What ya Drinkin'??

[john mills]

New Belgium Shift. Best New Belgium beer yet.
Now trying the new Sam Adams cider line by Angry Orchard. Traditional Dry, Apple Ginger & a Crisp Apple.

[BM1]

02-16-2012 Devascade
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Actual OG: 1.0584 Plato: 14.376
Actual FG: 1.0120 Plato: 3.068

Alc by Weight: 4.79 by Volume: 6.13 From Measured Gravities.
ADF: 78.7 RDF 65.5 Apparent & Real Degree of Fermentation.


Grain/Extract/Sugar % Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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91.7 11.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.0380 3
8.3 1.00 lbs. Victory Malt America 1.0340 25


Hops Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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28.35 g. Columbus Pellet 12.45 38.8 60 min.
6.00 g. Cascade Pellet 5.50 3.6 60 min.
16.00 g. Cascade Pellet 5.50 4.8 15 min.
8.00 g. Cascade Pellet 5.50 1.0 5 min.


Extras

Amount Name Type Time
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0.50 Unit(s)B-Complex Other 0 Min.(boil)
1.00 Tbsp PH 5.2 Stablizer Other 60 Min.(mash)
1.00 Unit(s)Wirlflock Fining 15 Min.(boil)
16.00 Unit(s)Fierm Cap Other 60 Min.(boil)
6.00 Tsp Yeast Nutrient Other 0 Min.(boil)


Yeast
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S-04

Uk'n fay good

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[sirgiovanni]

9% Tripel

[BM1]

My Vienna SMaSH.The hop flavor was very spicey on bottling day but it's better now.I didn't like it much at first.Never did all simco before.It has a very unique character that's hard to describe and nothing like the hop profiles I've read.Think I may brew this one again.

Vienna SMaSH 2
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Batch Size (Gal): 6.00 Wort Size (Gal): 6.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 11.50
Anticipated OG: 1.05589 Plato: 13.778
Anticipated SRM: 7.0
Anticipated IBU: 48.5
Brewhouse Efficiency: 81 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

11.50 lbs. Vienna Malt Canada 1.03600 4

Hops

34.00 g. Simco Pellet 11.24 42.5 60 min.
6.00 g. Simco Pellet 11.24 4.5 20 min.
6.00 g. Simco Pellet 11.24 1.5 5 min.
12.35 g. Simco Pellet 11.24 0.0 0 min.

Yeast

DCL Yeast S-04 SafAle English Ale

[loydenochs]

Hi guys,

I was at the local Safeway grocery store today and the attached is the loose singles selection.
First time I've ever seen Chimay (let alone 3 varieties!) in a grocery store!

[Michael Erwin]

Sun King Pale Ale, IUPUI hotel bar.

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[Don]

A 2006 Barleywine that some club member left in refrigerator, for me, at this years GHBF. Thanks it is great.

[Michael Erwin]

Pooka, Brugge Brasserie.

Later, the Tripel.

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[BREWsmith]

Sipping an American IPA (7.2% ABV 65 IBUs) at the Schlafly Taproom in STL. All the beers On tap are brewed on their 15 bbl taproom system. The AIPA has an incredible hoppy aroma. Its brewed and dry hopped with Centenniel, simcoe, and amarillo. They also have a cask version Trying to decide between a mainock, biere de garde, a black saison or a Belgian single for my final choice.

[BREWsmith]

At the Gerst Haus, a fishbowl of Sam Adams Talisman Red, a red IPA. Quite tasty!

[evilleadam]

American Wit

My 'Stupid American' trampling-on-a-Belgian-work-of-art recipe.

American 2 row
Wheat malt
Flaked Oats
Dextrin malt
Fresh Tangerine zest
Cracked Corriander
Saaz
Hallertau
and American Ale, yes, American Ale yeast

Wasn't sure how it would turn out.... But, turns out - I can't get enough of 'em!

[Dwayne_Delaney]

I haven't bought any beer lately. Made a good choice tonight.
Amarillo, Simcoe, Centennial;nice combo and good balance.

http://schlafly.com/beers/styles/american-ipa/



St. Louis can make good beer.

[BREWsmith]

I haven't bought any beer lately. Made a good choice tonight.
Amarillo, Simcoe, Centennial;nice combo and good balance.

http://schlafly.com/beers/styles/american-ipa/



St. Louis can make good beer.

Ditto to Dwayne's assessment! I had one this weekend as well. Next time you're in St. Louis, stop by the Schlafly Tap Room and and a pint. It had the hoppiest aroma I've ever experienced.

[Chris Norrick]

I cleaned out my beer cooler/chest freezer/kegerator of old homebrew to make room for some kegs. Some of them go back to 2005 and all were at least 2 years old. I used to save one or two bottles of each batch back then.

I had some coffee stout, several vintages of american amber, a few different types of wheats, smoked porter, doppelbock, a pepper beer, chocolate stout, oktoberfest, blonde, and several unidentified.

On the average, most were more bitter than I remember. And they seemed to be one dimensional. No hop aroma or flavor. Undercarbonated. Little head. No sourness or funk detected. Very clear and brilliant. Most tasted oxidized and smelled cardboardy. It was strange how they all seemed to taste similar. The doppelbock from 2008 faired the best. It was really the only one worth drinking and I still have a bottle left.

Lesson learned: drink that fresh homebrew now!

The 2007 cider was awful. The 2009 is still quite tasty. I'll bring a liter to SWIRCA.

[sirgiovanni]

I think it depends on the style of beer and how you bottle condition. I really enjoy drinking stuff I've aged. But then a lot times I won't even bottle for 6 months.