Beer

Bones · Apr 23, 2013

Well I racked my Blonde Belgian Ale last night to the secondary and it looked really clean, smelled great and I think will finish really clear without gelatin. Cleaned that yeast and now I need to polish off a keg to make room for this one soon!

Looking for another good summertime beer. Have a Pale Ale which I am unsure how it will taste and this Belgian.....maybe a hefe or a patersbier. Both recipes I have are stupid simple.

Also, after my Pale Ale (which I think will be a fail), I steal my recipes from here http://www.donosborn.com/homebrew/Beer_Log.htm since I use similar equipment and he also has other nerdy things like home made stir plates, etc.

Neal3000 · Apr 23, 2013

Have any of yall tried making muscadine wine?

Bones · Apr 23, 2013

I want to make wine someday as well as mead

lowbudgetjunk · Apr 23, 2013

Yes on the muscadine......easier to make than beer.....just need the right yeast and a Saturday afternoon.

Neal3000 · Apr 23, 2013

i'm hoping to try making some this fall ;D

InDaShop · Apr 23, 2013

y'all need to set up a recipe sharing on here. Like a offroading dudes version of pintrest.

Bones · Apr 23, 2013

InDaShop said:
y'all need to set up a recipe sharing on here. Like a offroading dudes version of pintrest.

I posted a link to a lot of recipes :flipoff1:

I am not doing the work to develop **** son!

race_jeep · Apr 23, 2013

I made some green apple wine last year that kicked ass, it didn't last long, I'm thinking my summer beer is gonna be a honey kolsch, I think I'm gonna try all grain with it.

TacomaJD · Apr 23, 2013

Bones said:
Washed my yeast last night.

I don't know why, but everytime I click on this thread, this comment is at the top of the page and it is immediately all I focus on. Glad you keep it clean, nobody likes a yeast infection...

Bones · Apr 23, 2013

race_jeep said:
I made some green apple wine last year that kicked ass, it didn't last long, I'm thinking my summer beer is gonna be a honey kolsch, I think I'm gonna try all grain with it.

That was one of my first few extracts and it was a fast moving beer. Didn't last long at all.

BamaTJ · Apr 25, 2013

Bottled Honey Brown from Northern Brewer on Monday. Looking forward to trying it out next week, smells amazing and looks exactly as it should.

I am going to make this for my summer beer, because it tastes amazing. I was blown away buy it, and I am a big fan of the style.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f76/summer-winter-solstice-clone-198631/

Any guidance on kegerators? Looking at the mini-fridge conversions right now, but if anybody knows a good source or has good info pass it on

race_jeep · Apr 25, 2013

I just pulled the shelves out of my garage fridge and stuck my kegs in there with picnic taps, I want to eventually add the taps to the door I just haven't.
Hop city in bham has the stuff to build a kegerator but I've never priced it, Daniel got the stuff for his bosses jockey box from http://www.micromatic.com/
http://www.homebrewing.org/Homebrew-Kegging-System-BALL-LOCK_p_69.html this is the system I have

Bones · Apr 25, 2013

My first all grain was a pale ale. Tapped it tonight and its very smooth unlike an India Pale Ale is. Citrusy and smooth. I'm a big fan so far. Could be a lot clearer had I used a secondary.

The Belgian is much clearer in the 2ndary. And will get kegged this weekend.

Got the ingredients for this tonight. http://www.donosborn.com/homebrew/Beer_Log2010.htm#pater already have the yeast since its the same as the Belgian I made 2 weeks ago so I have $22 into this next batch. Once I buy grain/hops in bulk and get a larger yeast inventory I'll be real cheap on batches.

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Bones · Apr 25, 2013

Forgot the pic of the pale ale

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lowbudgetjunk · Apr 25, 2013

I am a big fan of Beer Engineers Peanut Butter Porter. Too bad they messed up the last batch and it will be months before they get anymore ready. Terrapin does a seasonal Peanut Butter Porter and of course it is out of season.

Anyone know a good PB Porter available in Alabama.

mna0121 · Apr 25, 2013

What do y'all do with the bad batch of beer?

Bones · Apr 25, 2013

mna0121 said:
What do y'all do with the bad batch of beer?

Never had one I would drink. I do have one on tap now that's not a favorite and will prolly get dumped.

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race_jeep · Apr 25, 2013

mna0121 said:
What do y'all do with the bad batch of beer?

Pour it out the back door, I want a still so I can salvage it.

mna0121 · Apr 25, 2013

That is what I was thinking, there is good whiskey wanting to get out of bad beer.

BamaTJ · Apr 26, 2013

lowbudgetjunk said:
I am a big fan of Beer Engineers Peanut Butter Porter. Too bad they messed up the last batch and it will be months before they get anymore ready. Terrapin does a seasonal Peanut Butter Porter and of course it is out of season.

Anyone know a good PB Porter available in Alabama.

The Terrapin Liquid Bliss was amazing. Really good beer, much better than the BE in my opinion. I have a bottle of the BE in my fridge though, saving it for the fall.