Results! (with pictures)

[flushdrew42]

looks awesome! no crap to be given from me... i bet it was delicious!

 

[jlatenight]

My first brew has been in primary for a week, an American IPA. Hope it looks 1/2 as good as yours does Triage! I'm brewing a Belgian Tripel this weekend...filling the pipeline! Gotta say, the suspense is killing me... as well as having to drink store-bought.

 

[tre9er]

Gotta say, the suspense is killing me... as well as having to drink store-bought.

Wife brought home Shock Top last night...gross is all I can say. A witbier that missed the mark entirely. Sweet, slightly yeasty, no bitterness or appreciable citrus to balance out the taste, no appreciable coriander despite packaging claiming it uses it as well as orange peel, not enough carb...just a bad beer.

I'm becoming a beer snob after drinking cheap (Milwaukee's Best, Busch Light) beer all my life (grew up in rural Iowa).

 

[jlatenight]

Who didn't grow up drinking those beers? In the US anyway. +1 on Shocktop. Had a couple after someone left them after a party...ew. Totally agree on your assessment. To each his own though, lots a people love it. I'm no fan of any fruity beers really

 

[Hoosier-Brewer]

I'll play. The first is an APA after 2 weeks in the bottle. AHS mini-mash.

Same beer after 8 months. I think it cleared very well.

My Irish Red, NB Extract.

I use Irish moss in all my brews, no other finings.

 

[RCBIV]

I posted this in my other thread a couple hours ago, but I just had to share again.

Lake Walk Pale Ale (with some recipe changes), nine days in the bottle, the last two in the fridge:

 

[SkippyWilliams]

I had to post my first beer opened last night. IPA that was so good.

 

[tre9er]

Congrats. How old was it in terms of post-fermenter ?

 

[SkippyWilliams]

Mine was 2 weeks in the bottle. I couldn't resist to wait for week 3

 

[tre9er]

no worries. I've been drinking the heck out of my 2-week bottled Kolsch

 

[Lunchtime]

My one week old Double-IPA...It's just a test bottle to see how things are going but I figured I would share.

 

[flushdrew42]

reviving the thread...
because i have more results!
the first two are my irish stout (all grain BIAB), the next two are my APA(also AG BIAB)

 

[flushdrew42]

sorry to double post, but more pics!
my Porter

 

[MrSpiffy]

Who didn't grow up drinking those beers? In the US anyway. +1 on Shocktop. Had a couple after someone left them after a party...ew. Totally agree on your assessment. To each his own though, lots a people love it. I'm no fan of any fruity beers really

In my lifetime, albeit a short one at the age of almost-29, I haven't had very much cheap beer. (I had a little Miller Lite in a sake bomb once, a couple cans of Red Dog to keep from offending a new hunting partner, and one Corona. That's it.) I started out with sweet wines, malt beverages, and mixed drinks. I never had a taste for beer, which is odd since I live in Wisconsin. I only started drinking beer within the last couple years or so.

I'm a mechanical engineer, so I tend to avoid cheaping out and am willing to spend more to do things right. Beer was no different for me. If I'm going to try beer, it's going to be the good stuff! So, I started out on microbrews and haven't looked back. And, man, am I glad I did!

 

[flushdrew42]

sorry for grave digging, reviving this thread a bit.

now 6 months into the hobby, i'm feeling like the product i am getting is incredibly improved, and so much more refined.

My American Wheat Beer and my AG APA.

 

[CS223]

My first one. Mr. Beer WCPA extract, Light DME, US-05. Bottle Primed.

Fermented 2 weeks
Bottle Conditioned/Carbed 2 weeks
Refrigerated 2 weeks.

 

[Blackmuse]

Here's my first brew, a Bavarian Hefeweissen! Thanks to my buddy I am a brewing machine! I love it! This came out pretty good. I added some Dark Candi to up the Alcohol content It's a 6.5 ish Hefeweissen. It's been a big hit and all I have left is a six pack that goes to my buddy for teaching me how to brew! The pic was taken yesterday - 5 weeks in the bottle.

