Posted on 06/08/2012 3:28:55 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232
Good afternoon/evening FReepers. Yep it is Beer Thirty Time!
Happiness is a bubbling airlock!
PORTER ALE
After last weeks positive acceptance of the Homebrewing Thread a few of you decided we needed to go weekly with this thread and I agree. Thanks to all who participated in last weeks thread.
So lets get talking about beer and wine. Last week I bottled a 9.3% Porter and decided to try one yesterday just to see how it was doing. As you might suspect it was nowhere near the carbonation level I was looking for, it needs another week or two or more. But I drank it anyway. It was quite sweet like a malty koolaid. I suspect the sweetness will mellow out and the carbonation will improve after a few more weeks aging in the bottle. After the last few sips were downed I actually needed to take a nap. It is not a session or lawnmower beer for sure!
I brewed up a Copper Ale yesterday morning. OG was 1.080 and it has a beautiful deep copper color like an old copper brew kettle. I also transferred my Honey Ale to a secondary after it had been in the primary for two weeks. So things are moving at a nice pace in order to keep the homebrews flowing around here.
Typically I like to brew the darker beers but the Honey Ale and my next brew, a Liberty Cream Ale, are Light Ales. I hope they turn out to be good brews.
When I don’t have a homebrew ready to drink I have been enjoying some Shiner Bock and a couple of styles of Blue Moon Ales. I tried a Belgian Wheat Ale from Blue Moon, which I did not like at all. Yuck! It is not a beer I like.
Find your favorite commercial beer alcohol (ABV) % level at the link below. There are 728 beers listed. There is a Sam Adams at 17.5% and a molly-whopping 43% Schorsch Bock 43.
Beers and their Alcohol Content
I’m getting interested in kegging. I’ve been brewing and bottling my own for about 6 years now but the bottling is really a hassle.
If anybody has any advice or tips on this I would sure be appreciative.
Brew On!
Conditioning an Octoberfest brew ready late August. Currently enjoying a great IPA, a fine copper ale, and a Dynamic Pilsner!
I have not brewed seriously for a bit-moving from a house to an apt kinda cramps things
I still do small batches of hard cider to use in cooking (Beef Rib Marinade)
I always favored making stouts, Scotch ales and Bocks. And Hefe Weizen-the flavors really come out in home brew
Like last week I am having a Nut Brown Ale. Last one. I have a six pack left that I am going to set aside for a few more weeks.
ping
I have a bohemian-style lager in a secondary right now and am thinking about the next batch in a couple of weeks. Any suggestions? I’d like it to be a nice summer beer - crisp and refreshing, fairly low alcohol (around 4 - 4.5%) and not too bitter, but I like a hoppy taste. I did a pretty successful Witbier a few months ago, with orange and coriander flavoring. Post your recipes, if you have ‘em.
I've been told by a distributor that I can't get it in the States, anymore.
/johnny
How is that Copper Ale you have? Was it an extract kit?
The Liberty Cream Ale I will brew next is described as light bodied and refreshing:
6 lb. Gold liquid malt extract
8 oz. Carapils steeping grains
2 oz. of Cascade pellet hops (use 1oz as bittering hops and 1oz as aroma.
Yeast is SafAle 05
Sorry, should’ve said I am a grain brewer - that recipe looked interesting, so any grain bill that corresponds to the extract recipe?
All grain bill;
7 lbs. Domestic 2-Row Barley, 2 lbs. Flaked Corn, 8 oz. Carapils, 2 oz. of hops
Many thanks - I like the simplicity. I’ll give it a try.
Pls add me to your ping list!
Midwest seems to have some good prices for kegging systems.
http://www.midwestsupplies.com/kegging/kegging-systems.html
You need to take the empty gas bottle to a welding supply place and fill it as it ships empty. BUT you can cut out the 2 weeks in the bottle time and get rid of bottles.
There are FAQa there on kegging and on More Beer
Of interest to some is that More beer not only has several under 50 cents per beer kits but also has free shipping if over a certain amount,
Liberty Cream Ale is a regular for us. We brew it almost every other batch as everybody likes it and its fast/inexpensive.
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bfl
Great ipad app: Homebrew Assistant
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/homebrew-assistant/id509758294?mt=8&ls=1
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