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One step ahead of you buddy.
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Hahaha excellent!Quote:
Originally Posted by bac0n
German beer > all other beer, and this is the best of the bunch:
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Hopefully the brewer's site will allow me to hotlink...
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Surprisingly good. Not overly hoppy, D, it's actually quite mild. Some nice fruity undertones, too. Really enjoyed it. American Pale Ale.
Here's a link in case the hotlink goes down:
http://tallgrassbeer.com/8bit.html
Just started brewing The T-Rex, my 8.84 ABV Imperial IPA which I brew with orange blossom honey as an adjunct. Also in the recipe - Warrior hops, Columbus hops, Centennial hops, Summit hops, Crystal hops, more Centennial Hops and more Crystal Hops.
Take that, you filthy hopohobes! :twisted:
For the love of God, DOUBLE CHECK YOUR MEASUREMENTS!!!
Don't worry, Scar, I made sure I put in 2.25 pounds of each type of hop, just like the recipe said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scar
EDIT. Oh shit. Recipe called for ounces, not pounds. EVERYBODY RUN!
Sounds finely balanced! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by bac0n
Tonight's batch at the Bacon Brewery is a style I've never tried before: Bière de Garde, a French farmhouse ale that starts sweet and finishes dry. After it's been fermented, bottled and conditioned, it's gonna cellar for 6 months. That'll make for three batches I have in fermentation.
Any of the other homebrewers on the board have anything going on?
Farmhouse Ales seem to be enjoying a bit of a popularity spike this past year. I've discovered a few that I really like. The one I liked best, though, I forgot to write down - it was a black farmhouse ale, and it was delicious.
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Originally Posted by bac0n
I bottled a Pale Ale and brewed up a chocolate porter with a hit of coffee on Monday. Now I'm back in Cincinnati for vacation for a couple weeks, so gonna see what's new around here on the brew front, as well as hit up some of the beers that don't quite make it to Maryland. I'm hoping to get my hands on some Founders Breakfast Stout, and I'll probably grab a six pack of Great Lakes variety pack.
If you can't find the Founder's Breakfast Stout let me know. We get it here and I'd be more than happy to send some out.
A Breakfast Stout? I'm curious. I tried an Oatmeal one in Telluride and absolutely loved it.
Founders Breakfast Stout is probably my favorite beer. Just started bottling this season's a week or so ago, yummm.
A hilariously awful label, though.:lol:
Haha, it's endearing!Quote:
Originally Posted by [ETM]
I was doing some cleaning when I stumbled across my list of best beers from my trip to Belgium last year. I doubt I'll ever get to reviewing them all so I'm posted the list below for those interested
1. Rochefort Trappiste 10
2. Cantillon Gueze
3. Chimay Grand Reserve
4. Gueze Girardin 1812
5. Achel Trappist
6. Chimay Blue
7. De Garre
8. Chimay Red
9. Gueze Sur Lie
10. Tripel Karmeliet
11. Rochefort 8
12 Delirium Tremems*
13. Chimay Blonde
14. Morte Subite Lambic Blonde
15. Orval Trappist
16. Duvel
17. Westmalle Tripel
18. Le Chouffe
19 La Trappe Tripel
20. Gentse Tripel
* On tap.
The Stella Artois, which is much better than the imported stuff, and other cheaper beers like Primus are generally on tap everywhere and really good. I've never seen a better cascading head than on a glass of a fresh Stella as served in Belgium.
I was really lucky to have local friends who gave great recs for bars
Best Bars:
1. Treepunt (Ghent, Belgium)
2. De Metafoor (Leuven, Belgium)
3. Mort Subite (Brussels, Belgium)
4. Hot Club de Gand (Ghent, Belgium)
5. De Garre (Brugge, Belgium)
6. Galgenhuisje (Ghent, Belgium)
There's so many bars that it's not tough to find good places with lots of
delicious beers on tap, but the ones above really stand out for combining quality of beer (all), atmosphere (Mort Subite), people (Treepunt), entertainment (Hot Club de Gand) and history (Galgenhuisje). For those of you that like board games be sure to check out De Metafoor in Leuven if you're ever in the area.
Managed to find some Founder's Breakfast Stout. Haven't broke into it yet, but looking forward to it with my father and brother. If it's as good as I've heard I'll probably go back and get a 4pack to take home.
We went to Rivertown Brewery today for a tour and tastings. I wasn't overly impressed with their beers overall. Strangely enough I enjoyed their double IPA and APA the most as they had the most flavor (from the hops). All others seemed a little under hopped or too little specialty grains other than the Imperial Porter, which I also enjoyed. Looking to do Mt Carmel Brewing Company next Saturday which has been around longer but never had tour/tasting until recently, and another that I just found out has added beer to their winery, which I have visited.
In the interim I've introduced my family to one of my own brews tonight with dinner and have a few others to crack open these next two weeks, including 2 I haven't tried myself yet.
1) the Bier de Garde I brewed last week has probably the most aggressive fermentation of any beer I have ever brewed. The French may be a bunch of chain smoking surrender monkeys but their beer is pretty bad-ass.
2) Brewed a Baltic Porter tonight. Not your typical porter, this bad-boy uses lager yeast and comes in at a very potent 9.8 ABV - a perfect sipping brew for those long cold snowy Minnesota winters when the temps are in the negatives.
Looks like this year's batch of The Abyss will be shipping in December.
Today I ordered:
6 bottles of The Stoic
4 bottles of Fish Tale's Tripel
4 bottles of Fish Tale's Barely wine
4 bottles of Pike's Dry Wit
1/2 for me, 1/2 for my soon-to-be brother-in-law.
I'm not marrying your sister. Is there something I need to know?Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
All right, since so many of you were raving over porters, while I was putting together a Make-Your-Own-6-Pack at my local liquor store last night, I grabbed a Breckenridge Brewery Vanilla Porter to sample.
Color me very impressed.
Tonight I'll cracking open the wax seal on a Deschute's Black Butte Porter, 24th Anniversary edition. Bought 4 bottles yesterday for a hefty sum, so I hope it's good! :)
Yeah that Breckinridge Vanilla porter is a favorite of my wife's. Good stuff!
As I recall, Breckinridge makes a terrific Oatmeal Stout as well.