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All Grain Brewing / Re: Yesterday's brew morning b4 werk

« on: August 02, 2010, 08:05:29 AM »

I'm a midday kinda brewer.  I like to brew at about 11am or 12pm on Saturdays or Sundays, usually finish up by about 4 or 5pm.  I can't imagine brewing before work, for some reason I'm always super tired after brewing and always just want to take a nap or chill and do nothing for the rest of the day.  This weekend I brewed at about 3 and finished up at about 7 or 7:30pm.  Only to go out on a bike ride with 2 other friends drinking in parks and staying out until 5am.  Man was I tired all day yesterday.

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Beer Recipes / Re: Oktoberfest!

« on: July 30, 2010, 07:40:11 AM »

I'm always saddened when I hear that someone hasn't seen that movie. 

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Beer Recipes / Re: Oktoberfest!

« on: July 30, 2010, 07:22:03 AM »

"Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben."

How is she doing that?

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Black IPA?

« on: July 30, 2010, 07:13:00 AM »

Currently having an IPA and Schwarzbier on tap I'm finding the combination of 2/3 IPA & 1/3 Schwarzbier is the shcitz!!! The Carafa II in the Schwarzbier is what's giving it a very nice, smooth roasted flavor.  If/when I brew a Black IPA, that's the route I'm taking; a combination of the two recipies.

This is my FAVORITE part of having a kegerator (aside from not bottling).

I loooove blending beers on tap to figure out new recipes. My favorite so far is 3/4 Kolsch with 1/4 Trad. Bock. If Spaten brewed an Amber, I think it would taste something like this...

Cool, that sounds good.  I've been doing the same thing.  I have a dark amber and a dry IPA on tap, mixing the two is a nice blend. 

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Beer Recipes / Re: Oktoberfest!

« on: July 29, 2010, 10:10:37 AM »

I love Spaten-Munich Octoberfest!  Great beer.

I'm brewing an ale version of Octoberfest this weekend using Wyeast 1007.

5lbs Pils (castle)
5lbs light Munich
1lb dark munich
1/2lb caramunich (56L)
1oz hallertau at 60min
1oz hallertau at 30 min.
Wyeast 1007.

Should be good I'm hopin'. 

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Cask of my Pro Am beer is on now

« on: July 29, 2010, 09:53:29 AM »

Kickass dude.  Wish I could try it.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Finding suprises in the garage (what to do with an old brew)

« on: July 28, 2010, 10:51:46 AM »

I think you'd be surprised at the amount of yeast left, but yeah pitching yeast is always a good bet.

Also, I have to say - finding lost carboys is fun. I once found a carboy full of 9 year old date mead that got lost in a closet.

Wow really?  I don't know how one forgets about something like that.  I usually can't stop thinking about it and waiting for it to be ready to drink.

On the original topic, finding that beer in a garage that isn't climate controlled, I'd be worried about how the beer even turned out...

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing This Weekend - 7/30 Edition

« on: July 28, 2010, 10:48:46 AM »

I think I'm going with a mocktoberfest beer brewed with hallertau hops and wyeast 1007.  Hopefully it'll be tasty.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Grand Total Post Count (not just here)

« on: July 27, 2010, 11:57:56 AM »

I would bet Denny has tens of thousands. 

Probably, but I don't wanna know!

Quality, not quantity.  Which seems to be besides the point of this thread

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The Pub / Re: Running out of IP addresses

« on: July 26, 2010, 02:48:42 PM »

2012 here we come...

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The Pub / Re: Worlds Strongest Beer

« on: July 26, 2010, 02:46:54 PM »

Lame...

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Grand Total Post Count (not just here)

« on: July 26, 2010, 02:25:50 PM »

please don't bring up that name again...the flood of posts by him unfortunately turned me off to a certain forum...

He doesn't really post there anymore.  Although I have looked to see if he didn't just quit going there altogether and he visits regularly, just doesn't post.  Fortunately. 
At least I haven't seen him post in more than a month.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Grand Total Post Count (not just here)

« on: July 26, 2010, 10:31:21 AM »

It's not quantity, it's quality!

Beerider comes to mind...haha. 

I personally don't care about my post count.  I really only post when I have something I feel worth of contributing.  I don't just post for the sake of posting. 

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Congrats, Majorvices!

« on: July 26, 2010, 10:28:22 AM »

Congrats, Keith.  Glad to hear it's all going well and that you'll be up and running soon.  Cheers & beers!


Jesse

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Forced to buy beer

« on: July 21, 2010, 01:35:05 PM »

No one has mentioned one of the best things about buying commercial beer: free bottles!...unless you keg, then you dont care, but for us bottlers that is always a plus

Gotta watch out for the breweries that use screwtops though.  Goose is one of them.