any at all. I think with a cleaner tasting hop strain, like citra as an example, you want less of a maltiness to it. With something heavy like simcoe, you would be really beneficial to have more a malt back bone to it. I'm drinking a simcoe heavy DIPA right now that I'm rating a 4.25 or so, it would be closer to 4.50-4.75 if it had a little bit of malt sweetness to it.

 

[wyobrewer1]

Ok, lets pick a topic and debate.
How much crystal malt is too much for an IPA?

5%.....and 5% caramunich. I love caramunich in IPAs.

 

[blizzard]

I was curious myself on how many said any at all. I think with a cleaner tasting hop strain, like citra as an example, you want less of a maltiness to it. With something heavy like simcoe, you would be really beneficial to have more a malt back bone to it. I'm drinking a simcoe heavy DIPA right now that I'm rating a 4.25 or so, it would be closer to 4.50-4.75 if it had a little bit of malt sweetness to it.

I think it can be used in small amounts, but it's easy to overdo and a lot of times you can make a great IPA without it. As for percentages, I'm no help there.

 

[WesleyS]

The only reason I asked is... if you were to bump an IPA up from 1% to 5%, I don't think the difference would be real noticeable (I could be wrong).

From an FG standpoint, it doesn't change the estimate.

See my post again. I didn't edit it before you quoted me.

 

[Psylocide]

See my post again. I didn't edit it before you quoted me.

Saw that, responded in my edit. PKU

 

[TheCADJockey]

How much crystal malt is too much for an IPA?

I think the most I've used is 10%, but I like a little maltiness in them.

I say anything more than 1% for an IPA, and 5% for a DIPA is too much.

... if you were to bump an IPA up from 1% to 5%, I don't think the difference would be real noticeable.

5%.....and 5% caramunich. I love caramunich in IPAs.

I'm no help there.

 

[drainbamage]

I was curious myself on how many said any at all. I think with a cleaner tasting hop strain, like citra as an example, you want less of a maltiness to it. With something heavy like simcoe, you would be really beneficial to have more a malt back bone to it. I'm drinking a simcoe heavy DIPA right now that I'm rating a 4.25 or so, it would be closer to 4.50-4.75 if it had a little bit of malt sweetness to it.

I actually went back and double-checked the recipe that I thought used 10%...it was actually 5% crystal and 5% honey malt, which probably accounted for some of the sweetness I remembered.

10% crystal might have overdone it.

 

[blizzard]

...you're welcome?