I'm Thinking... 09/09/09 Barleywine

[BierMuncher]

Beerrific,

Your box just arrived. Great timing, I just dropped the chiller into my Wheat beer downstairs when the doorbell rang.

2 Barleywines
2 Dude's LakeWalk's
1 Berliner Weiss
1 Weizenbock

The BW's will go into the brewshop to age for a few months at 67 degrees. The rest are going to the fridge and I doubt any will survive past the weekend.

Can you say sour bugs?

 

[Doog_Si_Reeb]

Alright, according to UPS all three have been delivered to the front door.

I already got confirmation from Nealf that he received his.

 

[KingBrianI]

Alright, according to UPS all three have been delivered to the front door.

I already got confirmation from Nealf that he received his.

Received mine too! That's about the only think that went well today! I chilled the green chili beer and had it with dinner (fajitas). It was actually really good, kind of surprised me. The green chili flavor was subtle but pronounced, and blended really well with the beer. Crystal clear golden color, poured with no head. High carbonation had bubbles racing up from all over. No hop aroma or flavor, instead, the aroma is subtle malty sweetness over a faint green chili essence. Taste was smooth and slightly sweet, with good malt flavor. Green chili came through nicely but with no spiciness. Went really well with the fajitas!

EDIT: By the way, I had my fiance try it without telling her what it was and her response was, "it tastes like tacos". lol

 

[Beerrific]

Alright, according to UPS all three have been delivered to the front door.

I already got confirmation from Nealf that he received his.

Got mine too. Thanks!

Yours should be there tomorrow. Interesting, 3 days from NM to here, but 4 days from here to NM.

 

[Beerrific]

Beerrific,

Your box just arrived. Great timing, I just dropped the chiller into my Wheat beer downstairs when the doorbell rang.

2 Barleywines
2 Dude's LakeWalk's
1 Berliner Weiss
1 Weizenbock

The BW's will go into the brewshop to age for a few months at 67 degrees. The rest are going to the fridge and I doubt any will survive past the weekend.

Can you say sour bugs?

I am glad the berliner weisse made it, I was a bit worried. It is very well carbonated. I noticed that it had some sediment when I bottled it. I have been drinking on it for the past few weeks, so it is ready. If you age it for 2 months, be careful when you open it. It has had a long time to finish off the sugars, but I would hate for it to explode in your face.

 

[BierMuncher]

I am glad the berliner weisse made it, I was a bit worried. It is very well carbonated. I noticed that it had some sediment when I bottled it. I have been drinking on it for the past few weeks, so it is ready. If you age it for 2 months, be careful when you open it. It has had a long time to finish off the sugars, but I would hate for it to explode in your face.

No way I had a chance to age it any longer than this afternoon.

This beer is excellent. Bright. Crisp. Only slightly sour so it takes on almost a lemon like tone. Effervesces like crazy. Light on the palette. Very good. Very refreshing. Only thing missing is the recipe.

Camera doesn't capture it, but the bubbles are dancing like champagne.

 

[Beerrific]

No way I had a chance to age it any longer than this afternoon.

This beer is excellent. Bright. Crisp. Only slightly sour so it takes on almost a lemon like tone. Effervesces like crazy. Light on the palette. Very good. Very refreshing. Only thing missing is the recipe.


Camera doesn't capture it, but the bubbles are dancing like champagne.

Oh, when you said you were again the "BWs" I though you meant berliner weisse.

Glad you enjoyed.

 

[xiang]

Good news for my recipients. Two of the beers I sent just placed in the NHC 2009 Great Lakes region.


Great Lakes Region
Cat 9 - 3rd place - 9D (Irish Red)
Cat 14 - 2nd place - 14B (Simcoe & Amarillo IPA)

 

[FSR402]

Good news for my recipients. Two of the beers I sent just placed in the NHC 2009 Great Lakes region.


Great Lakes Region
Cat 9 - 3rd place - 9D (Irish Red)
Cat 14 - 2nd place - 14B (Simcoe & Amarillo IPA)

That's great man. :rockin:

 

[Doog_Si_Reeb]

Got mine too. Thanks!

Yours should be there tomorrow. Interesting, 3 days from NM to here, but 4 days from here to NM.

Must be the jet stream pushing those trucks...

 

[BierMuncher]

Good news for my recipients. Two of the beers I sent just placed in the NHC 2009 Great Lakes region.


Great Lakes Region
Cat 9 - 3rd place - 9D (Irish Red)
Cat 14 - 2nd place - 14B (Simcoe & Amarillo IPA)

Yeah.......see....here's the prob.....

You go and post about some award winning batches you've brewed and some poor sap....let's say....ME...for instance....goes to check your recipe drop down for the recipes and of course.....NADA.

