Fellowship of the Home Brew I: The Hops are Strong with this one!

[Brizzo]

I'm thinking about this one- all I bottle are sours but I have a Munich helles, a citra lager in the style of pils, and a RIS kegged. Just gotta figure out how to get from Keg to bottle.

 

[TwistedGray]

I'm thinking about this one- all I bottle are sours.

Wanna be my new best friend

 

[Brizzo]

Wanna be my new best friend

Absolutely- all my friends are IPA people and don't like sours. Love getting feedback on them.

 

[TwistedGray]

Absolutely- all my friends are IPA people and don't like sours. Love getting feedback on them.

I'd happily do a side trade, I have wheats and stout but my sour is months away.

 

[Scturo]

I've tired @Brizzo's sours, and they are outstanding. My goal always is to brew beer that I would pay money for. I would pay money for his sours.

 

[Brizzo]

I've tired @Brizzo's sours, and they are outstanding. My goal always is to brew beer that I would pay money for. I would pay money for his sours.

Y'all are gonna make me open a sour brewery........too scared to own a business lol.

 

[TwistedGray]

Y'all are gonna make me open a sour brewery........too scared to own a business lol.

Call it THE PATCH KIDS

 

[TwistedGray]

We have a problem! Drinking my own brew, doh!!

 

[JDXX1971]

We have a problem! Drinking my own brew, doh!!

Me too!! I told my wife to untap one of them because I know it has got to be getting low. Right now I am drinking a clone of my local favorite. I have dry hops in the keg and to me it is the best hop flavor I have had, in case you dont know I have not found an IPA I like.

I was thinking about naming my clone inspired beer IPIYIPA. Figure that one out.

 

[JDXX1971]

On a plus note, I did order six cases of bottles from More Beer that will be here tomorrow.

 

[TwistedGray]

On a plus note, I did order six cases of bottles from More Beer that will be here tomorrow.

cost per bottle?

 

[Scturo]

Me too!! I told my wife to untap one of them because I know it has got to be getting low. Right now I am drinking a clone of my local favorite. I have dry hops in the keg and to me it is the best hop flavor I have had, in case you dont know I have not found an IPA I like.

I was thinking about naming my clone inspired beer IPIYIPA. Figure that one out.

Hm, is it similar to ISOYG? :fro: I guess we should name our offerings?

 

[JDXX1971]

Hm, is it similar to ISOYG? :fro: I guess we should name our offerings?

Hey you get away from my girl.

 

[JDXX1971]

cost per bottle?

Too much. 94.00 shipped for 6 cases, so 65 cents a bottle or so.

I don't drink much commercial brew though. Just what you all send me from FotD and the stuff I buy to try for the same.
We have a lot of stuff to bottle too so I can brew some more!!! We are also trying to put a few ciders away so we can free up kegs to build the pipeline. We have have a currant/apple cider in the fermentation chamber and a WLP775 starter going for more cider. I also ordered yeast to start a three gallon batch of BOMM since my wife came home with six pounds of honey she bought on sale.

Hopefully we will be stocked for the FotHB indefinitely.

 

[cegan09]

I'm thinking about this one- all I bottle are sours but I have a Munich helles, a citra lager in the style of pils, and a RIS kegged. Just gotta figure out how to get from Keg to bottle.

I grabbed a growler fill tube from my LHBS. Just a piece of tube on a metal fitting with o-rings that slides into your tap. I've used it to fill a bunch of bottles too. Chill bottles, sanitize, put tube to the bottom of the bottle and fill. As soon as it's full cap and do the next one. Maybe not as good a a full blown counter-pressure filler, but it does work.

I put the last pour of my robust porter into a bottle using the above method last night in anticipation of this trade. Needed the keg for another beer that just finished up.

 

[Scturo]

This method works good for me.

BierMuncher's Method

 

[TwistedGray]

I'm excited

 

[jimyson]

My next batch I think. Maybe @TwistedGray won’t think it’s boring.

http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2017/07/cryo-lupulin-neipa-citra-mosaic.html?m=1

 

[imasickboy]

My next batch I think. Maybe @TwistedGray won’t think it’s boring.

http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2017/07/cryo-lupulin-neipa-citra-mosaic.html?m=1

Shouldn't you be making a beer with a full pound of simcoe?

I did one the other week, and holy ****, it tastes fantastic. Four ounces in the boil, (all under 20 minutes), eight ounces whirlpooled, and two doses of two ounces in the fermenter. I can't wait for it to be be ready.

 

[jimyson]

I won’t tell you about the keg we just killed at my 1 year olds birthday. I finished it right after I sent you the stouts. I still have half of the hops left and will be doing a batch again. You will be sure to get some of that. @TwistedGray got a bottle of Tuhop Shakur so maybe he can tell us how it is. It came out ok IMHO so you aren’t missing a ton.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

My next batch I think. Maybe @TwistedGray won’t think it’s boring.

http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2017/07/cryo-lupulin-neipa-citra-mosaic.html?m=1

Got my neipa dry hop with cryo hops mashing now. Exciting!

 

[jimyson]

I have a feeling there may be some juicy beers this round. Let me know how you like them.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

I have a feeling there may be some juicy beers this round. Let me know how you like them.

Got a slew of HB thought I could save for FotHB. However noticing they're drying out. Since I haven't bottled in forever, don't remember this phenomenon. Dumped out the rest of my hard lemonaid this morning but other showing signs. Makes sense I guess. Need a keggorator!!

 

[TwistedGray]

Away from hone for two weeks and haven't tried the other homebrew yet

 

[jimyson]

Got a slew of HB thought I could save for FotHB. However noticing they're drying out. Since I haven't bottled in forever, don't remember this phenomenon. Dumped out the rest of my hard lemonaid this morning but other showing signs. Makes sense I guess. Need a keggorator!!

Are you thinking infection? Don't dump, just drink fast!

:rockin:

 

[jimyson]

Away from hone for two weeks and haven't tried the other homebrew yet

Sounds terrible.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Are you thinking infection? Don't dump, just drink fast!

:rockin:

I don't think so. Besides getting too dry, they seem fine. Humm, maybe I save 4 of them! 😉

 

[TwistedGray]

Sounds terrible.

The worst! Headed to HQ in France and have a 20hr layover in Ireland, so...

 

[jerbrew]

My yeast vault mimosa saison and a classic west coast IPA are smelling great. Going to get another brew in this weekend since I'm inspired by this thread and getting beer ready. Now to figure out what it'll be...either a dry slightly bitter Porter or a NEIPA since my last one was such a hit and I have a quarter pound of galaxy left.

Also going to get a batch of my "damn that's good. You made that?" Prickly pear cider started this weekend.
Yes, that's the name after hearing that from all the non-beer drinkers brought to my house who've tried it.

 

[jerbrew]

Well this trade has inspired me indeed. 4 beers in 3 weeks. I'm finally getting to catch up on brewing this year. Just finished another iteration of my Porter and a dark mild I was inspired to brew after having a great one at a local brewery.