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[onetoeddogbrewery]

I say not bourbon, but that's only because my half gallon bourbon nightcap the other night made yesterday suck something terrible.

I thought every day sucks for you? Don't blame this on bourbon. Speaking of bourbon I should have added a splash to this old Rasputin

 

[Rhetorik]

http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/331338/imperial-stout

Bam. Brewing this soon. Gonna be good.

 

[1977Brewer]

Rough draft of my Imperial Stout recipe is completed. Aiming for ~9.5%. Brewing 10gal, and aging for 6 months with a mix of medium american/french oak cubes that will have been soaking in bourbon for 1 month prior to adding.

Looking to brew it in ~1 month. Bulk age in secondary carboys, and bottle in Dec2016. I'll be aging some of the bottles to try again in 2017, 2018 etc

I've made multiple beers that have made friends and family say "Holy crap", but I want this one to knock them off their feet.

You can shorten that schedule by ~4 months and have a great beer a lot faster.

But have fun. It's your beer.

 

[mhurst111]

Had this earlier, while planning some work for @theCADJockey to do tomorrow
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Now on to my Octoberfest, for nightcap #1
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[WesleyS]

I thought every day sucks for you? Don't blame this on bourbon. Speaking of bourbon I should have added a splash to this old Rasputin

You have a point, but I'm not blaming it on the bourbon. Just poor decision making on my part. The bourbon just did it's job. It was unable to make me stop pouring, though.

 

[Rhetorik]

You can shorten that schedule by ~4 months and have a great beer a lot faster.

But have fun. It's your beer.

I'm in no rush with this one. I just want it to be kickass come winter. The more time it has to leech flavour out of the oak cubes the better IMO

I'm a bit sauced.. apart from timeline, how do you think the recipe looks?

 

[Qhrumphf]

********* I want to play chess with someone. My wife won't do it. Stupid board game thread.

 

[BUCKNUTS]

That sounds like it would be good...sans Rubaeus

Yeah I should have just got another pour of KBS

 

[Rhetorik]

********* I want to play chess with someone. My wife won't do it. Stupid board game thread.

I'll kick your ass in Euchre... but not in chess.

 

[thatjonguy]

that's canada jon.

Did you move to canada?

wnw?

 

[mhurst111]

I'm in no rush with this one. I just want it to be kickass come winter. The more time it has to leech flavour out of the oak cubes the better IMO

I'm a bit sauced.. apart from timeline, how do you think the recipe looks?

My only comment would be you probably don't need to soak the cubes for a full month. The wood can only hold so much. Put the cubes in some sealable container, fill with bourbon, check in 3-4 days, add bourbon to cover the cubes, repeat for 2 weeks and then dump it all (cubes and any non-absorbed alcohol) into secondary.

 

[1977Brewer]

I'm in no rush with this one. I just want it to be kickass come winter. The more time it has to leech flavour out of the oak cubes the better IMO

I'm a bit sauced.. apart from timeline, how do you think the recipe looks?

Heck yeah. I'll brew it and drink it in three weeks and let you know.

 

[thatjonguy]

That put you up around Minot, ND?

Best of luck with the bar John. Wishing you every success.

Winner! Thanks, I hope I get all worked out.

I'm not going to celebrate until I start signing papers.

 

[thatjonguy]

Damn, that's harder to get to than I was hoping. I'm in Fargo or grand forks a few times a year, but other than that don't get to the outskirts of ND.

It's Minot, I wouldn't come here unless you need to be here. Nothing wrong with the place but nothing special here either.

Unless you are into Scandinavia.

 

[BUCKNUTS]

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Back in my suite nightcap.

 

[Qhrumphf]

I'll kick your ass in Euchre... but not in chess.

Don't think I've ever played Euchre. I was never a big card game player. I was always a decent chess player though. Haven't played in a long time. My wife barely knows the rules and I beat her swiftly every time so she won't play with me any more.

I did win a game of Kings in the Corner on the first hand once. My grandmother made me a plaque for it (I was young, 6 or 7 I think, I remember sitting on the floor of a cottage somewhere in rural Scotland at the time).

