Local 12 beers of Christmas
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This is my first batch ever bottling and naturally carbonating so we will see how it goes, came out with 33 bottles. At least I will have a few to see what happens as you guys will. Cant wait for the swap!
HerbieHowells
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I have not done anything to label my bottles yet. I have red caps, and usually just write something on the cap. Would "GBA" for "Gingerbread Ale" be sufficient? What are others doing?
I went all out and labeled just in case. That said, this is the first time I have ever done so. Just thought it would be fun and a bit more festive.
I managed to eke 44 bottles out of the batch, minus a few "tastes" before.
I managed to eke 44 bottles out of the batch, minus a few "tastes" before.
thanks
I'll be using these for mine. Going off the the main list of beers, since it falls 5th in line, i'll be calling it 5th Day Fruitcake Ale.
It was cool to meet all of you. I hope you all enjoy the beers and perhaps we will all meet up again soon. Cheers and merry Christmas.
PS , the quad can definitely use as much patience and time as you can wait.
The cherry dubbel is a bit over carbed; do have your glass ready the moment you pop it.
PS , the quad can definitely use as much patience and time as you can wait.
The cherry dubbel is a bit over carbed; do have your glass ready the moment you pop it.
I just finished the first round of our Christmas beer swap. I have two bottles left of each recipe in cold storage. one round for mid summer when an old beer friend will be visiting, and the last for next year comparison. That is except for Jeremy's Abby Weizen where only the bomber remains and probably wont make it to December. Any way, I just wanted to say that I found all of these beers to be amazingly good and well made. Each being different, I consumed them as the first beer of the evening, and only one a day to analyze them properly. I was a bit wary, thinking that as a group of brewers unknown to me previously, anything could happen. What I found happily, was that each had a fine character of its own. Each was worth enjoying as a premium treat that encompassed the brewing skills and efforts of this group, and I want to thank all of you. In my opinion, this was a success and worth doing. I also enjoyed meeting you all on swap day, and with only home brewing as a common thread, I felt that we had a nice connection. SWMBO got a kick out of us not being able to get the count right. You would think swapping three beers apiece would be easy. Go figure.
So, Anybody want to do it again? I've been thinking about it and here is what I came up with. All of which is subject to change. This is only to get the conversation started.
1) Schedule the swap for mid to late July. This would give us two and a half months to brew and condition.
2) We could go with a theme of summer beers (wit, weizen, kolesh, blonde, amber, Pale) or..
3) We could just each make what we consider our best beer recipe. What ever style, whatever tweeks, as long as it is your best beer. I would only exclude the Randy Mosher Christmas recipes as they have been done, and may be on again for this Christmas season.
4) I think we should be exclusive to the original group at first to at least give them the option to join, before opening it up to newcomers. Nothing wrong with new blood, just want to give the first group first dibbs. Also we should probably limit it to 12 entries, as any more than this can hinder the ability to cover the spread if your batch comes in short.
5) I am an Idea guy, but not much of an organizer, so if anybody wants to take the lead with this PLEASE be my guest. If this is left for me to do it probably will fail. Jeremy had talked at the meeting about this but I'm not sure he is on HBT.
6) We probably should start a new thread. This thread is the only way I have to contact all of the original group.
7) One last thought. When we swap, lets let the wives organize the procedures. That way we can drink, and things will go more smoothly.
What do you think?
Can we get the band back together?
Mark
So, Anybody want to do it again? I've been thinking about it and here is what I came up with. All of which is subject to change. This is only to get the conversation started.
1) Schedule the swap for mid to late July. This would give us two and a half months to brew and condition.
2) We could go with a theme of summer beers (wit, weizen, kolesh, blonde, amber, Pale) or..
3) We could just each make what we consider our best beer recipe. What ever style, whatever tweeks, as long as it is your best beer. I would only exclude the Randy Mosher Christmas recipes as they have been done, and may be on again for this Christmas season.
4) I think we should be exclusive to the original group at first to at least give them the option to join, before opening it up to newcomers. Nothing wrong with new blood, just want to give the first group first dibbs. Also we should probably limit it to 12 entries, as any more than this can hinder the ability to cover the spread if your batch comes in short.
5) I am an Idea guy, but not much of an organizer, so if anybody wants to take the lead with this PLEASE be my guest. If this is left for me to do it probably will fail. Jeremy had talked at the meeting about this but I'm not sure he is on HBT.
6) We probably should start a new thread. This thread is the only way I have to contact all of the original group.
7) One last thought. When we swap, lets let the wives organize the procedures. That way we can drink, and things will go more smoothly.
What do you think?
Can we get the band back together?
Mark
Count me in. If we get more people interested, I can organize something; unless someone else would like to. I wasn't happy with how my beers came out so I would like to give it another go without a crazy recipe. I know Harry is interested so we have three so far. He is going to touch base with Jeremy and as soon as I get word back I'll let you know.
We can give this another week or so and see if anyone is interested int he exchange and then we will post a new thread. This will give sometime for them to respond and then we'll open it up.
We can give this another week or so and see if anyone is interested int he exchange and then we will post a new thread. This will give sometime for them to respond and then we'll open it up.
