BEER KITS BELOW COST.....But I need your help!

[cheesecake]

Brought out a couple bottles of the almond joy kit to the Chicago home brewers group meeting and it was a hit! People loved it. There was a bit of talks of trying to brew a all grain version to get some more body but all in all it was great.

 

[Skunkmere]

That was a great beer. I loved the coconut. The beer could benifit with more body. A all grain version would also be great.

 

[aprichman]

Finally got the Black Butte Porter Clone going. I made 5.5 gallons of wort and ended up with 5.33 in the fermenter. 1.065 O.G. Could have been a bit of stratification but I did a full boil so this should be minimal. Looks like this is going to be an imperial black butte . Fermenting at 68F will probably let it go for 2-3 weeks before bottle conditioning.

 

[aprichman]

Had a nice sized krausen 12 hours after pitching. It's been about 18 hours since pitching and things are going nuts. Krausen looks like it's about to blow over - will probably need to rig up a blowoff tube before the night is over.

 

[JLeuck64]

Almost a month in bottles now for the Black Butte Porter Clone recipe that I brewed back in January. I put a bottle in the fridge tonight and also cracked one open to try. Carbing up nicely, still a bit green so will probably let the rest condition another month. Dang... I hate waiting ( ;

 

[kh54s10]

Just realized I never gave a taste review.

It is the house porter kit. I am not great at describing flavors but here goes:

It has a great flavor initially. I get chocolate and coffee. Though the flavor fades off as soon as you swallow? If you get what I mean.. There is not much head and it dissipates quickly. The mouthfeel is very thin. I think I would add something, maybe some flaked oats, if I did it again to increase the mouthfeel.

I feel I did everything right in brewing this beer.

Overall. It is a refreshing tasty beer. Just a bit thinner than I expect for a beer like this.

 

[imasickboy]

Better late than never, I would hope.

 

[aprichman]

Started a thread for my Black Butter Porter Clone - it's still conditioning but I thought I could get up some pictures of brewday and bottling.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=7537995#post7537995

 

[ShepFL]

I am game for the Belgian Tripple. http://www.norcalbrewingsolutions.com/store/product1658.html

 

[JLeuck64]

Almost 2 months in bottles now, for the kit I brewed back in January. It's still green but improving. Will check in again towards the end of next month!

 

[JLeuck64]

Just a tad bit over 3 months in bottles for the Black Butte Porter clone kit that I started back in January. I feel like this batch is starting to mellow and will be coming into it's own during the summer months. Those who've tasted this clone believe it does taste like the store bought version. I would really like to try this recipe again with AG, @Jaybird what do you think I should use to swap out the 4lbs of Traditional Dark DME and 3lbs of Sparkling Amber DME?
Thank you ( ;