What are you drinking now?

[WesleyS]

Nightcap!

I didn't realize the east coast was that far ahead of central time.

 

[WesleyS]

American brown ale. After carbonating in bottle in cold condition. wow clear nad tasty beer

I prefer not to have a nad taste in my beer. But, that's just me.

 

[Remmy]

Coconut porter

Knickstape!
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[Upthewazzu]

A couple beers that I brewed a while back are really starting to come into their own. I brewed a NW pale ale kit from Brewcraft in the first week of June that I thought was too sweet, but over time has really improved. The hop flavor is much more pronounced and the maltiness seems to have subsided, which is odd because I always thought the opposite would happen. Not too many of these left since I've been drinking quite a few of them over the past 3 weeks (after hardly drinking any the first 3 months).

Same can be said for a belgian witbier kit from Midwest I made back in April. Initially, it tasted really bad, IMO. Almost sour, and didn't really have any belgian flavor. After about 5 months it's become one of my favorites. You can really taste the orange peel now and it doesn't have a hint of sourness to it.

I dunno if I'm doing something wrong or if homebrew really does improve over time but pretty much all the beers I've made (especially the two listed above) have improved after a couple of months. FWIW, these are all extract brews, and I used the late addition (roughly 5 minutes left in boil) method.

 

[Remmy]

My chocolate-raspberry stout.

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[CliffMongoloid]

Wow i woke up to the same issue... Kindof. Woke up to find my stir bar had been thrown from the magnet an had gone about 7 hours without spinning.

"No big deal" i say to myself so i just recenter the stir bar and turn her on right? Wrong! Like a moron i didnt take into consideration the amount of off gassing that would take place if i were to shake the starter so after just one second on the plate an eruption occurred.

Boy was i pissed. After cleanup and figuring out i lost between 300-400 ml of starter. I need about 367 billion cells. With my 2L starter i wouldve gotten 360. Now with my 1.7 L starter im not sure how many cells ill have. Anyone know how to troubleshoot or get a guesstimate? Is it the same as if i started with my 100 bil pkg and just added it to a 1.7 liter starter? Or would it be less because of it being a top feementing ale yeast and the top 300~ ml is what ended up on my floor. Good thing i have a pkg of us05 in my fridge. Was making a starter if 1056 btw.

Anyone know of a formula or way to figure this or am i just guessing at this point.

Well at least yours still works- mine is prolly shot.... i did make it outta all free parts tho so i cant complain

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Bwahahahaha

 

[govner1]

Thomas Creek Class 5 IPA

 

[bobmcstuff]

Iki beer Yuzu.

It has green tea and yuzu (citrus fruit) in it.

 

[Dave37]

Well at least yours still works- mine is prolly shot.... i did make it outta all free parts tho so i cant complain

Minewas originally a free part set up minus the project box i used but my fan was such a p.o.s i had to buy a new one. Drinkin water at work ready to go home and check on my starter. Hope the stir bar didnt get thrown again.

Lookin forward to another Jai Alai or 4

 

[ChefRex]

Been drinking my porter, got lucky last night and i'm not too gimpy today, moving on to this.

 

[MrNickVT]

Mikkeller spontanrosehip

 

[BGBC]

Went to a great BBQ spot for lunch with some coworkers. There was a decent line and they had a couple kegs of Lone Star sitting there for anyone to help themselves to while they wait. I guess they do this every day.

If it wasn't for one or two of the people in the group, the rest of us would have definitely taken a couple pulls from those kegs...Would have gone great with the BBQ too...Damn. Back at work and drinking water now...

 

[RDG529]

Nightcap!

Still going from last night! Now thats drinking son

 

[Remmy]

Crack.

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[ChefRex]

Ankle's feels better and better!

 

[Fuzzymittenbrewing]

Ankle's feels better and better!

Im sure it does!

 

[Remmy]

My chocolate stout

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While making rice with homemade Sofrito.
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[Remmy]

Ankle's feels better and better!

My favorite sixpoint brew! Rock on!

 

[ChefRex]

Im sure it does!

Anyone want to walk the dog?

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Anyone want to walk the dog?

Isn't he old enough to walk himself?

 

[DrunkleJon]

HB OctoberFast. It changed completely since my last taste in Sept.

 

[Channel66]

Just got home, chilling with the dogs, thinking it's time to stop using the outside fridge I had a few shock freezes before opening this one. Some of my dad's IPA, lots of motueka late in this one.

 

[finsfan]

Just got home, chilling with the dogs, thinking it's time to stop using the outside fridge I had a few shock freezes before opening this one. Some of my dad's IPA, lots of motueka late in this one.

even your dad brews?! not fair, mine wont stray away from BMC as hard as I try

 

[Channel66]

even your dad brews?! not fair, mine wont stray away from BMC as hard as I try

Yeah I got him into it around this time last year. Gave him all of my old equipment, now he's making his own recipes, kegging, and brewing sours.

My sisters both brew (one that still needs my help with recipes), my brother in law, my dad, and of course the wife brews and makes wine. My grandfather used to make wine back across the pond.

A family that brews together stays together

 

[DrunkleJon]

Just got home, chilling with the dogs, thinking it's time to stop using the outside fridge I had a few shock freezes before opening this one. Some of my dad's IPA, lots of motueka late in this one.

Are colors just better in Maine? I swear round here greens are not that green, the sky is not that blue, and wood is not that pretty. Well, that or I really need to clean my windows and avoid the Potomac.

 

[MrNickVT]

Justin Blåbær this is oh so good

 

[Channel66]

Are colors just better in Maine? I swear round here greens are not that green, the sky is not that blue, and wood is not that pretty. Well, that or I really need to clean my windows and avoid the Potomac.

Yes Maine is better than you. That's a deer antler not wood. We have really clean air so that contributes to the blue sky . But otherwise Maine is the shizz

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Yes Maine is better than you. That's a deer antler not wood. We have really clean air so that contributes to the blue sky . But otherwise Maine is the shizz

Not to disrespect Maine or your gorgeous vista, but perhaps there is a color oversaturation filter in use too?

 

[Remmy]

Dave's Belgian Strong! Officially smacked.

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