South Carolina SC midlands area brewers

[TravelingLight]

I was at Random Tap (next door to DIY Brewhouse) when they began the draft. Sat and drank a couple of summer ales as the guys picked ingredients. Couldn't stay to the end but it looked like fun. I may have to be a contestant on the next one!

Yeah, I definitely want to get in on that next year. Kevin was explaining it to me and it sounds super fun.

 

[GammaRay4130]

Yeah, I definitely want to get in on that next year. Kevin was explaining it to me and it sounds super fun.

It was fun, glad I didn't get screwed by the yeast selection, not sure how others fared since we were told to not divulge what yeast we ended up with. Should have some interesting beers towards the end of the year.

 

[TravelingLight]

It was fun, glad I didn't get screwed by the yeast selection, not sure how others fared since we were told to not divulge what yeast we ended up with. Should have some interesting beers towards the end of the year.

Oh damn so you did it?? Can you tell us your ingredients?? I don't think anyone else in this thread was in that draft. I'm super interested in what you got!

 

[GammaRay4130]

Oh damn so you did it?? Can you tell us your ingredients?? I don't think anyone else in this thread was in that draft. I'm super interested in what you got!

Here's my ingredients

For grains:
English 2 row
flake barley
roasted barley
dark munich
pale chocolate

Hops:
Galena
US Goldings

Misc:
Hazelnut

The rules are we have to use at least 1 base malt, 1 specialty malt, 1 adjunct and 2 hops. We have to use 7 of the 8 ingredients we picked so I picked hazelnut at the end since I think it could be interesting in a stout which is what I was planning for. I figured I'd be fine as long as I didn't get heff, belgian, saison or wit yeast, which I didn't. I won't say exactly what I got for yeast in case someone from the competition comes across this thread.

 

[SHAIV]

That does sound interesting

 

[Sissy907]

Well, I have my watermelon/peach wine in the primary (WOOHOO!!), although I forgot the stupid limes while I was out so I will have to grab those when I go pick up my grand daughter from her pre-k summer camp. I think I am going to try a Skeeter Pee with this batch, and them maybe a cherry-something wine (ideas?) if anyone wants to make a skeeter pee with it (or anything else you might do with it).

My son suggested I try making beer (he has been my assistant for this batch), and I would LOVE to, but I know nothing about it as I don't like beer, so I would need a kind soul who would like to show me how and possibly be a taste tester (volunteers?). I am actually allergic to something in beer so I never developed a taste for it. I wouldn't know award winning from good from garbage. LOL

Where do ya'll get the best deal for bottles? I have been saving my wine bottles for ages and I don't have near enough for these two batches. I'd actually be surprised if I had enough for the first batch actually. I don't have too many friends that drink so collecting from friends isn't really gonna work. :/

I was thinking earlier - while covering myself in watermelon juice spatter - that it might be nice to have a get together with a bunch of fellow brewers and have a burger and a tasting of each other's wares, if anyone was into the idea...

~Alli

 

[Morrey]

Here's my ingredients

For grains:
English 2 row
flake barley
roasted barley
dark munich
pale chocolate

Hops:
Galena
US Goldings

Misc:
Hazelnut

The rules are we have to use at least 1 base malt, 1 specialty malt, 1 adjunct and 2 hops. We have to use 7 of the 8 ingredients we picked so I picked hazelnut at the end since I think it could be interesting in a stout which is what I was planning for. I figured I'd be fine as long as I didn't get heff, belgian, saison or wit yeast, which I didn't. I won't say exactly what I got for yeast in case someone from the competition comes across this thread.

Awesome! Kevin told me about this challenge and it is really cool. Yeah, I figured with my luck I'd draw some off the wall yeast that would be hard to use...but your luck spunds better than mine. Will y'all have a "reveal" party or tasting after the judging?

 

[Morrey]

I wouldn't know award winning from good from garbage. LOL


~Alli

Alli, go out and buy a can of Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull as this is the very best beer you can find anywhere. Now you can use this as a reference point to judge by. So when you try one of my homebrews against the SMLB, you can pick the winner you like best. You know I am J/K.

You see these HBT members (on this thread) discussing group events they attend. Take your son and just go and hang out and learn the beer language...we all started somewhere.

If you organize a burger cookout, I bet collectively we will all bring a dish and some of our finest beers to share and enjoy. Maybe Catdaddy66 will bring a Saison he is known for.

