^ Evdog - according to my wife I'm a lush - I usually drink 2-3 pints a night and more on the weekend - depends on exercise and trips, but generally six beers + on wkends.
I brew 10g batches every six weeks or so… I also have a open door policy - so buds will roll into the garage and fill a growler as need be - no one abuses it. Kegging helps consumption. Clear, perfectly carbed beer just seems more quaffable.
120 pints over six weeks is a mere 2.8 pints a day. Downright responsible.
I just give it away. Usually the stuff I don't care for, and that changes with every brew. When a new awesome beer gets brewed the old batch becomes the swill that's just taking up keg space. I pawn it off on the next door neighbor. I average a 5 gallon batch every month and a half or less depending on give aways.
"X is for x-ray. If you've been bikin' and you haven't had an x-ray, you ain't goin' hard enough." - Bob Roll
I'm on an all carb, no fat diet.
Black Rye IPA is up next (after my 80/- and a wee heavy). Got a good recipe?
Like I said I riffed on Steve's CDA recipe, you can find it on brewtoad; https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/biggles604-wort-day-cda
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As a vegitarian, I don't eat bacon, as a human being I crave and miss it.
Have you had Bridges black IPA Ross? I'm curios how close the CDA is. It's been a while since Steve shared some. ;)
A guy in Kamloops is looking to arrange a Left Fields hops rhyzomes group buy on HBT. Anyone interested? PM me email and quantity you're planning to buy.
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f92/left-fields-group-hop-rhizome-buy-514145/
I think a group buy needs to be arranged this week according to the website.
Feb 4 deadline to get back to me.
Checked link and was unable to find any listing for 2015.
Definitely interested though. Will try again later but failing that, maybe give me a call if you get it sorted and we can do it that way.
I imagine 2015 assortment will likely be the same varieties as 2014.
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Does anyone have a good stout/porter recipe that would be n00b friendly? There are a few stock recipes they've got at Dan's, but just thought I'd ask to see if there were any recommendations.
Dan's extract Dry Irish Stout is pretty good. Just make sure to use 1084 or other Irish Ale yeast. His Strathcona Porter II is also good, with 1028 London Ale, I also have an AG oatmeal stout.
AG or extract?
Oak, whisky and vanilla beans go really good in a stout IMO.
and a stout is as n00b friendly as they get. One hop addition, easy peasy.
Just make sure to carbonate to style. I use 3 oz dextrose for bottling 5 gallons.
Dan's extract Dry Irish Stout is pretty good. Just make sure to use 1084 or other Irish Ale yeast. His Strathcona Porter II is also good, with 1028 London Ale, I also have an AG oatmeal stout.
AG or extract?
Oak, whisky and vanilla beans go really good in a stout IMO.
The Dry Irish Stout is the one I had my eye on. I want something with a bit less alcohol than the Porter he has listed. Something in the 4-5% range is perfect.
There was just one thing that threw me off about the Stout, its this little warning:
While not traditional stout ingredients, the wheat malt encourages a lacy white head and the carapils provides body and creaminess. To really achieve the body, head and creaminess of a stout, you need Barley Flakes, which must be mashed and therefore cannot be used in a malt extract recipe. (sorry)
Are they just saying that this recipe will be ok but really its not going to be great because you need to do a mash?
I made the extract stout and was just as happy with it as my many other extract brews.
No, it's not a Guinness.
But neither was my AG oatmeal stout. I think you need a widget or N2 charge on a keg to make a real Guinness copy.
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