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[DisturbdChemist]

Well ****. I have some of my cluster pale ale, jolly holly ale, ummm three bottles left of my toasted coconut sweet milk stout, an amber that is super malty and I'm not sure I like it, and tomorrow I'll bottle a vanilla bean bourbon oak porter and a honey orange hefe.

Let me know when you want to trade. I got a brett saison, and a brett rye white ipa I'm bottling soon. And a few good mead including a habenero chocolate mead.

Having this

Been itchin for a berliner

 

[Swarley88]

Thanks Wes! This beer is pretty great. I for sure will be asking you for some more in the future. Very tasty beer.

 

[Swarley88]

Annnnnd forgot pic..

 

[WesleyS]

Let me know when you want to trade. I got a brett saison, and a brett rye white ipa I'm bottling soon. And a few good mead including a habenero chocolate mead.

Having this

Been itchin for a berliner

How is that? I've passed it up a number of times at the Tomball Specs.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

How is that? I've passed it up a number of times at the Tomball Specs.

That's where I picked it up. It's not bad. Slightly tart. For 5 bucks worth the shot. Said it expired last month but on these it it doesn't matter. I say get these and add some a
salt to be a gose. Though I like more tartness

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Annnnnd forgot pic..

Thanks Wes! This beer is pretty great. I for sure will be asking you for some more in the future. Very tasty beer.

Me too. I can get that beer. Lol its a great unknown

 

[Swarley88]

Me too. I can get that beer. Lol its a great unknown

Its great. I know a couple beers like this, unknown, very tasty beers. Its great to see beers like this. This is a great stout, and glad to see its a regular, year round release.

 

[WesleyS]

That's where I picked it up. It's not bad. Slightly tart. For 5 bucks worth the shot. Said it expired last month but on these it it doesn't matter. I say get these and add some a
salt to be a gose. Though I like more tartness

I knew you had to get it there. That's the only place I still see it.
......and I've been watching you.....

 

[WesleyS]

Its great. I know a couple beers like this, unknown, very tasty beers. Its great to see beers like this. This is a great stout, and glad to see its a regular, year round release.

Yeah, it's nice to be able to walk into most stores around here and find it. It's definitely on my list of favorite stouts. And it's one of my favorite locals.

 

[Terek]

Am finishing off the last bottle of a American lager I brewed with hast and it got real cidery. My not be the best, but it's better then bud light. Also my grandpa would turn over in his grave if I ever broke his number one code. "NEVER waist a drop of homebrew" and I never will. Cheers!

 

[nukebrewer]

Now home and on the Abrasive! Gonna do a side by side in a bit with this and my Citralicious. Was never intended to be a clone, but since they are both Citra based beers, I figure there's probably enough similarities that I might be able to get some insight into tweaking my recipe for the Abrasive clone I am doing on Sunday.

Two things learned from my comparison. Citra is definitely a terrible bittering hop and always use a much lighter crystal malt for color than the recipe calculator says you'll need. Calculated my Abrasive clone with Crystal 60 L for a color of 7.8 SRM (real Abrasive is 8.0 SRM) but my Citralicious is darker than Abrasive with Crystal 40 L. I think Crystal 10 L might be in order for this one.

 

[Swarley88]

Yeah, it's nice to be able to walk into most stores around here and find it. It's definitely on my list of favorite stouts. And it's one of my favorite locals.

I can see why. Its like me walking into stores and seeing Coffee Bender all the time. Great beer, available all the time. Those get my "favorite" choices. Example... Hopslam is great, but I think Two Hearted is up there too, except its available all the time, its cheaper and its also very tasty.
Beers that are special release are very good and I need to check out, but beers that really steal my money are released year round.

 

[mhurst111]

Package #1 done.



On to SKA modus hoperandi, and trade #2

 

[Qhrumphf]

Water. I've drank nothing tonight. Instead went overboard with a problematic 4 step/3 decoction mash. I started brew day around 5:30-6. I'm just now boiling.

 

[tripplehazzard]

Bcbs barely wine! Mmm mmm good!

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[WesleyS]

I can see why. Its like me walking into stores and seeing Coffee Bender all the time. Great beer, available all the time. Those get my "favorite" choices. Example... Hopslam is great, but I think Two Hearted is up there too, except its available all the time, its cheaper and its also very tasty.
Beers that are special release are very good and I need to check out, but beers that really steal my money are released year round.