 

[Rhetorik]

Alright, so I'm totally totally making that brew, and it's gonna be amazing.

I'd share with you all, but I'M NEVER INVITED TO THE REINDEER GAMES

 

[Qhrumphf]

Alright, so I'm totally totally making that brew, and it's gonna be amazing.

I'd share with you all, but I'M NEVER INVITED TO THE REINDEER GAMES

I thought playing with reindeer was the only thing there was to do in Canada...

 

[1977Brewer]

Alright, so I'm totally totally making that brew, and it's gonna be amazing.

I'd share with you all, but I'M NEVER INVITED TO THE REINDEER GAMES

And thus you named your beer.

Reindeer Games.

Think on it.

Steak Toaster

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[onetoeddogbrewery]

I'm in no rush with this one. I just want it to be kickass come winter. The more time it has to leech flavour out of the oak cubes the better IMO

I'm a bit sauced.. apart from timeline, how do you think the recipe looks?

Recipe looks great. This past fall I did a BB RIS. Aged the oak during the time it was in primary about 3 wks. Finished up around 9% aged in secondary for 6 wks. Bottled around thanksgiving. They drank great around Christmas. Had one about a month ago,almost all of the oak taste was gone. I would hate to see what 10 months do to it. I have 3 bombers left that I need to drink soon.

 

[onetoeddogbrewery]

alright, so i'm totally totally making that brew, and it's gonna be amazing.

I'd share with you all, but i'm never invited to the reindeer games

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[1977Brewer]

Recipe looks great. This past fall I did a BB RIS. Aged the oak during the time it was in primary about 3 wks. Finished up around 9% aged in secondary for 6 wks. Bottled around thanksgiving. They drank great around Christmas. Had one about a month ago,almost all of the oak taste was gone. I would hate to see what 10 months do to it. I have 3 bombers left that I need to drink soon.

See? Mine was on the oak for 10 days. It's great.

It also has a metric fvcktonne of coffee in it. And quite a bit of chocolate. It's a KBS clone but it's not the KBS I remember.

 

[Rhetorik]

So to bring things back to punk rock... a bit of a mix.

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[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moPY9_wqH-8[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQM00K24qG8[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnVRuH4vJWg[/ame]

 

[slym2none]

Just transferred my red rye DIPA to my other LBK, as even holding out the last quart or so from the kettle (which I cold-crashed for a few days & got about 12oz more into the FV ) I had, to use '77s term, a "metric fvcktonne" of trub still in the bottom - especially after adding 3oz of hops pellets for dry-hopping. I took a gravity sample because, well, it was time. It got down to 1.012. I missed my OG by 6 points, and it went 4 points lower than calculated. I was trying to make a big DIPA (as the last beer I made was supposed to be a "small" DIPA but turned into a 9% monster) but this is just at the low-end of the DIPA range with an ABV of 7.85%.

Regardless of numbers, this smells AMAZING. I will admit, I am not getting any "dank" from the Nelson, but it still has the best aroma of any beer I've made, I do believe. I put the gravity sample in a bottle, added some table sugar, and will taste this on Sunday night when I bottle the rest.

I am still thinking about using gelatin on this batch. I want a Gavin_C-clear beer, especially using the Red X malt. I'll add that tomorrow night.

 

[blizzard]

No bourbon tonight. I guess there's always tomorrow. G'night friendlies.

 

[joshesmusica]

At the airport. Definitely gonna sleep on the first two flights. Hopefully it will be my turn to have lots of awesome beer porn this weekend!

 

[joshesmusica]

Did somebody say chess?

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[geoffey]

It's Minot, I wouldn't come here unless you need to be here. Nothing wrong with the place but nothing special here either.

Unless you are into Scandinavia.

Well I did marry a Swedish gal,... Guess that means I'm into Scandinavia...

I don't do the Bismarck/Minot tour to often, but sometimes have to for work. Sounds like I may have a place to spend some company money soon? Nice.

 

[slym2none]

Is it pronounced "mye-not" or "minnow"?

@thatjonguy has me wondering...

 

[joshesmusica]

Well I did marry a Swedish gal,... Guess that means I'm into Scandinavia...

Nice.