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Commercial Corner :: Lake Front Rosie

Author: sully nm_156
Subject: Lake Front Rosie
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:22 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 0

Had Lakefront's Rosie at the Beer Barons World of Beer. I like Flander's reds and thought this was an awesome beer at that time. Fast forward to today. Sat down to enjoy a bottle tonight, and its a brett bomb. The brett overpowers everything else in the flavor profile. At first I thought I must have a bad bottle, but a reading of the label reveals the brett was deliberate. It must not have had much of an impact when the beer was young. Maybe they added it at bottling? IMO, the brett is so strong it pushes it out of the Flanders red style and into a lambic (or gueze?). Too bad I was looking forward to enjoying the second bottle. Maybe I'll break it out for the brewers game for someone else to enjoy. Shame, as I really like the beer when it was young.

I'll just have to drown my sorrows in a bottle of Ommegang's Zuur A proper Flanders Red

Announcements/Events :: RE: GLBF

Author: jayflap
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:42 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 27

Patches are ordered. Now to find the work shirts and get the patches sewn on.
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Recipe Swap :: RE: Belgian Blond / Strong Golden

Author: jayb151
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:08 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 8

MAZ wrote:

Maybe I'll pick up a little funk, maybe it won't, but I'll enjoy the process!

There ya go! That's what homebrewin's all about!

Recipe Swap :: RE: Belgian Blond / Strong Golden

Author: MAZ
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:41 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 8

Since it's going to be about a month or two before I keg this one, I've decided to play around with it. I bought several funky brett-brews on the way home today... De Proef Signature Les Deux Brasseurs, Orval, and Lindemans Gueuze Cuv�e Ren�. Going to drink 80-90% of each one and pour the dreggs into my beer. Maybe I'll pick up a little funk, maybe it won't, but I'll enjoy the process!

Recipe Swap :: RE: Belgian Blond / Strong Golden

Author: jayflap
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:43 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 8

That looks like a great recipe. I have to put that one on the list of brews to do!

I am doing a rough Hennepin clone today, too bad it's not the same yeast that you used.
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Recipe Swap :: RE: FWH'd version of Home Run Red Lager...

Author: jayflap
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:26 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 4

I would love to taste the two brews side by side to see how different they are. I have done FWH before but didn't have the same beer next to it in the non FWH version to be able to do a fair assessment.
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Recipe Swap :: RE: Cascadian Dark Ale (Black IPA)

Author: jayb151
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:25 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 4

Yea, I'm as surprised as you are. I've used citra once or twice, and I've had it in a couple friends brews, and I feel like its just too citrusy when used late. I first thought it was from dry hopping, but now I can tell you can get the same flavor from late additions as well.

To me, it's kind of like biting the skin of an orange. It has a bitterness all it's own, kind of like some spices.

I only used it in this brew because I had the ounce laying around, and I thought it would not be as strong alongside the other high alpha hops, but it would still lend complexity. I'll tell you though, as soon as I opened the fermeter I could smell citra over almost everything else. In the flavor of the sample I could taste an apparent citra flavor, and the other hops were in the back. Like I said, I'm just gonna have to wait to see how this turns out.

I wanted a hop bomb, but now I'm leaning toward something a bit softer for a CDA. I had southern tier's and It's great!

Recipe Swap :: RE: Cascadian Dark Ale (Black IPA)

Author: Rhoobarb
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:23 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 4

jayb151 wrote:

..I really can taste the Citra in it...

From just the one addition at Flameout? Wow! It'll probably mellow a bit with aging. Keep us posted.
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Recipe Swap :: RE: Cascadian Dark Ale (Black IPA)

Author: jayb151
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:46 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 4

I just bottled this beer today and wow! I really can taste the Citra in it...which isn't really what I as going for.

I've still got to wait a couple of weeks to see how this one finishes; I'm not super happy, but I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Commercial Corner :: RE: BOTM Aug??

Author: sully nm_156
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:50 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 6

So what is the actual BOTM for Aug? Is Narnad up??

Recipe Swap :: RE: Belgian Blond / Strong Golden

Author: MAZ
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:55 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 8

Just got done racking this one. Gravity is down to 1.007 (from 1.067). Nice and dry, which was what I was hoping for

Recipe Swap :: RE: Leaf Pile Amber

Author: jayb151
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:42 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 3

Today was a pretty good day to brew! Keep us posted on how this turns out.

Recipe Swap :: ballantine ale clone

Author: ichbinba
Subject: ballantine ale clone
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:43 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 0

Brewed this up today. It is the ballantine ale clone from BYO a few months ago with a couple of alterations. I used magnum instead of cluster as I had them on hand and replaced some of the 6-row with 2-row seeing as I have a sack of 2-row and didn't want to buy all the 6-row... so I just bought 7 lbs.. all brewers gold hops were home grown from last year.

We'll see how it turns out in a while!

Ballantine XXX ale clone
10-A American Pale Ale
Date: 7/25/10

Size: 11 gal
Efficiency: 73.44%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 183.1 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.055 (1.045 - 1.060)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.014 (1.010 - 1.015)
|===================#============|
Color: 6.48 (5.0 - 14.0)
|==========#=====================|
Alcohol: 5.41% (4.5% - 6.2%)
|================#===============|
Bitterness: 37.7 (30.0 - 45.0)
|================#===============|

Ingredients:
9.0 lb American 2-row
7.0 lb American 6-row Pale
5.0 lb Corn Flaked (Maize)
2.0 lb Munich 10L Malt
1.0 lb American Caramel 20�L
1.25 oz Magnum (12.1%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
1.25 oz Brewers Gold - Home grown (7.0%) - added during boil, boiled 25 min
1.0 oz Brewers Gold - Home grown (7.0%) - added during boil, boiled 5 min
2.0 ea Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05

Schedule:
Ambient Air: 70.0 �F
Source Water: 60.0 �F
Elevation: 0.0 m

00:03:00 mash in - Liquor: 7.5 gal; Strike: 162.28 �F; Target: 150.0 �F
01:03:00 sacc rest - Rest: 60 min; Final: 150.0 �F
01:03:00 batch sparge - 1: 3.4 gal sparge @ 168.0 �F, 0.0 min; Sparge #2: 3.39 gal sparge @ 168.0 �F, 0.0 min; Total Runoff: 11.72 gal

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Recipe Swap :: RE: Leaf Pile Amber

Author: Rhoobarb
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 2:54 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 3

Thanks!

jayb151 wrote:

Looks good, though I thought Alt beer was closer to 40 IBUs...but I'm not sure. I'm interested in how this turns out. I've been thinking of making a mostly Munich malt beer too.

Dusseldorf Alt is hoppier, 35-50 IBUs. Northern German is 25-40 IBUs. As much as I like to up the IBUs when I can, I wanted this one more malty for Fall, so I went with a Northern German.

http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style07.php

I'll post how this turns out, as it will be my first all-Munich (or almost all). Just doughed in and had to add a bit of chilled water and stir a bit, but got to 152oF. Beautiful day to be outside brewing!
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Recipe Swap :: RE: Leaf Pile Amber

Author: jayb151
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 8:16 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 3

Looks good, though I thought Alt beer was closer to 40 IBUs...but I'm not sure. I'm interested in how this turns out. I've been thinking of making a mostly Munich malt beer too.