Fellowship of the Homebrew X: Thou Shalt Enjoy the Homebrew and Hangover!

[BrewMan13]

Absolutely AMAZING offering from @yoop89 just showed up! First words from my wife: you need to step up your game, lol. Not pictured: hot tamales

 

[yoop89]

Hope you like them! Unfortunately found the stickers that I thought were in there today in my office

 

[BrewMan13]

I do like stickers but no worries! That was already beyond my expectations. Gonna dig in tomorrow, drinking mead now.

Hope you like them! Unfortunately found the stickers that I thought were in there today in my office

 

[Section1]

First part from @wepeeler arrived and was excellent. It is a great Kolsch that I really enjoyed. Just what I needed to end the work week with.

 

[BrewMan13]

Started with the red from @yoop89. Very clean, perfectly to style. Very enjoyable. Now onto the porter. Holy chocolate! Not sure if that's the chaga, but I get major chocolate notes. Lactose sweetens it up and adds body. I usually like my porters with a bit more dark malts, but this is very tasty! Cheers.

 

[aharri1]

@BrewMan13 I had to try the windy acres spontaneous fermentation beer 1st man! it's amazing! great job! You've inspired me to do one now!

 

[TwistedGray]

@BrewMan13 I had to try the windy acres spontaneous fermentation beer 1st man! it's amazing! great job! You've inspired me to do one now!View attachment 667849

Have to admit, I'm a bit jealous as I'm in the process of brewing one now.

 

[DrGMG]

You guys made me buy the stuff to do labels. Thanks.

 

[aharri1]

Lmfao

You guys made me buy the stuff to do labels. Thanks.

 

[BrewMan13]

@BrewMan13 I had to try the windy acres spontaneous fermentation beer 1st man! it's amazing! great job! You've inspired me to do one now!

Sweet, glad to hear it!

 

[yoop89]

Started with the red from @yoop89. Very clean, perfectly to style. Very enjoyable. Now onto the porter. Holy chocolate! Not sure if that's the chaga, but I get major chocolate notes. Lactose sweetens it up and adds body. I usually like my porters with a bit more dark malts, but this is very tasty! Cheers.

Glad to hear the first two went down good! As far as the chocolate goes in the porter thats the same response I get from everyone. Ive gotten slight hints of chocolate from Chaga but never this much. I was thinking it was the combination of the lactose and dark malts help bring it out maybe?

 

[GnenieGone]

Someone got a beer box today.
@yoop89

 

[yoop89]

I can hardly wait! The wife has it in the garage for me at a lovely 39 degrees! Perfect weather for receiving beer.

 

[yoop89]

Awesome box arrived safe and sound from @PianoMan! Can’t wait to crack these open!

 

[camonick]

Awesome box arrived safe and sound from @PianoMan! Can’t wait to crack these open!

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All of those are really good... I got to try most of them in a side trade. The lemonades are very tasty.

 

[BrewMan13]

Imperial stout from @yoop89. In a word: intense. Strong, roasty, flavor bomb. How I like my stouts; favorite so far, cheers!

 

[yoop89]

Awesome IPA @PianoMan, this is one style I enjoy but don’t brew often and this is definitely one that I would keep on tap! Beautiful color, nice clean flavors, perfectly balanced with a pleasant bitter finish.

Edit: sorry but this pic does not do the color justice, I’ll work on that for the next ones

 

[GnenieGone]

Awesome IPA @PianoMan, this is one style I enjoy but don’t brew often and this is definitely one that I would keep on tap! Beautiful color, nice clean flavors, perfectly balanced with a pleasant bitter finish.
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Edit: sorry but this pic does not do the color justice, I’ll work on that for the next ones

Glad it made it. Left as little space as possible in the bottle. That one came out as one of the better. Thanks!

 

[aharri1]

@BrewMan13 wonderful RIS!

 

[jaymosbeershack]

@TwistedGray you've got mail

 

[TwistedGray]

@TwistedGray you've got mail

You guys are trying to kill me with these IPAs, lol

 

[jaymosbeershack]

Lol, i forgot youre that guy.

You guys are trying to kill me with these IPAs, lol
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[DrGMG]

@camonick this blonde is excellent. Packs a ton of flavor. Well done.

 

[camonick]

@camonick this blonde is excellent. Packs a ton of flavor. Well done.View attachment 668842

Thank you!!

 

[yoop89]

Awesome Dubbel @PianoMan next to my freshly kegged cucumber sour. Love the Belgian character in this one. What yeast did you use? I’ve been playing around with WLP530 and can’t seem to get near the amount of flavor that this beer has.

 

[GnenieGone]

Awesome Dubbel @PianoMan next to my freshly kegged cucumber sour. Love the Belgian character in this one. What yeast did you use? I’ve been playing around with WLP530 and can’t seem to get near the amount of flavor that this beer has.
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I've used several but settled on WY3787 Trappist. Still learning the ins/outs of it. I'd like to try a fermentation up in the 80s next time to see if there's more fruity esters are produced.

 

[BrewMan13]

@BrewMan13 wonderful RIS!

Glad you like it! Was a bit worried about the fill level. Cheers!

 

[yoop89]

I've used several but settled on WY3787 Trappist. Still learning the ins/outs of it. I'd like to try a fermentation up in the 80s next time to see if there's more fruity esters are produced.

Weird, the secret decoder shows 530 and 3787 being the same strain. I’ve only fermented into the low 70s though, maybe that’s my problem. Spinning up a starter of 4th gen 530 to try one more time. I’ll try pushing the limits on temp this time around.

 

[yoop89]

Also, this coffee stout is spot on. Brought back memories of my first ever brew, an extract coffee stout from NB.

 

[BrewMan13]

Forgot to post over the weekend: this biere de garde from @yoop89. Admittedly not a style I'm super familiar with, but like all his offerings so far, super clean and tasty.

 

[fourfarthing]

I may finally ship this weekend....

 

[aharri1]

Awesome man! Digging this

 

[BrewMan13]

Glad you like it! As I said it came out a bit sweet for my tastes - even 12oz is probably more than I have at a time. Enjoy!

 

[TwistedGray]

@jaymosbeershack puts out some good brews gentlemen! I am glad to have had the opportunity : )

 

[aharri1]

I can't agree more. It took me about 2 or 3 days to finish it but I still loved it

Glad you like it! As I said it came out a bit sweet for my tastes - even 12oz is probably more than I have at a time. Enjoy!

 

[aharri1]

@Dgallo you've got mail! Delivered around noon

 

[Dgallo]

@Dgallo you've got mail! Delivered around noon

Package received. Going to dive in to the red ipa first

 

[jaymosbeershack]

Seems like a good place to ask. Im looking for a good, true to style RIS recipe. Any one able to help me out? Its our clubs 3rd quarter internal comp, so im hoping to brew it in a month or so.

 

[DrGMG]

Seems like a good place to ask. Im looking for a good, true to style RIS recipe. Any one able to help me out? Its our clubs 3rd quarter internal comp, so im hoping to brew it in a month or so.

Check out goose island recipe, it's out there and it's excellent.

 

[DrGMG]

@camonick this beer is excellent. I'm about to make a kveik one soon. I may need some pointers from you.