found my winter beer!

[mastertech]

Originally Posted by SOVIETTACO
http:///forum/post/3189074
ummm anyone drink anything other then sams?

Sam Adams is a good beer that is easy to get. alot of these other beers are hard to find. but really there is a lot of good beers on this post. im glad i started it.
i found some Paulaner Salvator Doppel Bock and its a DoubleBock that you wish all tasted more like. go get it if you can!!

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by SOVIETTACO
http:///forum/post/3189074
ummm anyone drink anything other then sams?

Beamish Irish Stout? Great Lakes Brewery Edmund Fitzgerald Porter or really anything from that micro-brewery? Leinenkugal's? Murphy's Irish Stout? Anything from Samuel Smith's? Anything from Scottish Courage mmmm Russian Imperial Stout? Badger Tangle Foot? And one of the only pilsners I will drink Pilsner Urquel... They invented pilsner folks!!
Wow this is an amazing list hope you guys have amazing bars, wine shops, and websites cause this should be your weekly regiment

But seriously do it.
I know.
Originally Posted by mastertech
http:///forum/post/3189186
Sam Adams is a good beer that is easy to get. alot of these other beers are hard to find. but really there is a lot of good beers on this post. im glad i started it.
i found some Paulaner Salvator Doppel Bock and its a DoubleBock that you wish all tasted more like. go get it if you can!!
I agree, but specs has tons of beer.

 

[fishtaco]

All you beer lovers should be brewing your own.

Just brewed up a batch of Belgium Trappist Ale on sunday and I have no doubt it is going to be an awesome dark winter beer.
Fishtaco

 

[mastertech]

Originally Posted by Fishtaco
http:///forum/post/3189539
All you beer lovers should be brewing your own.

Just brewed up a batch of Belgium Trappist Ale on sunday and I have no doubt it is going to be an awesome dark winter beer.
Fishtaco
i have two too many hobbies already!

 

[soviettaco]

Originally Posted by mastertech
http:///forum/post/3189772
i have two too many hobbies already!
I know how you feel.
What hobbies do you have besides SW aquaria?

 

[mastertech]

Originally Posted by SOVIETTACO
http:///forum/post/3189790
I know how you feel.
What hobbies do you have besides SW aquaria?
well i was in remote control drag racing (104 real mph in 1.31 real sec. in 132 real feet)
long range shooting.
comp. pistol shooting.
custom engine swaps in gm vehicles.
but all of that got old.

%%
now i my main hobbie is a wonderful wife and
two awsome kids so i outside of that i really needed a hobby that is home based! so good beer and saltwater works for me!

and you folks?

 

[soviettaco]

Sailing competitively and for fun
WWII Reenacting
Painting, drawing, digital work,
Model building
MILSIM Airsoft
Milsim Paintball
And really anything having to do with history or areonotics
Collecting WWII stuff (If you know me you know how crazy I am about it)
And one day I would love to get into brewing

 

[aquaknight]

I've dabbled in homebrewing, and my brother does it regularly, but I guess it depends on what you like. To make like Pale Ale's, you can make an awesome homebrew, but for making my beer types, Quadrupels, Tripels, it's just too much.
Did anyone collect their bottles? Here's the only one I could fine of our college house. Over 100 in that shot and that's about half. Some locals, including some from a trip from Spain.

 

[fishtaco]

Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/3189914
I've dabbled in homebrewing, and my brother does it regularly, but I guess it depends on what you like. To make like Pale Ale's, you can make an awesome homebrew, but for making my beer types, Quadrupels, Tripels, it's just too much.
Did anyone collect their bottles? Here's the only one I could fine of our college house. Over 100 in that shot and that's about half. Some locals, including some from a trip from Spain.