 

[SHAIV]

I thought skeeter pee was lemonade wine or something. Maybe not. I don't make too much wine anymore. I have made some mead but it's just not as good as beer imo. Beer is a lot more involved because it has to be boiled and cooled before fermentation. I make cider or apfelwein sometimes when I don't have time to make beer because I can just dump all the ingredients in the fermenter. Some times there's a pre boil mash process that takes up time if you're brewing with grains (all grain). Beer usually has a quicker fermentation though so sometimes you can drink it just a few weeks after brewing

Also If you're allergic to something in beer. I bet it's gluten and I just found out recently that you can remove the gluten from the beer when you pitch the yeast. There's something called brewers clarex or clarity ferm made by white labs. I have a friend who is gluten free not by choice and he can drink Omission beers because they use that stuff in their beer

 

[GammaRay4130]

Awesome! Kevin told me about this challenge and it is really cool. Yeah, I figured with my luck I'd draw some off the wall yeast that would be hard to use...but your luck spunds better than mine. Will y'all have a "reveal" party or tasting after the judging?

I think the plan is to have the judging done by club members at one of the club events. Something like whoever wants to judge will taste the beers and rate them 1-5, one with the highest score wins so nothing super official. Once that's over if I have more left and I am happy with the beer I'll likely end up bringing some to the monthly tastings at DIY.

 

[Sissy907]

I thought skeeter pee was lemonade wine or something. Maybe not. I don't make too much wine anymore. I have made some mead but it's just not as good as beer imo. Beer is a lot more involved because it has to be boiled and cooled before fermentation. I make cider or apfelwein sometimes when I don't have time to make beer because I can just dump all the ingredients in the fermenter. Some times there's a pre boil mash process that takes up time if you're brewing with grains (all grain). Beer usually has a quicker fermentation though so sometimes you can drink it just a few weeks after brewing

Also If you're allergic to something in beer. I bet it's gluten and I just found out recently that you can remove the gluten from the beer when you pitch the yeast. There's something called brewers clarex or clarity ferm made by white labs. I have a friend who is gluten free not by choice and he can drink Omission beers because they use that stuff in their beer

Skeeter Pee is made using the still active lees from a wine batch and making a "hard lemonade" of sorts. Of course it will have a bit of flavor from the wine so I thought a watermelon/peach would be a light enough flavor that it wouldn't be to overwhelming. I saw someone on here had made or tried to make a cherry limeade which sounded right up my alley!
I think it's the malt in some beers because those nasty wine coolers with malt in it does the same thing to me. I don't have a problem with anything else that I can tell anyway. I dunno, I might just have to get a few different ones at a store that lets me buy them in mix n match 6 packs and try a few (sips) and see how it goes... I guess I will have to find a willing participant to drink the beer that I can't.
I've never tried a cider. I had apfelwein in Germany (if it's the same thing) LOVED it. I would love to learn how to make that!!

~Alli

 

[Sissy907]

Alli, go out and buy a can of Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull as this is the very best beer you can find anywhere. Now you can use this as a reference point to judge by. So when you try one of my homebrews against the SMLB, you can pick the winner you like best. You know I am J/K.

You see these HBT members (on this thread) discussing group events they attend. Take your son and just go and hang out and learn the beer language...we all started somewhere.

If you organize a burger cookout, I bet collectively we will all bring a dish and some of our finest beers to share and enjoy. Maybe Catdaddy66 will bring a Saison he is known for.

OH NAYYY! I'm not drinking anything to do with SMLB! That stuff is the bottom of the barrel nasty! LOL But I will happily try one of yours!

I would love to take my son to some events but he is a "grown up" and a welder by trade so I don't get to see him as often as I would like. But he wants Momma to have a little stock pile for him to "sample" when he comes to visit! hahaha.... kids....

I would love to host a burger burn and have as many of ya'll come as can! This gives me motivation to finish up my tiki bar so we have a nice place to sit and drink out of the hot SC sun! I have all the supplies, but man it gets hot out there and freakin life gets in the way! (Not really that much to do - Start with a general "spring" cleaning, get the banana leaf woven matting up on the inside roof, get the screens tacked up and the trim nailed on to hold it up, and finish the shelf that runs along the inside of the windows, and finish the last little bit of staining and bamboo trim on the outside of the bar itself, get the hole for the sink cut and drop that in with a little caulking, and get the water hooked up) then get the beer fridge and main fridge turned on and cooled off and we are ready to go! Easy peasy right? LOL Maybe I will shoot for August....

~Alli

 

[catdaddy66]

Alli, go out and buy a can of Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull as this is the very best beer you can find anywhere. Now you can use this as a reference point to judge by. So when you try one of my homebrews against the SMLB, you can pick the winner you like best. You know I am J/K.

