BrewFrisco
Well-Known Member
I just wanted to brag about my recent brews - I have only been back into brewing for about 4 months...
Beer 1 - Pumpkin Ale - Good drinkable beer with a VERY close resemblance to the DFH Punkin for which my recipe was cloned from. The only two things I will do different on this one - add more spices - age for two more weeks and leave this in the primary the entire time - no secondary.
Beer 2 - Pliny the Elder IIPA - Just kegged and carbonated this wonderful beer - nice hop aroma and flavor. The only thing is that this beer is almost an identical replica of Stone's Ruination Ale...not Pliny (although I have only had Pliny once). Things I will do different: Primary in a 6.5 gal carboy - use leaf hops to dry-hop with - filter or use gelatin to clear more - age 2 more weeks - and maybe do some sort of hop infusion when racking to the keg - or throw a bag of leaf into the keg :cross:
Beer 3 - Sammy Smiths Oatmeal Stout Clone - This was a partial mash and it worked out real well - I had to mash twice due to my mash-tun size but I wanted more grains on this beer for the malt flavors - took a gravity reading last night after about 3 weeks of fermentation / aging - tasted just like sammy's oatmeal stout - I am going to take the advice from my previous brew mistakes and age this one a bot more - then keg it. No changes to this at the present.
Next Up - Bombshell Blonde
Bottom line - none of these beers have turned out just perfect yet (except the oatmeal stout) and yet they are all VERY drinkable beer and real close to the presumed flavor.
Beer 1 - Pumpkin Ale - Good drinkable beer with a VERY close resemblance to the DFH Punkin for which my recipe was cloned from. The only two things I will do different on this one - add more spices - age for two more weeks and leave this in the primary the entire time - no secondary.
Beer 2 - Pliny the Elder IIPA - Just kegged and carbonated this wonderful beer - nice hop aroma and flavor. The only thing is that this beer is almost an identical replica of Stone's Ruination Ale...not Pliny (although I have only had Pliny once). Things I will do different: Primary in a 6.5 gal carboy - use leaf hops to dry-hop with - filter or use gelatin to clear more - age 2 more weeks - and maybe do some sort of hop infusion when racking to the keg - or throw a bag of leaf into the keg :cross:
Beer 3 - Sammy Smiths Oatmeal Stout Clone - This was a partial mash and it worked out real well - I had to mash twice due to my mash-tun size but I wanted more grains on this beer for the malt flavors - took a gravity reading last night after about 3 weeks of fermentation / aging - tasted just like sammy's oatmeal stout - I am going to take the advice from my previous brew mistakes and age this one a bot more - then keg it. No changes to this at the present.
Next Up - Bombshell Blonde
Bottom line - none of these beers have turned out just perfect yet (except the oatmeal stout) and yet they are all VERY drinkable beer and real close to the presumed flavor.
