Calling All Greater Raleigh Area Brewers...
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Oh, ok. It just looked a lot like you were just sort of standing like this:
Unfortunately, no. I didn't really get a shot of any of the beer we were drinking, or even the randall I was wrestling with.
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Must be all the pink beer with purple foam.
On a serious note, your stout was really good. DAMN was it a big and chewy belly-warmer.
Thanks! It is up ~9% ABV with a final gravity of close to 1.03, if memory serves, so it should be! Lots of unfermentable sugars, lots of adjuncts, and 3 different yeasts / fermentations all combined into a single large carboy and left to its own devices for a while... Then bottled and forgotten about for a year. It was supposed to be entered into the AR state fair this year but I wound up in NC due to work... I've considered a toned down version with some coffee and maybe a sour component similar to Guinness but I don't know that it wouldn't be too much going on. Of course, with a smaller beer, it may be OK...
On a side note, I brewed up a small batch of IPA on Saturday, semi-SMaSH style (used my own "Crystal" made from some plain Pale Ale malt) with Palisades hops and then caramelized some sugars due to boiling a single gallon til it visually got a tad darker before adding it to the main brew pot. Pitched a large starter of SN Celebration harvested yeast, which I think is the Chico strain. Here's to hoping it will be bottled and at least sampleable before New Year's! Had I have known about your Sunday-thing earlier, I would have tried to gotten out.
On a side note, I brewed up a small batch of IPA on Saturday, semi-SMaSH style (used my own "Crystal" made from some plain Pale Ale malt) with Palisades hops and then caramelized some sugars due to boiling a single gallon til it visually got a tad darker before adding it to the main brew pot. Pitched a large starter of SN Celebration harvested yeast, which I think is the Chico strain. Here's to hoping it will be bottled and at least sampleable before New Year's! Had I have known about your Sunday-thing earlier, I would have tried to gotten out.
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I'm a little impulsive. I had a slight thought about brewing Friday morning and had decided on Saturday afternoon that I was definitely brewing.
Back when I had tons of hops and DME on hand, I would literally decide out of the blue to brew a batch of beer, walk to the kitchen, and start heating water.
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skeeordye11
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Great photos Walker. Way to be the responsible one and actually document the debauchery. You weren't kidding when you said you had issues getting the wort into the carboy either. Too bad I missed that part for sure! Next time hopefully I can brew as well. I like taking the setup on the road from time to time.
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Oh.... when the sh!t hits the fan, I am always quick to get some pictures. I wish I had owned a photo-taking phone when Jeff and I hauled both of our breweries up to VA to visit Dude. That was a hell of a trip, and we even had olllllo fly in for the weekend.
