So who's brewing this weekend?

[ICWiener]

Gonna give a shot at making an imperial IPA... Using 1 lb of honey to bump up the Abv...any better suggestions.? Using mosaic, warrior, simcoe, centennial & cascade... Crystal 20/40/60 and Munich, as well as pale extract...

Save yourself some money and use table sugar instead of honey. It does the exact same thing for 1/10th the price.

I like your hops! That's a good line up.

Drop all that crystal. Half pound of 40 and you'll be good to go. Unless you like a sweet backbone to your IIPA. Personally, I like 'em dry and overhopped.

 

[Cape Brewing]

Can you make mead with table sugar instead of honey?



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[TasunkaWitko]

Today, I receive the final stuff I need to begin my first ever brew, including the Chocolate Maple Porter mix from Brooklyn Brew Shop:


http://brooklynbrewshop.com/beer-making-mixes/chocolate-maple-porter-1-gallon-mix-w-o-kit


Looking forward to giving it a try!

 

[2drunk2]

Tasunka don't play when it comes to first brews.

 

[TasunkaWitko]

Tasunka don't play when it comes to first brews.

LOL - thanks, 2d2.... My original plan for my very first brew was to go with their Grapefruit Honey Ale that my wife got for me for my birthday:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/brooklyn-brew-shops-grapefruit-honey-ale-tips-advice-492281/

But when I was looking it over this week, I saw that the yeast had expired. They are sending a new yeast packet to me, but in the meantime the Chocolate Maple Porter is arriving today, and winter is coming (even sooner here in North Montana), so I figured, why not?

I've started a thread about this project here:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/brooklyn-brew-shops-chocolate-maple-porter-tips-advice-492568/

I'll use it for discussion and as a chronicle of the brew, hopefully with photos etc. If anyone has any tips, advice or other commetns, please feel free to jump right in and reply on the thread.

 

[Staestc]

Done with the two Mr Beer kits that came with the LBK gift, so I will be brewing what is essentially my first 5 gallon batch Saturday! I'm doing the Quaffable Irish Red recipe from the recipe section! Wish me luck!

 

[kingmatt]

Brewing up an APA with Huell Melon and Mandarina Bavaria...first time using either hop so hopefully it turns out well

 

[natnov]

Brewing a saison with the club since my Oktoberfest is tying up my fermentation chamber...

 

[HomebrewCraig]

I'll be brewing this weekend.. showing a friend how an all-grain batch goes. We'll be brewing a Guinness clone, the recipe for which I found on HBT.

 

[Ray1993]

Going to try an Amber Ale this weekend, 2nd brew after too many years away.

 

[ICWiener]

Can you make mead with table sugar instead of honey?

Hmmm...I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say absolutely. Mead/hooch....I call it Mooch.

 

[Cape Brewing]

Honey and table sugar are not the same thing and while they both contain a large percentage of sugars that'll ferment completely out, they will absolutely taste differently as an adjunct to a beer.




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[Zakit24]

While I wait for my first Lager to lager I think I'll play around with some ginger beer. One of the best drink I have had in a long time was a Moscow Mule on tap! The vodka was already mixed in and carbonated. Going to try a one gallon batch and then 5 if it turns out well.

 

[kh54s10]

Just bought a chest freezer. I hope to get some Octoberfest Lager yeast and brew my Octoberfest on Tuesday.

 

[fiveohmike]

Putting down a Cascade SMaSH this weekend. This will be the first beer I ferment in my chest freezer, along with the first beer I put down into a Keg.

Can't wait!

 

[lookwow]

While I wait for my first Lager to lager I think I'll play around with some ginger beer. One of the best drink I have had in a long time was a Moscow Mule on tap! The vodka was already mixed in and carbonated. Going to try a one gallon batch and then 5 if it turns out well.

You have to get the copper cup to have a real moscow mule. It just doesnt taste the same without it.

 

[ICWiener]

Honey and table sugar are not the same thing and while they both contain a large percentage of sugars that'll ferment completely out, they will absolutely taste differently as an adjunct to a beer.

Not gonna argue that point. You're absolutely right....in a smaller beer. But you're telling me that you can spot the difference between .5 or 1 lb of table sugar vs. honey in an IIPA? That's impressive.

 

[Orion85]

I'm gonna try brewing Nutcastle from Brewing Classic Styles this Sunday. Just picked up my grain from the LHBS today!

 

[WilliamSlayer]

Teaching a 'how to brew' class on Tuesday! Citra APA.

 

[Cape Brewing]

Not gonna argue that point. You're absolutely right....in a smaller beer. But you're telling me that you can spot the difference between .5 or 1 lb of table sugar vs. honey in an IIPA? That's impressive.

Absolutely... And I am pretty positive most people would.


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[Melana]

Not gonna argue that point. You're absolutely right....in a smaller beer. But you're telling me that you can spot the difference between .5 or 1 lb of table sugar vs. honey in an IIPA? That's impressive.

He is one of the beer gods...

 

[Cape Brewing]

He is one of the beer gods...

Excuse me ma' dear.... are you suggesting you wouldn't taste the difference? If you made two big IPAs, one with honey and one with table sugar, you don't think you could taste the difference?

Crazy talk.

Pure poppycock


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[Melana]

I was suggesting no such nonsense.

 

[dkevinb]

I'm going to do my first AG batch tomorrow, a BIAB Cascade APA.

 

[pwhaakej]

I'm going to do my first AG batch tomorrow, a BIAB Cascade APA.

Nice!

As for me, I'm doing this KBS clone. Wish I'd started this sooner so it'd be ready by Thanksgiving, but it should be worth the wait.

 

[BGBC]

Brewing a Flanders Red tomorrow. Planning to rack in 4-6 weeks or so and use the cake to brew a bigger batch of the same with a buddy.

 

[bbohanon]

Brewing a pumpkin ale tomorrow with a NC mountain grown sugar pumpkin. Carmelizing the pumpkin tonight in the oven to be ready for tomorrows mash-in. Planning for a full day of brewing this AG batch with the sparge issues I know I am in for.


Now which to use..Windsor or Nottingham for this batch...decisions..

 

[Melana]

I'm actually brewing a new recipe for me... a Red Rye IIPA.

 

[ICWiener]

Absolutely... And I am pretty positive most people would.

Well, maybe someday I'll get to that level. But until then I'll spend $0.10 on my ABV booster that's hidden under a mountain of hops...rather than $3.50.

I'll be sure to keep buying honey for mead though

 

[fj605]

I'm going to start my education in hops varieties by brewing some SMSH batches.

Probably lead into testing different yeasts in the near future.