How frequently are you making "awesome" beer?

[david_42]

If by awesome, you only mean "I would order several of at a bar", probably 50% of my beers qualify. Except, I never buy two of the same beer in a night and I rarely drink two pints of the same homebrew in a day. I buy sampler trays in brewpubs, even my favorite places.

I'd classify most of my beers in the "worth repeating" category, which is good enough for me.

Took a Hop Wine to the HoTV picnic Sunday. Comments ranged from "This is terrible." to "I know a commercial wine-maker that would be interested in the recipe."

 

[Beerbeque]

I've finished 11 batches so far and batch #11 is my first awesome beer IMO. The others were all good but not great. I'm hoping they will all be great from now on. Batch #12 is conditioning and #13 is fermenting. I cant wait to see if they are awesome too!
Beerbeque

 

[BrewDey]

I'd have to say that since going AG, they have all been better than extracts. In roughly 24 total batches, only one has been entirely undrinkable. If the criteria is 'Do I feel like another after I finish a pint', I'd say that applies to about 60-70% of my AG batches. I'm not sure if that means it's 'awesome', seeing as how on a nice hot day I can crush Coors Original pretty easily. I think outside input is the best though-one of the best things I ever heard was my brother tasted my scottish ale and claimed that he 'would pay a decent amount for this in a bar'.

I's also add that my beers brewed in the fall/spring/winter have been better on the whole than those brewed in summer.

 

[Cape Brewing]

I modified my process about a year ago adding a aeration stone and a tank of O2 for my grain/extract batches and that one pieces seems to have made a big difference. It seems like my process is pretty decent and then adding the aeration has given me a big boost. I've been very happy with, I would say, 9 out of 10 batches I've been doing with the only ones I'm not happy with being recipe issues more than process issues (the Imperial IPA I had wasn't too great. It came out like it was supposed to... I just didn't care for the recipe).

Are they "awesome" beers?? I dunno but I sure as hell like them and they have been going pretty quick so they don't seem to suck.