Yep, I agree.

 

[tripplehazzard]

Water. I've drank nothing tonight. Instead went overbroad with a problematic 4 step decoction mash. I started brew day around 5:30-6. I'm just now boiling.

Are you doing a German style beer? Im thinking about trying a decoction mash on an alt beer.


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[Qhrumphf]

Are you doing a German style beer? Im thinking about trying a decoction mash on an alt beer.


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Roggenbier. So yes, German.

I'll be repeating the same process on Sunday. Except I'll be starting in the morning and finishing in the evening. Hopefully that one goes smoother. Except my arms will hate it even more, since I'm doing a Weizenbock.

 

[mhurst111]

Roggenbier. So yes, German.

I'll be repeating the same process on Sunday. Except I'll be starting in the morning and finishing in the evening. Hopefully that one goes smoother. Except my arms will hate it even more, since I'm doing a Weizenbock.

i have never done a decoction mash - i understand the method (at least i think i do), but don't grasp the end result. What does a decoction produce that a 'normal' or step mash doesn't? Are there any commercial beers that you can taste and say 'obviously they do a decoction when making this'?

 

[Hello]

Drinking my cluster pale ale.

 

[tripplehazzard]

i have never done a decoction mash - i understand the method (at least i think i do), but don't grasp the end result. What does a decoction produce that a 'normal' or step mash doesn't? Are there any commercial beers that you can taste and say 'obviously they do a decoction when making this'?

All I know is bn did a blind test. Vs a decoction. And majority chose decoction. Im thinking it is better for a nice malt profile to shine through. German beers for the most part are flavour driven by the malts

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[mhurst111]

All I know is bn did a blind test. Vs a decoction. And majority chose decoction. Im thinking it is better for a nice malt profile to shine through. German beers for the most part are flavour driven by the malts

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thanks for the info - i'll have to talk to the brewer at Prost and see what he says. Maybe i can talk him and the brewer from HogsHead - who specialize in English style - to a taste test. The breweries are about 2 miles apart and both make good beer.

 

[Qhrumphf]

i have never done a decoction mash - i understand the method (at least i think i do), but don't grasp the end result. What does a decoction produce that a 'normal' or step mash doesn't? Are there any commercial beers that you can taste and say 'obviously they do a decoction when making this'?

All I know is bn did a blind test. Vs a decoction. And majority chose decoction. Im thinking it is better for a nice malt profile to shine through. German beers for the most part are flavour driven by the malts

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I think it enhances the malt character in German beers. And I'd say a good portion of German commercial beers are decoction mashed.

However, I've never done a blind tasting, and I recall another one (I don't recall who did it, Denny maybe?) where decocted outnumbered non-decocted, but "no preference" kept decoction from being the majority.

Also you can roughly simulate a decoction mash with something like melanoidin malt, no?

I don't do it often because it's so much work and takes so long, but sometimes I do it just for kicks.

 

[1fast636]

Thanks FermentNEthinG for reconnecting me with my one true love. For some reason this beer is my all time favorite and is better each time I have it.

Is this 21a imperial stout and is it out again? I've been seeing a lot of people posting it lately am I missing it on the shelves

 

[alexvalenzuela]

Im lovin it



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[Fuzzymittenbrewing]

My Barista Brown Coffee Brown. Down to the last half a case.... bummer

 

[Qhrumphf]

More water.

*******. It's a Friday night (Saturday morning depending on your time zone), and this thread is dead. Y'all are boring when I'm sober. Now that I've pitched and sealed up the fermenter and cleaned up, I'm gonna go black out.

 

[Fuzzymittenbrewing]

More water.

*******. It's a Friday night (Saturday morning depending on your time zone), and this thread is dead. Y'all are boring when I'm sober. Now that I've pitched and sealed up the fermenter and cleaned up, I'm gonna go black out.

Eh, Im still drinkin but no use to keep posting if Im just talking to myself lol

 

[Billy-Klubb]

martha floccin' coffee. stupid floccin' work.

 

[chuckstout]

Enjoyed these fine brews tonight, which felt like a great way to end the work week.