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While looking at the rhubarb plant by the front door you wonder if you could brew with it or when stocking onions at work (I work in a produce department of a grocery) a customer you barely know walks up and asks if you could give advice on brewing a Belgian style stout.
 
While looking at the rhubarb plant by the front door you wonder if you could brew with it or when stocking onions at work (I work in a produce department of a grocery) a customer you barely know walks up and asks if you could give advice on brewing a Belgian style stout.
That thought has crossed my mind as well - I've got two very decent sized rhubarb plants in my back yard.

Maybe a rhubarb wheat?
 
Rhubarb is naturally mouth puckeringly tart. Needs sweetening when cooking with it. So a wheat with some natural wheat grain sweetness would def help,imo. Particularly a yeast that leans toward the wheat's malty side would also help the tartness of the rhubarb.
Hmmm...a rhubarb wheat ale served with rhubarb pie!...:cross:
 
I'd like to know how that turns out. That rhubarb wheat ale is starting to sound good.

I will let you know. The base beer has been on bugs for almost a year, it had a nice tart strawberry funk to it, so I figured rhubarb would help get it where I want it.
 
When you take a picture of your beer, instead of your beautiful girlfriend sitting right in front of you

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When you grab a frosty glass out of the freezer and a hop pack is stuck to it. The same kind of hops you used to dry hop your summer wheat..... Ooo citra
 
When you notice the nice seal on the drywall mud bucket and, briefly, consider keeping it for an extra fermentor.
 
When you tell the wife if you brew your pale ale this weekend it'll be ready by your birthday. An hour later your at the LHBS :rockin:
 
When you look through a long list of home brew supply sites looking for the perfect digital thermometer. Then also spot a refractometer at NB that reads brix & SG & go hmmmmm...
 
I finally got one ( kinda ) I tweaked my back/ neck at the hospital I work at so they sent me to the occupational Heath doctor to get checked out . Did the drug test then did a alcohol test and kinda freaked out since I had a beer the night before . ( thinking it could be a 24 hour test ) nope all good just a test to make sure I wasn't drinking on the job . :)
 
When you buy beer because you like the bottles and the beer is just a plus.

Sometimes the beer isn't even a plus. I've bought Corona because I wanted clear pry-offs. If I'd known that Stella was coming out with their Cidre, I'd have waited. I keep giving Baltika a chance, though their Hefe isn't half bad.
 
Sometimes the beer isn't even a plus. I've bought Corona because I wanted clear pry-offs. If I'd known that Stella was coming out with their Cidre, I'd have waited. I keep giving Baltika a chance, though their Hefe isn't half bad.

I will use clear or green glass on occasion. But why on earth you actually seek it out???
 

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