How long to brew a winner beer?

[Stuntman]

Right out of the box, everyone did the ol Coopers or the like kit in a can. It is as good as Corona. How many Coronas has any one person paid for?

Good luck with your new hobby.

 

[Ringmaster]

My first batch was amazing, it was so good that i was disappointed in every beer i drank afterwards for the next few months. Did it in a Mr. Beer too, i think i got pretty lucky.

Working on the second and third batches right now.. so who knows this time. My temp control's been kinda crappy. Anyway anyone can get lucky, but my first batch is really what got me excited about making beer.

 

[remilard]

Right out of the box, everyone did the ol Coopers or the like kit in a can. It is as good as Corona. How many Coronas has any one person paid for?

Good luck with your new hobby.

I recently had Corona in a can (best choice in a luxury box, I miss the Deschutes in the Rose Garden boxes, but I digress), it was pretty good. I would pay for it.

I would probably avoid the light struck clear bottle variant.

 

[passedpawn]

Man, I can believe everyone is letting me get away with that remark. heheheh

Letting it go is way funnier than commenting on it. Maybe I'll make it my sig

 

[Stuntman]

I recently had Corona in a can (best choice in a luxury box, I miss the Deschutes in the Rose Garden boxes, but I digress), it was pretty good. I would pay for it.

I would probably avoid the light struck clear bottle variant.

Yeah different strokes for different folks. I was trying to brew a Corona clone when I first started, called the HBS up and told him my dilemma, he asked me if I drank them bottle or can....opened MY eyes. Personally I like the skunky bottles better, but I don't drink Cerveza much. I will make it regularly once I have a good clone) and my Brew Tree is up and running. I will not try to skunk them up.


Edit: Back to OP.....I just had another Smithwicks, got on the "What Are You Drinking Now?" thread and was mentioning how good it was. I just now poured my Nutty Brown Ale clone, that I got from someone at Home Berw Talk (can't remember at the moment) and The Nutty Brown is a better beer IMHO.

 

[no_borders]

You know, I love being able to be creative with recipes and beers. That's part of the fun. But sometimes I wonder about a new brewer and his/her zeal to brew something different.

Often, a new brewer will come onto this forum and say, "I want to brew a fruit coconut wheat beer with juniper berries!" and then we never hear from them again when it doesn't taste great. I usually don't respond to those threads, because new brewers don't want to hear my old lady lecture on learning to brew solid styles before making big experiments. I'm also a bit of a style Nazi, so I can't give advice on using gingersnaps in a brown ale.

One of the reasons we require all recipes in our database to have tasting notes, and be proven winners, is so that newer brewers (and experienced ones too) can brew a good beer each and every time. There are plenty of bad recipes on the internet, and a good recipe makes the base of a good beer. Once the basics are down, it's fine to go wild with different ingredients if you'd like. I still haven't mastered the first 22 BJCP styles so I'm not ready to move into the "wild" stuff.

i completely agree with this, but i do think every once in a while, its time to get silly ha ha. but before anyone goes the crazy route, you gotta be prepared for the worst, and willing to let go if the beer you made is just disgusting. not everything was meant to be in beer. my back lawn has had its share of abuse with dumped batches, but i gotta say, when the experiments go wrong, it reels me back in, and makes me a better brewer. CHEERS

 

[BeerWars]

My second brew.

My first brew was all grain and I got antsy and botched my mash temp (got up to 177). I also messed with my carboy too much. The beer was drinkable but finished really bitter.

My second brew is PHENOMENAL. Hit my mash perfect, and left the carboy. Drank a beer after being in bottle for less than a week and I had a HUUUUGE smile on my face.