swmbo is working on saturday..what should i brew?

[Mirilis]

So my wife's working on the 28th. I want to brew but I'm not sure what. I want to make a lager that I can store for a year or two so I was thinking a doppelbock or schwartzbier. I have some washed German lager yeast from my helles. Both beers sound pretty tasty but I don't know which one I want. Advice or other options?

 

[JetSmooth]

Can you get away with a double brew day?

I've not yet gotten into schwartzbiers, but love a good dopplebock!

 

[IrregularPulse]

Schwartz is one of the few styles I've yet to find commercially and experience. So I vote schwartzbier. We will eventually meet up again, and I can steal some from you

 

[Homercidal]

Brew whatcha feel like! My wife and kids are going school shopping this Sat. so my plan is to brew too. But I might brew TWO! (Get it, a play on words...?)

I have a Stout on the schedule, and a IIPA, and a Wit (or blonde, or mild, or some other session beer. I can't make up my mind...)

I went to the LHBS last night and picked up a sack of Golden Promise. Looks like an interesting malt. Curious to see how it compares to the regular 2-row I've been using.

 

[Yooper]

One beer that I love but never attempted is a blonde dopplebock. It's by Capital Brewery, from Madison Wisconsin. I even chatted to John Palmer about it this summer, because I'm thinking about it for next winter. http://www.capital-brewery.com/ourbeers/blondedopp.html

It's rich like a dopplebock, but colored more like a maibock. It's a rich malty lager with tons of flavor, but it's approachable by non-dark beer lovers.

If you make a blonde dopplebock, I promise to come down and drink some!

 

[steinsato]

I'd go with the schwarz. Are you seriously going to lager it for 2 years? Good Lord!

 

[Mirilis]

I'd go with the schwarz. Are you seriously going to lager it for 2 years? Good Lord!

No. But I plan to make 11 gal drnk some bottle some and store it for comps throuout the year.


Yoop: I've been wanting to do a maibock too... I might have enough pils to do it. Takes about a half sack and 10lbs of Munich...ill think about it... I got a week to decide

 

[Mirilis]

I think I will go with the Schwartz. ..it is hard to find. The Sam Adams black lager is the best example I can think of.

 

[KingBrianI]

the monschoff kulmbacher whatever whatever schwarzbier is very good too if you can find it.

 

[Mirilis]

Da Schwartz it is.. heres my label prototype. I need to do something with the green part but im not sure yet. Im no graphics artist and have next to no skill so im not sure what I can do to make that part look cool. Any suggestions?

 

[steinsato]

Under Flavor: you wrote "This one is probably slightly over they style for the roasty flavor."

But I think it's a real cool label. What kind of software do you use to do that?

 

[Mirilis]

Gimp... I messed with a movie still to do that.... I have no clue how to use out well though