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I've heard they add a small percentage of old soured beer to each new batch. Something like that anyway. I can't remember where I heard that so take it with a grain of salt. Anyway... I guess it's one of the reasons it's so hard to reproduce.
Might be late to this discussion, but I had read the same thing. So, when I’ve cloned Guinness, I pour one into a glass and let it sit at rt for a week or more and then add it before fermentation. Have no idea if this does anything or not, but I “feel” it does, and that’s what matters in the end.
 
Another beer from my golf trip to Indiana. Basically grew up in, and went to school in Bloomington (IU), but no brewpubs back in the day. When my mother passed away in 2018 I spent every other week in B’town for 4 months taking care of her affairs and spent a LOT of time at Upland. Best falafel I’ve had - and solid beers.
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Might be late to this discussion, but I had read the same thing. So, when I’ve cloned Guinness, I pour one into a glass and let it sit at rt for a week or more and then add it before fermentation. Have no idea if this does anything or not, but I “feel” it does, and that’s what matters in the end.
Interesting 🤔

It's kinda like adding actual pumpkin to a pumpkin ale. It may or may not contribute much, but it definitely feels like it just should be in there for authenticity sake. I'm glad I found someone that actually puts this to practice.
 
Okay...wort is cooling nicely. Managed a 1.076 post boil....it's messy and weird, but after such a blowout, we're going to see. At 31C right now, might have to do the rest at 'no-chill'... just needed to sit for a bit. wow. Be careful.
It's weird. :rolleyes:

-M.
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Wow, this one is crazy good. $20 for four.
Edit: has anyone tried this one? First time I've seen/heard of it.
I absolutely love this beer! Last year (or some time ago, can't remember as time seems to be weird living in a pandemic lol) I bought a 4 pack in my local craft beer store for $18! There were 5 4 packs in there at the time. Tried one and absolutely fell in love! I love bourbon flavor that accentuates the beer, but I don't like drinking beer and tasting nothing but bourbon. This one has that excellent balance and that bourbon is smooth as hell with zero bite!. about two months after I bought that 4 pack I noticed there were still 2 4packs left in the store and bought them both lol.

Would love to have tried the reg Curmudgeon Old Ale too, but Better Half is excellent.
 
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Mystery Pils…

Was building the recipe on the fly while brewing. Entered final gravity, hit save and BeerSmith crashed.

What I remember…. Pilsner malt, Carapils. Magnum for bittering. Late additions of Hallertau M. and Mandarina Bavaria. 34/70. 5.3% Kegged 09/02
 

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Might be late to this discussion, but I had read the same thing. So, when I’ve cloned Guinness, I pour one into a glass and let it sit at rt for a week or more and then add it before fermentation. Have no idea if this does anything or not, but I “feel” it does, and that’s what matters in the end.
Do you pasteurize before adding?
 
I'm not sure why, but every time I select the medium sized picture format, the forum software decides to flip it 90 degrees. I'm too dumb to figure out how to rotate it, so I've just decided that that's gonna be my thing. I'm okay with being the sideways beer guy.
If you do it on your phone, click edit. Then click the little frame thing at the bottom. That is the crop tool. Then you will see the rotate tool appear at the top. The square with the little arrow. Clicking that rotates the picture 90 degrees with each click.
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