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Funny and I'm glad it was tasteful.
What are you drinking now?
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Having this absolutely beautiful beer while cleaning up the kitchen a bit and preparing to ferment some green beans for the wife.
Stone Xocoveza Tres Leches
HB Märzen. A little flat from being the last jag in the growler from last night.
Mango Lassi Gose...hmmm. Not very salty, very big mango flavour..the lactose gives it a bit of creaminess. I'd probably buy this one again, very refreshing. 
Easy drinking as I wait for the boil, and the mighty Ale of Åsgard is going to start fermenting tonight! Glad I started early.
Easy drinking as I wait for the boil, and the mighty Ale of Åsgard is going to start fermenting tonight! Glad I started early.
Now this hits the spot tonight.
If you see their Cultivator pick it up. Their twist on a Doppelbock. It wasn't on their website but when I went up for MOTL there was a whole shelf of it. I wanted to pick some up when it first came out but never was able and it disappeared but looks like they still have more
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I got out of bed at 4am and started making this because I couldn’t brew.
Cut me some slack. Although I've lived on the East Coast for 25 years, I’m from Oregon, so I don’t know the first thing about Sunday Gravy. It’s pretty good, though.
Cut me some slack. Although I've lived on the East Coast for 25 years, I’m from Oregon, so I don’t know the first thing about Sunday Gravy. It’s pretty good, though.
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I surpassed the first mash reading for this crazy giant brew. 1.080 for my brewing liquor...sparging with said liquor, and going for 1.130 after the second mash/boil. Wish me luck, fellow brew crazies!! This might be a big'n!
Celebrating with another Sparklepuff!!
Celebrating with another Sparklepuff!!
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Ok, but not great. 6.5%
Back at the farm for a few days. HB Robust Porter in a fancy glass.
HB blonde ale. I may or may not be rewatching the ppv I attended last night. 
That's a great story. Wife and I talked about that before having to take care of the grandkids. Looking forward to live through your HBT posts!
We've chatted about this before but a refresher course is due for sure.
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Not just you. I was getting an extremely faint caramel character from it and kinda had a “Really? Huh” type of moment with it. But, this is also the first time I can recall having this too. IPA appreciation took awhile to develop for me. I didn’t start liking beer until I had a stout.
I just brought my last case of Hofbräu Oktoberfestbier in from the car so it doesn't freeze. The temperature has been in the low 30's all day and will drop to the low 20's tonight. It's a good temperature for drinking so I'm having a couple. 
Wheew...getting hazed! haha...boil & chill is almost over, A strong Muskoka IPA is in in order!
Almost there...c'mon chiller! We can do this! ...........
Loki drop...whoooo! I made it down to 37ºC and pitched...10 mins later... here we go!! Nice. Waiting for the second reading...
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Bottoms up!!
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Two simple ways to get a 2.5% beer. Your goal is to get an OG of 1030+/-.
1. Reduce your grain bill or run your standard grain bill and water it down until you got 1030. You'll have a sizable higher yield to manage, obviously.
2. Brew a regular recipe as-is, move the spent grain to the side, and proceed with your brew day. Reuse the spent grain for a second batch and adjust water level to hit the OG target.
In both cases, tone down the hops a bit. Also to avoid over bitterness, try to use hops with low AA percentages.
Some thoughts:
• A 2.5% beer is about as low as I enjoy. You still get the taste of beer, and I can have a second without concern. Also, I don't feel guilty having a beer whenever the hell I want.
• I find the best beers for low ABV are sours (I've taken them down to 0.5% with good results), saisons, wheats, browns and stouts. Brewing an enjoyable 2.5% stout is challenging and fun.
Good luck
Two simple ways to get a 2.5% beer. Your goal is to get an OG of 1030+/-.
1. Reduce your grain bill or run your standard grain bill and water it down until you got 1030. You'll have a sizable higher yield to manage, obviously.
2. Brew a regular recipe as-is, move the spent grain to the side, and proceed with your brew day. Reuse the spent grain for a second batch and adjust water level to hit the OG target.
In both cases, tone down the hops a bit. Also to avoid over bitterness, try to use hops with low AA percentages.
Some thoughts:
• A 2.5% beer is about as low as I enjoy. You still get the taste of beer, and I can have a second without concern. Also, I don't feel guilty having a beer whenever the hell I want.
• I find the best beers for low ABV are sours (I've taken them down to 0.5% with good results), saisons, wheats, browns and stouts. Brewing an enjoyable 2.5% stout is challenging and fun.
Good luck
@buckinin @ThirstyPawsHB oddly I was at a packy that had a grodzisk named Polish AF. It was 2.8%. made me think it wasn't stating low abv but thought and googled it's in the normal range for that style. It's a smoked wheat. Found this article on BYO. Normally noble hops. @Hoppy2bmerry is always sipping on her version of it.
https://byo.com/article/piwo-grodziskie/
Here's some recipes including other styles like stouts. I think there's some higher abv in here tho
https://wkpd.waw.pl/receptury-zwycieskich-piw-wkpd-2018/
https://wkpd.waw.pl/receptury-zwycieskich-piw/
https://byo.com/article/piwo-grodziskie/
Here's some recipes including other styles like stouts. I think there's some higher abv in here tho
https://wkpd.waw.pl/receptury-zwycieskich-piw-wkpd-2018/
https://wkpd.waw.pl/receptury-zwycieskich-piw/
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Good find, I scoured all the Polish delis around here about a year ago and no Grodziskie. When I brew it I make it between 4.5 and 5 ABV. Lublin hops. I found a couple more Polish hops to play with for a Baltic Porter.
Woohoo!! Go go Imperial Loki! Not even 8h later, we have huge action!
But what are you drinking? I’m drinking tea this morning.
But what are you drinking? I’m drinking tea this morning.
Haha..resting easy with a coffee after a commute full of idiots that enjoy tailgating….in bad weather. Sigh. Breathe.
There's non standard volumes in those recipes so I didn't bother doing the conversions. There is citra and mosaic in there. The link is a couple of years old too. There must be something similar for UK recipes. Back when having a drink during lunch was good to add calories before heading back into the fields.
No, it actually starts with an “H”. Huckleberries are a BFD in MT. This really sweet, like soda pop sweet. Good thing there’s only 3 in the sample pack. I won’t feel bad leaving 2 in the back of the fridge.
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The problem I have with calling something a session pils is that PILS IS ALREADY A SESSION BEER. It's like saying session mild or bitter...uuuuuhhhh. Otherwise, Prost!
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I agree. Notch, where I go the glass, exclusively makes session beers, mostly Czech, but some German and categorized by color and strength, like they do over there. You kinda have to say as much in the US, whereas over there it would just be "beer".
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2.5% Homebrew - brett saison
Airport two hearted
Some Guinness to make things right.
Alaskan session IPA
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