See....that ain't the way the game is played here on HBT. I mean...where's the love?



Okay...mandatory smileys out of the way...now get posting those recipes baby. :rockin:

 

[xiang]

Yeah.......see....here's the prob.....

You go and post about some award winning batches you've brewed and some poor sap....let's say....ME...for instance....goes to check your recipe drop down for the recipes and of course.....NADA.

See....that ain't the way the game is played here on HBT. I mean...where's the love?



Okay...mandatory smileys out of the way...now get posting those recipes baby. :rockin:

Twist my arm, lmao..... IPA recipe posted.

 

[mmb]

xiang - Delivered
MNBugeater - Delivered
Stratotankard - Out for Delivery

Mark it a 0 Dude, no welcher's here!

 

[jmulligan]

No pics, but I got mine too, Beerific. HWMO had immediate instructions to put everything but the BWs in the fridge.

 

[jmulligan]

Boxes shipped, PMs with tracking #s sent.

 

[bashe]

I will be bottling mine this weekend and then send them out next week. I'm running a bit behind.

 

[Doog_Si_Reeb]

Got mine too. Thanks!

Yours should be there tomorrow. Interesting, 3 days from NM to here, but 4 days from here to NM.

Got it today! I put all but the 999's in the fridge to start cooling. Can't wait to try them!

 

[xiang]

Another competition, another ribbon. My recipients will be recieving a 3rd medal winning beer in the swap. My Amarillo Summit IPA took a 3rd place today in the Homebrew at the W.E.B. comp. Cat. 14 - 14B....... :rockin:

 

[olllllo]

Reposted the swaplist because it took me freaking forever to find it.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/1191282-post1123.html

 

[mmb]

Need to inform my senders that the week of May 18th - 22nd I'll be away from home at the hospital so if you are shipping to me please make sure the beer arrives before the 18th or after the 22nd. I may be home before the 22nd but I wouldn't want you beer sitting on my porch in the heat if I'm not able to get home before then.

Thanks

matt

 

[KingBrianI]

Everything is boxed up and ready to ship out tomorrow. Hopefully that means everyone will get their package this week and it won't sit on a truck this coming weekend. Here's the final list:

2x 999 barleywines
1 Bramling Cross Special Bitter
1 His Royal Grace's Excellent and Nutty Brown Ale
1 Wild Yeast Golden Ale (fermented with wild caught yeast)
1 Verfluchte Gute Hefeweizen
1 Hobgoblin Clone (popular beer for comparison between breweries)
1 British Special Dark

Hope my recipients enjoy!

Edit: Oh yeah, tomorrow's high is only 62 here, perfect timing!

 

[BierMuncher]

It's the middle of May and consistently hot weather is only a few weeks away for most of the country. I'd really hate to see someone's beer get spoiled en route because it sat on a UPS truck in 96 degree heat over the weekend.

A lot of beer has been shipped. A lot has been consumed. There are a lot of Barlyewine's now resting comfortably in their new homes.

For anyone who has not at least communicated to their recipients, you're over due. Please don't leave folks hanging, wondering whether you're good for your delivery or not.

 

[Glibbidy]

Here is were I'm at. I had planned on using the ghetto bottler filler technique that has been widely used by others. It sounded like a good idea, until I got my results back from the GABF Pro-am qualifier in Western Mass.
My score sheets came back indicating some oxidation in my beer. since I keg my beers, I'm quite certain the weak link is my bottle filling process. I'd hate for someone to salivate over a beer for months only to have it taste like the cardboard it was shipped in.
An old friend gave me a filler. I just need to come up with the tubing and clamps. Once that is done, I'll be in business. Thanks for your patience.

 

[mmb]

Cap on foam with O2 absorbing caps. The process from the BMBF isn't really all that different from a "regular" counter pressure filler.

Hope the CP filler works better for you.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Just a heads up to anyone that still needs to ship to the NW (Portland, Seattle, etc), We are expecting by our standards a mini little heat wave starting this Friday. By that I mean temps in the mid to upper 80's if not creeping into the 90's. Local news is saying this, weather.com says low 80's upper 70's...either way just thought I'd pass that along.

 

[wildwest450]

The weather in Tennessee is going to be perfect for the next week or so, temps in the mid to upper 70's. This won't last, hint, hint.

 

[Saccharomyces]

TODAY is probably the last day to ship to Texas with a decent window since we will get a cold front later in the week. After that we'll be back in the mid 90's.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

HarvInSTL - Your inbox is full...Can't send you any PM's.

 

[MNBugeater]

All three packages are boxed and ready to ship. They are going to UPS today, Ill PM tracking numbers tonight or tomorrow.

 

[Liquidicem]

Shipped and tracking numbers PM'd. Enjoy!