Been a long time since I have seen a bottle of that beer. Wondering why you think it is too much to brew the beer you want, my all-grain set-up pretty much will handle the grain bill for any style of beer you can imagine and I am getting ready to brew a barley wine around New Years, the downside to me is having to wait so long for some of it to age, the Barely wine will be made for New Years eve a year from now.
Fishtaco

 

[aquaknight]

Originally Posted by Fishtaco
http:///forum/post/3189947
Been a long time since I have seen a bottle of that beer. Wondering why you think it is too much to brew the beer you want, my all-grain set-up pretty much will handle the grain bill for any style of beer you can imagine ...
Yea, waiting is one of the things. Plus some styles can be a pain in the neck too. I think it might be just some bad experiences. We've tried some mimic brews. A general Abt12 like a St. Bernardus, and a mimic Rochefort 10. The problem with Quads, and to a lesser degree Tripel's, is the yeast. The beers derive a lot of their flavor from the yeast. Most of the trappists have been using the same yeast since the 1700's. I think if maybe we'd have just gone into it thinking it's our own Quad, it would have been different.
If you're up for it, here's the receipt for the Abt12 we used.
Ingredients
* 20 oz. Belgian Cara-Munich Malt
* 8 oz. Belgian Aromatic Malt
* 8 oz. Belgian Biscuit Malt
* 6 oz. Belgian Special B Malt
* 4 oz. British Chocolate Malt
* 3 lbs. Belgian Pale
* 12 lbs. Pale Liquid Malt
* 2 lbs. Belgian Amber Candi Sugar
* 6 oz. Malto Dextrin
* 1 1/4 oz. Styrian Goldings (bittering hop)
* 1/4 oz. Hersbrucker (flavor hop)
* 1/4 oz. Styrian Goldings (flavor hop)
* 1 tsp. Irish Moss
* 1/4 oz. Hersbrucker (aroma hop)
* 1/4 oz. Styrian Goldings (aroma hop)
* 1 pkg. Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity
Procedure
* This requires a partial mash. Steep grains for 45 min at 150F then sparge out at 175F, bring back up to 180 and add extracts and candi sugar. Once at boil add the 1.25 oz Styrian Goldings, after 45 min add Flavor Hops. Finish off with aroma hops after 55 min.
Ferment
* This yeast can handle a huge temp range like many of the Belgian yeasts. It will be fine up to about 80F and good down to about 65F so it is very flexible.

 

[fishtaco]

Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/3190020
Yea, waiting is one of the things. Plus some styles can be a pain in the neck too. I think it might be just some bad experiences. We've tried some mimic brews. A general Abt12 like a St. Bernardus, and a mimic Rochefort 10. The problem with Quads, and to a lesser degree Tripel's, is the yeast. The beers derive a lot of their flavor from the yeast. Most of the trappists have been using the same yeast since the 1700's. I think if maybe we'd have just gone into it thinking it's our own Quad, it would have been different.
If you're up for it, here's the receipt for the Abt12 we used.
Ingredients
* 20 oz. Belgian Cara-Munich Malt
* 8 oz. Belgian Aromatic Malt
* 8 oz. Belgian Biscuit Malt
* 6 oz. Belgian Special B Malt
* 4 oz. British Chocolate Malt
* 3 lbs. Belgian Pale
* 12 lbs. Pale Liquid Malt
* 2 lbs. Belgian Amber Candi Sugar
* 6 oz. Malto Dextrin
* 1 1/4 oz. Styrian Goldings (bittering hop)
* 1/4 oz. Hersbrucker (flavor hop)
* 1/4 oz. Styrian Goldings (flavor hop)
* 1 tsp. Irish Moss
* 1/4 oz. Hersbrucker (aroma hop)
* 1/4 oz. Styrian Goldings (aroma hop)
* 1 pkg. Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity
Procedure
* This requires a partial mash. Steep grains for 45 min at 150F then sparge out at 175F, bring back up to 180 and add extracts and candi sugar. Once at boil add the 1.25 oz Styrian Goldings, after 45 min add Flavor Hops. Finish off with aroma hops after 55 min.
Ferment
* This yeast can handle a huge temp range like many of the Belgian yeasts. It will be fine up to about 80F and good down to about 65F so it is very flexible.
That is almost the exact recipe I used last weekend, except I used all grain with no extract and I used a wild growing feral hop along with the Styrian hops. It smelled awesome during the mash and boil so I have a feeling it is going to be really good. I agree 100% about the yeast, nothing would be cooler than to be able to buy the yeast they actually use and no doubt it does make a difference. One mistake some of the local microbreweries around here make is not having a diversity of different yeasts and while good, would be better if they did not use the same yeast cake to make 5 or 6 different beers. I am going to repitch the yeast on that trappist ale and instead of the rock candi, use some super dark and rich honey and substitute another hop and chocolate malt.
Fishtaco
Fishtaco