The lemon was just for ****s and giggles - I usually drink 'em as is. Looks nice though.

 

[Blackmuse]

Here's a pic of my second brew - I did this with my Father and my Brother they loved the process! This is a Koelsch. It was in the Primary for about 2 weeks and the racked to Secondary and was lagered for 4 weeks. This pic was also taken yesterday - just one week in the bottle. Delicious!!!

 

[DaveM77]

Loving this Porter!! This was my first attempt..

4th batch coming up, will be my first all grain. I just need to get my reverse flow wort chiller built and I'm ready to go! Can't wait!!!

Cheers!!

 

[bob1006]

Tried and true pale ale.

 

[OhCrap]

Here's my attempt at a pils. Pic taken with the brother in laws, enjoying the results of our new addiction

 

[Blackmuse]

Ohcrap,
THAT is a sweet looking Pils! Biut dark for a pils though isn't it?

(Not judging, just asking... My Koelsch was WAY too dark for a Koelsch... actually, it wasn't even a Koelsch by standard...)

Anyway, your pils looks gorgeous! What was your base malt/grain? What type of process? all grain or extract? I never much cared for pils as it I find it too hoppy and light in color... yours looks like I could enjoy it...

 

[drives_a_bike]

I brewed NB's Sinistral Warrior IPA and dry hopped it with 2oz of Cascades. Turned out beautifully! this pic was only 15 days after bottling...It was even better the next week and by the time I cracked the last bottle it was amazing! I will buy this kit again for sure. I shared the last bottle (it was a bomber) with a buddy of mine and received the best compliment yet, "This is good...it's damn good. I would buy this if it were available in the store" haha...what a suck up.

This was our very first beer, NB's Bourbon Aged Porter. I was out of town when my buddy bottled and he forgot to stir the priming solution, so we ended up with A LOT of barely carbonated beer and few good ones. This is a pic of the first good one I found, 16 days in the bottle

 

[tre9er]

I don't stir my primer...I rack the beer on top of it and have never had an issue...how did your buddy do it?

 

[flushdrew42]

i'm often 16 days in bottles before i even crack the first one... it's possible the priming sugar was completely fine, just took a few weeks to carb up. patience grasshopper...

 

[Ply318ci]

My best brew to date it is my fifth one a American IPA. Two weeks in primary two weeks in the bottle needs a little more age but a great beer still.

 

[tre9er]

i'm often 16 days in bottles before i even crack the first one... it's possible the priming sugar was completely fine, just took a few weeks to carb up. patience grasshopper...

True, plus variances in amount of yeast in each bottle, etc.

 

[Joe13]

Here are shots of my last four brews. All Mr Beer recipes, fermented 3 weeks, bottle conditioned warm for 2, and refrigerated for a minimum of 2 weeks.

Angry Ox ale

Scottish wee heavy

Blarney stone stout

Whispering Wheat

 

[tre9er]

The head on that wee-heavy is amazing.

 

[OhCrap]

Ohcrap,
THAT is a sweet looking Pils! Biut dark for a pils though isn't it?

(Not judging, just asking... My Koelsch was WAY too dark for a Koelsch... actually, it wasn't even a Koelsch by standard...)

Anyway, your pils looks gorgeous! What was your base malt/grain? What type of process? all grain or extract? I never much cared for pils as it I find it too hoppy and light in color... yours looks like I could enjoy it...

Yep waaaay too dark, it's a lovely golden colour albeit dark gold. It's an extract with carahell 25ebc (crystal malt) for colour & flavour and saaz hops for aroma. As I said an attempt at a pils, didn't turn out that way but what I got was a fantastic smooth, yellow fizzy beer with a fine saaz aroma and a real light creamy head (go figure). All in all a great mistake that turned into my new house session beer . Neighbour called with a present for my son, had a beer & asked what it was, where I got it and when I told him it was my own his reply "Jaysus I could drink that all night".