You see these HBT members (on this thread) discussing group events they attend. Take your son and just go and hang out and learn the beer language...we all started somewhere.

If you organize a burger cookout, I bet collectively we will all bring a dish and some of our finest beers to share and enjoy. Maybe Catdaddy66 will bring a Saison he is known for.

Wow! Glad to be 'known' for something!

Actually Kevin is the saison chef at DIY. Just asked his opinion on my most recent recipe. I have made about six batches as I discovered how delicious it is. I put it in my house beer rotation. The only two styles I make as often is Cream of Three Crops and California common.

I would love a potluck and beer get together btw...

 

[SHAIV]

Skeeter Pee is made using the still active leese (sp?) from a wine batch and making a "hard lemonade"...I've never tried a cider. I had apfelwein in Germany (if it's the same thing) LOVED it. I would love to learn how to make that!!



~Alli

Well check out the thread on here called "Man I love apfelwein" lol it's got a huge following. I dunno how it stacks up to the real stuff but it's quite tasty and easy to make. I usually dry hop mine and it's amazing with some simcoe. It's about 8.5% abv. I use wal mart juice so it comes out to about 18$ for 5 gallons then I will dry hop it with 2-3 oz so that adds about $7 then I also keg it so it's carbed.

 

[TravelingLight]

I would love to take my son to some events but he is a "grown up" and a welder by trade so I don't get to see him as often as I would like. But he wants Momma to have a little stock pile for him to "sample" when he comes to visit! hahaha.... kids....

Welder, eh?? I think I've got some welding that could be done that I would gladly trade some beer for!

 

[Morrey]

Wow! Glad to be 'known' for something!

The only two styles I make as often is Cream of Three Crops and California common.

I would love a potluck and beer get together btw...

My current Cali Common (your recipe) is dayuuum great if I may say so myself and share the credit with you. It likes a bit of conditioning time in the keg, so at 8 weeks, it is really hitting its prime. Mongoose33 and I shared results in a blind taste testing against the real deal Anchor Steam. Our version outscored the real deal by a large margin. Personally, I think they ramp up the temps (commercially) where I ran mine down at the low 60 range. Their version threw some off flavors Mongoose33 pointed out that ours didn't have. Maybe you are the Cali Common King instead! LOL

Hopefully Alli will get her hut ready by late fall. It would be hard to sit outside in 107F heat index as in today.

 

[Sissy907]

Welder, eh?? I think I've got some welding that could be done that I would gladly trade some beer for!

He would love to. He is currently testing for a job at a nuclear plant just across the border in GA. I am crossing all my fingers as it means I will get to see him a hell of a lot more often than I do. Which also means momma is gonna have to get her bootay busy on the beer making!

 

[Sissy907]

My current Cali Common (your recipe) is dayuuum great if I may say so myself and share the credit with you. It likes a bit of conditioning time in the keg, so at 8 weeks, it is really hitting its prime. Mongoose33 and I shared results in a blind taste testing against the real deal Anchor Steam. Our version outscored the real deal by a large margin. Personally, I think they ramp up the temps (commercially) where I ran mine down at the low 60 range. Their version threw some off flavors Mongoose33 pointed out that ours didn't have. Maybe you are the Cali Common King instead! LOL

Hopefully Alli will get her hut ready by late fall. It would be hard to sit outside in 107F heat index as in today.

My hiney is gonna be outside this weekend working my butt off getting as much done as I can! I am super excited to do this now!! Burger burn, HERE WE COME!!! I will have to see if I can't find a few pics to post for ya'll.

 

[Morrey]

My hiney is gonna be outside this weekend working my butt off getting as much done as I can! I am super excited to do this now!! Burger burn, HERE WE COME!!! I will have to see if I can't find a few pics to post for ya'll.

I get a sneaking suspicion you are gonna be a beer brewer on top of a wine maker. Maybe a sparkling hard cider in the fall when fresh pressed apples head our way?

Post pics......

 

[Sissy907]

 

[Sissy907]

I get a sneaking suspicion you are gonna be a beer brewer on top of a wine maker. Maybe a sparkling hard cider in the fall when fresh pressed apples head our way?

Post pics......

Quite certain you are right! I have actually wanted to do it for a long time as well, just never knew anyone that knew how that could guide me, ya know? Now, anything is possible!

 

[Morrey]

Wow!!! This is NICE!!

All we need is some home brew beers on that counter top....well maybe in the ice cooler. Maybe a growler or two as well.

But you DO have the Coconut Rum displayed so it is officially a "sanctioned" Tiki bar.

 

[Morrey]

Quite certain you are right! I have actually wanted to do it for a long time as well, just never knew anyone that knew how that could guide me, ya know? Now, anything is possible!