 

[mastertech]

Originally Posted by Fishtaco
http:///forum/post/3190296
That is almost the exact recipe I used last weekend, except I used all grain with no extract and I used a wild growing feral hop along with the Styrian hops. It smelled awesome during the mash and boil so I have a feeling it is going to be really good. I agree 100% about the yeast, nothing would be cooler than to be able to buy the yeast they actually use and no doubt it does make a difference. One mistake some of the local microbreweries around here make is not having a diversity of different yeasts and while good, would be better if they did not use the same yeast cake to make 5 or 6 different beers. I am going to repitch the yeast on that trappist ale and instead of the rock candi, use some super dark and rich honey and substitute another hop and chocolate malt.
Fishtaco
Fishtaco
i dont understand it all but it sure sounds tasty!

 

[the maggot]

Molson EX my favorite ale.

 

[mastertech]

try Youngs Double Chocolate Stout.
its not what you think and better than you will believe!
if you dont slam that pint down in less than 5 mins i will buy me another just to find out why!

 

[chrisnif]

Ha, we see eye to eye there.
General drinking
1. Killians 2. Coors (NOT LIGHT)
Widmir makes a good wheat beer, linguenkugels is good too, both with a rub of orange zest on the bottle or glass, but not in the beer.
If i want "puts hair on your chest" i generally keep a bottle of something or other from ommegang, they are all good. Right now I have a bottle of "adoration" (it comes in a 750 and is drank just below room temp, 10-12 ABV and RICH) drink it from a snifter Ommegang is good too All great for winter sipping by the fire
My wife got me a bottle of Utopia from Sam Adams last year, it hurt to open (its over $100/24oz bottle) but it lasted over 2 weeks and was good to the last drop, its one of those things where if you can get it, DEFINITELY try it. Sam Adams Chocolate bock is good too.
Originally Posted by tank a holic
http:///forum/post/3188406
Im on board with any sam adams beer
but for my fav???
give me a killians any day summer winter no matter

 

[tank a holic]

is utopia tha sam adams beer thats like 40 proof??
I know sam adams makes the highest alcahol content fermented beverage in the world

 

[aquaknight]

Originally Posted by mastertech
http:///forum/post/3192645
try Youngs Double Chocolate Stout.
its not what you think and better than you will believe!
if you dont slam that pint down in less than 5 mins i will buy me another just to find out why!
I'll see your Youngs Double Chocolate Stout, and raise you;
Brooklyn Black Ops. What Brooklyn Brewery used to brew for their employees as a Christmas gift. In 2008 they offered it commercially available in 940 cases. If you want an out of this world Stout, granted an Imperial, not a Sweet, try to find one. Not my favorite, as it does have some coffee flavors, but what a privilege to drink. Aged in bourbon barrels, brings a rich warm smokey flavor, which turns into a cocoa/coffee, which finishes off in almost a caramel.
Pics at our local spot;

 

[chrisnif]

The bottle I had was 54 proof, each batch is different, and tastes different, but its akin to getting an excellent dom perignon or something like that, its something to savor and enjoy and yes it'll put you on you bASSlet
Originally Posted by tank a holic
http:///forum/post/3192667
is utopia tha sam adams beer thats like 40 proof??
I know sam adams makes the highest alcahol content fermented beverage in the world