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OT: Mo'beer

arkay - 1-3-2012 at 12:24 PM

Looking for a batch or two to make this weekend. I've got two pico batches going and I think I'm 1/2 way through my last batch of a hybrid honey porter.

Poll closes sometime soon today so I can plan and get ingredients. Should be ready in just a few weeks :thumbup:

Feel free to suggest commercial brews to clone! :wee::wee:

Drewculous - 1-3-2012 at 12:51 PM

Nothin like a good, high proof, black as night stout!

Bonus points if you can get a creamy head (like guinness) without the nitrogen!

My last stout was like that... Was soooooo good

mougl - 1-3-2012 at 02:47 PM

+1 on the stout

arkay - 1-3-2012 at 03:08 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Drewculous
Bonus points if you can get a creamy head (like guinness) without the nitrogen!


extra milk protein and oatmeal will give you a nice smoothness and a good head. if you want the fine bubbles too, well then you're just screwed :)

USA_Eli_A - 1-3-2012 at 03:12 PM

Feb was stout Month, think spring :wee:

rocfighter - 1-3-2012 at 03:36 PM

I used to like a good sasperilla, Sue city is the best. Never was a drinker of alcohol though. Sorry no suggestions.

bigkahuna - 1-3-2012 at 03:43 PM

How about some good ol' English Scrumpy?

Cheddarhead - 1-3-2012 at 05:32 PM

Coming from the land of beer drinkers, I vote for Stout!

WIllardTheGrey - 1-3-2012 at 06:28 PM

Stout.

Or if you must have an IPA try a dark one.

dandre - 1-3-2012 at 07:13 PM

this is a vote? STOUT!
Unless it's like double/triple IPA then my chips are down on that table.

arkay - 1-3-2012 at 08:20 PM

Double CDA!

I'm a big fan of unexpected beers, for those who haven't heard of a "black ipa" style... http://www.craftbeer.com/pages/stories/craft-beer-muses/show...

USA_Eli_A - 1-3-2012 at 10:05 PM

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, put my name on some of that Black IPA

arkay - 2-3-2012 at 02:16 AM

done.

I'm going to make a turmoil clone, about 3/4 the way down. Multi-gold medal beer http://byo.com/component/resource/article/2072-birth-of-a-ne...
and a session version of fat tire-ish ale :)
Thanks for the input!

Will be picking up the grains tomorrow, brew setup is ready to go!

eggy - 2-3-2012 at 08:42 AM

Any of you guys play around with mead? Had it years ago at a Renaissance festival and fell in love!!

arkay - 2-3-2012 at 11:48 AM

yes, but mead takes a long time to finish and you start with a ton of honey and end up with such a fractional amount. But very yummy indeed!

arkay - 2-3-2012 at 02:03 PM

CDA http://hopville.com/recipe/1189139/home-brew/turmoil-cascadi...

4.4% amber session http://hopville.com/recipe/1189150/american-amber-ale-recipe...

I'm with Rocfighter

skimtwashington - 2-3-2012 at 05:28 PM

I do not drink alcohol.

I like sarsaparilla too, or root beer, or even better....

....a Blenheim Red Cap(hot) Ginger Ale.:P


Me and Rocfighter are hijacking this thread in a drive-by post...unless we get beat up by some drunk kiters;-)


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:wee:-zer rocks (click>;)Buddy Holly

arkay - 3-3-2012 at 02:51 PM

I've got a root beer and lemon lime on tap too ;)

Just finished up the CDA :D Hit a few snags with my mash ton for some unknown reason, it's usually spot on, but I compensated and hit all my numbers, just had to sacrifice a fractional gallon final product :( c'est la vie. 14 days in the primary, 7 days in the secondary dry hopping and then kegged and... ready enough to tap! ;)

arkay - 21-3-2012 at 06:26 PM

The CDA is done and just dry hopping... and the amber will be kegged over the weekend :) Now on the the next batches! I only made just under 4g of the CDA and it's turning out wonderful so I'm going to make another batch of that next.

Taper123 - 4-4-2012 at 06:42 AM

My old freezer wth thermal over-ride finally died... so hard to make a good lager in warm areas without temperature control.... but a Amber Ale always is nice :)

arkay - 4-4-2012 at 10:58 PM

yeah, the other option is to make a son-of-fermentation-chiller. You can make it on the cheap. http://home.roadrunner.com/~brewbeer/chiller/chiller.PDF

You just need to feed it ice. If you are doing an ale then one a day is plenty. Get a good R-value foam and it'll hold cold really well. Doing a lager and you have to change it a few times a day to get ti down to temp but once it's down there once a day usually seems to work. Brew Saturday, ice, ice, ice, and by Monday morning it's good to go. that's at least for my summer climate of 80 in the cool garage.