It finally happened: A diary of the tripple braggot and lambic braggot

[Tusch]

Although it is predominately beer labels, here is the label display and discussion forum: Label Display & Discussion - Home Brew Forums There are a lot of artists on here and they really help you out when you need it. I use a combination of Gimp, Microsoft progs for simple texts, illustrator and my future brother in law, since he's an artist.

 

[BigKahuna]

Although it is predominately beer labels, here is the label display and discussion forum: Label Display & Discussion

Whatever you do.....Keep the picks here though....This is the "Official Diary" of this project, and I for one, would like to have all of this greatness in one place!


And what the heck.....UPDATE US MAN!

 

[Freezeblade]

For the label, I used Photoshop CS3. as much as vectors (illustrator) are important in label-making, I'm just far more comfortable using Photoshop and raster-based graphics.

 

[Sean]

"all of this greatness in one place!"

Agree!!

Where did you do the research for this project? You seem to have a very clear idea of where you want to go, right from the start. Odyssey in the making.. Homer would be proud!!

I am certain Homer was a brewer.

 

[tooomanycolors]

Research was just reading what I could, not much available, talking to brewers here and in the local club, and kinda guessing as I went, I should be able to taste the triple on Sunday, and I still need to get an oak rod for the lambic, which Ill get done early next week.

Hope everyone had a nice holiday

 

[tooomanycolors]

I will go get the oak rod this evening for sure, as for tasting the non lambic that will have to wait until my roommate finds and cleans my wine thief, hopefully can do that tonight as well and get some comments and maybe a couple pics up as well.

 

[tooomanycolors]

Ok so no pictures tonight my camera is at home... Anyway the lambic now has wood, but I didnt taste it since the theory there is dont **** with it till next summer. The triple has a smoky character and if anyone can explain that go for it.

The plan now is to rack the triple off the lees this week, and maybe add some honey who knows. I did not take gravity readings because Im lazy and at this point dont really care, havent seen bubbles in over a month.

One question to you all though, should I rack the lambic if nothing shows in a week or so and repitch or go with the common mead theory of dont **** with it?

 

[tooomanycolors]

So far no sign of a pellicle on the lambic, so I may rack and repitch sometime in the coming week.

 

[tooomanycolors]

help, my mead has mold on it.....haha oh wait its supposed to its a LAMBIC!!!!!

The triple doesnt look spectacular so no pictures of it.

 

[Kauai_Kahuna]

help, my mead has mold on it.....haha oh wait its supposed to its a LAMBIC!!!!!

Ah yes, time will spoil all lambics.
That does look cool, do you mind if I steal your recipe and scheduling if it turns out great?

 

[z987k]

it's going to be a long while before we know if this turns out.

 

[tooomanycolors]

KK you can have it if you pay a royalty of 0.10 for each bottle produced, haha

I dont care if you use it, thats what I like about this forum everything thats posted is fair game, but end of this summer will be that earliest we would know if its good.

 

[tooomanycolors]

nothing new, just dont want this to get buried.

Hope everything thats being made by all you is turning out great

 

[ericd]

This is sooooo cool, I wonder how it's going to turn out. Going to make a lambic in the near future.

 

[Crash]

Any updates? I'm a beer guy interested in making a braggot; so I'm curious how these turned out.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Any updates? I'm a beer guy interested in making a braggot; so I'm curious how these turned out.

he said above it will be end of summer before the lambic at least even gets tasted. A pelicle like that takes time

 

[tooomanycolors]

yea its still gonna be awhile

 

[Tusch]

Nice update haha, look forward to another one of the same theme in a month or so haha.

 

[tooomanycolors]

yea sorry for the lack of input on this thread and this forum in general, I got kinda putoff by all the redundancy, and classes got more "interesting".

Also I havent started anything new since my habanero mead

 

[Tusch]

Its all good, I know I don't expect much on updates for this one for for a long time. I too have a capiscumel going, what recipe did you end up with?

 

[tooomanycolors]

Dont remember the recipe and of course I lost it, unless I posted it around here somewhere. I know I had one pepper in primary and at secondary I blended one with the young mead and added it back it. very interesting at this point

 

[ericd]

How's this thing comming along. Isn't it about time to bottle it?

 

[tooomanycolors]

Its at my moms house now, Ill take a peak at it in Nov

 

[78kombi]

After much thought, we finally see where the 'lambic' yeast came from...notice the toenail making contact with the carboy..secret revealed!! hehe

 

[tooomanycolors]

That would be correct, but wrong carboy

 

[jdinger29]

Just a bump to see how things are coming...

 

[jezter6]

bump - what's going on with this mead???

 

[tooomanycolors]

hey sorry for dropping off on this...looking to bottle it possibly late this week or early next. Will post final gravity and maybe some tasting notes shortly afterwards

 

[doulovebeef]

hey whats up guys? i joined homebrew just to see how this project turns out. really excited to see the results!

 

[tooomanycolors]

Bottled this last week FG: 1.000 and it does taste sour. Ended up with 26 bottles of which I added raspberries to 12 of the bottles. Took a couple of pics and will put them up at some point in time.