Next time you have a second to run over to Elgin, introduce yourself to Kevin at DIY Brewhouse. He is maybe 2 miles back in there on Two Notch behind Thunder Tower Harley Davidson off I-20. Many of us on this thread patron Kevin and he is very helpful and knowledgeable. I think if I am not mistaken, he may mentor new brewers in a special class and help them brew a beer for their first time.

 

[Sissy907]

Wow!!! This is NICE!!

All we need is some home brew beers on that counter top....well maybe in the ice cooler. Maybe a growler or two as well.

But you DO have the Coconut Rum displayed so it is officially a "sanctioned" Tiki bar.

I have been searching for ages for a parrot to sit on a beam that runs over the bar and finally found one I like last year so I will be adding him when it's all finished as well. Just gotta find a good name for him. I've thought about adding in one of those "insulting" parrots as well. lol

 

[Poopsmitherson]

The only two styles I make as often is Cream of Three Crops and California common.

My current Cali Common (your recipe) is dayuuum great if I may say so myself and share the credit with you. It likes a bit of conditioning time in the keg, so at 8 weeks, it is really hitting its prime. Mongoose33 and I shared results in a blind taste testing against the real deal Anchor Steam. Our version outscored the real deal by a large margin. Personally, I think they ramp up the temps (commercially) where I ran mine down at the low 60 range. Their version threw some off flavors Mongoose33 pointed out that ours didn't have. Maybe you are the Cali Common King instead!

You guys care to share this Cali common recipe? I love Cali Common and am looking for ways to improve my recipe!

 

[SHAIV]

Where do ya'll get the best deal for bottles? I have been saving my wine bottles for ages and I don't have near enough for these two batches. I'd actually be surprised if I had enough for the first batch actually. I don't have too many friends that drink so collecting from friends isn't really gonna work. :/



~Alli

Oh hey I've got a bunch of wine bottles that I'm not gonna use. I was saving them and my neighbor gave me some. I already took the labels off and everything. I don't make wine anymore so I was about to throw them away honestly. Idk how I'd get them to you though

 

[Sissy907]

Oh hey I've got a bunch of wine bottles that I'm not gonna use. I was saving them and my neighbor gave me some. I already took the labels off and everything. I don't make wine anymore so I was about to throw them away honestly. Idk how I'd get them to you though

Is there a PM ability on this site? We could plan to meet somewhere? You are my new favorite person!!! Thank you SO much!

~Alli

 

[SHAIV]

Yes there is. I'll send you one

 

[Morrey]

I am meeting a brewing buddy in Asheville next weekend who is from WI and has never been to our area. He is bringing me a 6 pack of Spotted Cow which is local beer there and is very sought after but not available out of his immediate area.

He is asking for me to bring him something local he cant find elsewhere to trade. I am going to be in Columbia next Tu for a VA appointment so I thought I'd pick him up something if y'all will suggest.

He is not a stout or porter fan so that leaves out Holy City Pluff Mud. I don't think I can find Westbrook Mexican Cake anywhere but the taproom in Mt Pleasant. He likes lagers/pils, IPA's, hoppy wheats and Cali Common. If you can suggest something I can find at a store on the Garner Ferry side of town, I'd be most appreciative of suggestions. I could also stop at River Ratz near the stadium but do they have any beers that are decent? Debatable?

 

[TravelingLight]

I am meeting a brewing buddy in Asheville next weekend who is from WI and has never been to our area. He is bringing me a 6 pack of Spotted Cow which is local beer there and is very sought after but not available out of his immediate area.

He is asking for me to bring him something local he cant find elsewhere to trade. I am going to be in Columbia next Tu for a VA appointment so I thought I'd pick him up something if y'all will suggest.

He is not a stout or porter fan so that leaves out Holy City Pluff Mud. I don't think I can find Westbrook Mexican Cake anywhere but the taproom in Mt Pleasant. He likes lagers/pils, IPA's, hoppy wheats and Cali Common. If you can suggest something I can find at a store on the Garner Ferry side of town, I'd be most appreciative of suggestions. I could also stop at River Ratz near the stadium but do they have any beers that are decent? Debatable?

River Rat is meh. I would suggest Southern Barrel's Damn Yankee. It's a pretty damn solid representation of NEIPA and can get fairly regularly in Cola and surrounding. Hit up Bottles at Garners and Rosewood. They usually have it. Does he like sours? If so, I would absolutely recommend anything from Bauernhaus. Man I love their beers. I've still got some 2017 Cakes in my cellar, but I'm not ready to get rid of them yet...