How many of you quit experimenting after you found "it."

[dibby33]

LOL. That's pretty funny dibby. I know exactly where you're coming from, even if I don't have the vaguest idea what you mean. Now, time for another homebrew!

...nearly beer o'clock time here - 3pm on a Friday. Have already been to the cash point for beer tokens and the taxi fare home! This forum makes me thirsty - not that I normally need much encouragement

 

[MariaAZ]

I've only started my brewing career, but I already know I want to find one "good ol' standby" that I can keep on hand. The fun part is finding that "good ol' standby"!

 

[Biermann]

I've only started my brewing career, but I already know I want to find one "good ol' standby" that I can keep on hand. The fun part is finding that "good ol' standby"!

I've found several that could be "good ol' standbys." Problem is, I get sick of them after awhile, and my ADHD impulses me to brew something else. .

"Now for something completely different. . ."

 

[Lazarus Long]

My "it" is an IPA. I need some around all the time.
I do brew APA/EPA/Brown/Bitter which are more suited to guzzling (and sharing).

 

[MariaAZ]

I've found several that could be "good ol' standbys." Problem is, I get sick of them after awhile, and my ADHD impulses me to brew something else. .

"Now for something completely different. . ."

Ah, but the beauty of brewing your own is that you can have more than the "good ol' standby" at any given time

 

[cap46]

I love stouts I have brewed a couple more then once, but will also change hops or add extra grain to see how it compares just to see if it will be better.

 

[boo boo]

I think I find "it" every brew I do, but if you mean is there one brew I keep repeating then I have to say it would be a Mirror Pond Pale Ale clone.

 

[Geordiepete]

...nearly beer o'clock time here - 3pm on a Friday. Have already been to the cash point for beer tokens and the taxi fare home! This forum makes me thirsty - not that I normally need much encouragement

Yeah me too! one of my favorite things is cracking one of my beers on a friday tea-time and browsing this forum. Cheers!

 

[Walker]

I was curious. After you've played with kits, went to your own recipes or found a particular brew that you just absolutely love, do you continue to experiment with other brews or is that it? I mean, do you continously brew the same brew time after time because to you, this is the holy grail and no need to continue on?

Oddly enough, I call my porter "Holy Grail" because I have been trying to get "it" right for years now.

However, the wait is over. My current incarnation of the recipe is exactly what I want. The hard part is that it needs to age for a while before it's ready.

1 week primary.
2 weeks secondary.
6 weeks cold conditioning.

 

[the_bird]

You found the Holy Grail? Holy crap! Congrats!

Is that the #12 in your sig, or something beyond that?

 

[McCall St. Brewer]

I've only been brewing for a year and a half, so I think I have a ways to go. For years I tried countless different ways to make pizza, trying to duplicate the pizza from my favorite Sicilian style pizza place. Never could get it, so in the past year or so I decided to just make it pretty much one way. I used to be the same way with lasagna, too, but have now settled on a recipe after years of making it a different way each time.

I suspect that once I start making AG this spring and get used to doing it, I may settle on a sort of house beer-- two actually-- probably a Kolsch and a porter.

 

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i like to brew around. life is too short to stick with just one. maybe repeat some of the better ones though
i really liked the edme red ale and plan on making another batch of that at some point