dawn_kiebawls
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My Fiancee and I just bought our first house and started moving in a few days ago. This has been an incredibly exciting month for us! We were anticipating the house hunt to last months due to budget, expectations and my local housing market is in the midst of a serious boom right now. You would not believe how fast houses are selling, it makes my head spin...Anyway, we ended up getting a house in the area we were targeting, under budget, that met all of our criteria and it was only the 2nd house we looked at! Not to mention, since we were expecting a much longer hunt I ordered a new puppy a month before we closed so there is a lot of excitement in our lives!
Since this is our first two major milestones together I want to brew a beer we (I) can open in a year from now to soak in the memories and enjoy our time together. She only drinks stouts/porters so the thought of a RIS is a contender but I'm not big on them and every time I try brewing a dark roasty beer it turns out very bitter, almost like 'burnt' grains? I don't know how to describe it but almost want to say tannic?..
My other thought is a sour since I like them (she doesn't) but I am able to brew lighter SRM beers with better results but have never used Brett or bugs..
We both like cider but our local mills won't be processing for another few months and that would almost defeat the purpose of an 'anniversary' brew...but I do like the simplicity..
Any and all thoughts are welcome! I'm not sure what I'm looking to get out of this post so lets hear it! Thanks guys and gals, cheers!
My Fiancee and I just bought our first house and started moving in a few days ago. This has been an incredibly exciting month for us! We were anticipating the house hunt to last months due to budget, expectations and my local housing market is in the midst of a serious boom right now. You would not believe how fast houses are selling, it makes my head spin...Anyway, we ended up getting a house in the area we were targeting, under budget, that met all of our criteria and it was only the 2nd house we looked at! Not to mention, since we were expecting a much longer hunt I ordered a new puppy a month before we closed so there is a lot of excitement in our lives!
Since this is our first two major milestones together I want to brew a beer we (I) can open in a year from now to soak in the memories and enjoy our time together. She only drinks stouts/porters so the thought of a RIS is a contender but I'm not big on them and every time I try brewing a dark roasty beer it turns out very bitter, almost like 'burnt' grains? I don't know how to describe it but almost want to say tannic?..
My other thought is a sour since I like them (she doesn't) but I am able to brew lighter SRM beers with better results but have never used Brett or bugs..
We both like cider but our local mills won't be processing for another few months and that would almost defeat the purpose of an 'anniversary' brew...but I do like the simplicity..
Any and all thoughts are welcome! I'm not sure what I'm looking to get out of this post so lets hear it! Thanks guys and gals, cheers!