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Home brewers push envelope on flavors
Houston Chronicle ^
| Nov. 10, 2009
| JOHN FOYSTON
Posted on 11/11/2009 6:11:36 AM PST by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
began making his own beer 38 years ago at the age of 17Too bad he couldn't taste it for four more years.
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:14:39 AM PST
by
bgill
(The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
To: bgill
back then the drinking age was 18.
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:17:42 AM PST
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: Willie Green
I’m just a simple ale lovin’ guy. All these half-arsed flavored beers really turn me off. Peanut butter flavor? Ham and cheese? Sheesh.
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:20:11 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.)
To: Willie Green; knews_hound; GOP_Raider
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:22:26 AM PST
by
dynachrome
(Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
To: Willie Green
pumpernickle ale sounds pretty good
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:23:16 AM PST
by
dynachrome
(Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
To: Willie Green
I like beer flavored beer. I don’t think beer should be sweetened with honey or cherries. I like the german theory - they can only use water, hops, yeast, and grain.
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:23:53 AM PST
by
mbynack
(Retired USAF SMSgt)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
While this stuff isn't my pint of brew, I'm really glad the art is being kept alive by guys like this AND that he's willing to share what he knows.
As for me, give me an insanely hopped IPA.
Cheers!
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:25:28 AM PST
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: Lurker
“As for me, give me an insanely hopped IPA.”
Me too! I love IPA’s. The advantage to liking an IPA is that very few people will drink your beer.
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:28:32 AM PST
by
caver
(Obama's first goals: allow more killing of innocents and allow the killers of innocents to go free.)
To: mbynack
I like the german theory - they can only use water, hops, yeast, and grain.My German friends taught me that every beer from the local brewer contains a loaf of bread :)
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:31:34 AM PST
by
IrishPennant
(“If you can accept losing, you can't win.” ~ Vince Lombardi)
To: Willie Green
Heh, pretty neat stuff. I experimented quite a bit in my homebrewing days, though it was mostly with specialty grains and a few adjunct fermentables (rice syrup, honey, etc.) I did one fruited beer - a cream stout with sour cherries that was rather nice. I also did a spiced ale with unsweetened cocoa that turned out decently, albeit with a bit of a lingering aftertaste.
My best brew, though, was a strong (around 9% alcohol) Belgian abbey-style beer. I used an excellent kit from Brewferm as a base and then added my own blend of grains and fermentables to customize it. The final product took about six weeks’ aging in the bottle before it was really ready, but man oh man was it gooooood!
BTW, there is a famous beer out of Bamberg (IIRC), called “rauchbier” (smoke beer) It uses smoked malt. Not my thing, but I think it would be good addition to a pot of barbecue sauce!
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:44:28 AM PST
by
DemforBush
(Now officially 100% ex-Democrat.)
To: Lurker
I too am glad there is a bit of experimentation going on even if many attempts result in poor brews. I’m just a beginner but I try to go to my local homebrew club and engage in peer reviewed research once a month.
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:46:22 AM PST
by
posterchild
(Endowed by my Creator with certain unalienable rights.)
To: caver
The advantage to liking an IPA is that very few people will drink your beer.Also true for Barleywines. I'm enjoying Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale at the moment:
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:48:23 AM PST
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
To: Cincinatus
I enjoy a barleywine now and then. Thomas Hardy's is a little too malty for me (even for the style), but I really like Young's "Old Nick."
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:52:08 AM PST
by
DemforBush
(Now officially 100% ex-Democrat.)
To: Willie Green; tx_eggman
Bump for later malty goodness suggestions...
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:54:13 AM PST
by
SpinnerWebb
(mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves)
To: caver
The advantage to liking an IPA is that very few people will drink your beer. Very true that.
One other recipe we tried was a smoked Heffeweisen. I cooked the wort over an open oak fire. It was a pain making sure we didn't burn it but the flavor was really, really good.
L
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posted on
11/11/2009 6:55:28 AM PST
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: dynachrome; quantim; spinestein; 5Madman2; DTogo; Horatio Gates; Ribeye; decal; B Knotts; doodad; ..
Pinging the Homebrewers.
BTW - I am holding my annual Brew Day this Saturday. We will be having
as many as a dozen brewers making beer with various methods and several
dozen "future brewers" that will be observing and learning how to brew.
If you are in Northern Calif by chance and would like to attend, please let me know.
On or off the Homebrewers Ping List, let me know.
Cheers,
knewshound
Homebrewing 1A (Homebrewing for beginners)
Homebrewing 101 (for experienced Homebrewers)
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posted on
11/11/2009 7:12:06 AM PST
by
knews_hound
(Credo Quia Absurdium--take nothing seriously unless it is absurd E. Clampus Vitus)
To: Willie Green
I finally got it through my head NOT to boil neither DME nor LME!
Anyone have ant experience using Peanut Butter (PB2) added to your wort?
Dunno if it should be boiled or just steeped???
Dick Gaines
**********
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posted on
11/11/2009 7:19:47 AM PST
by
gunnyg
(Just An Old Gunny ~ And *Still* Not A F'en Commie Basterd!)
To: mbynack
"... I dont think beer should be sweetened with honey or cherries..."If done right, the honey in beer is eaten by the yeast to make alcohol, and is not merely a flavoring, which is simply a hook to make girls like beer.
The only drawback is that compared to regular sugars, honey can take as long as 12 months to be fully used up by the yeast.
That's why I do not brew with honey: I wanna get drunk next week!.
To: gunnyg
To use peanut butter in my PBS (Peanut Butter Stout aka Reeses Peanut Butter Beer) I take the jar of peanut butter and place a paper towel on it. It will gradually wick off the oil. Keep changing the towel until the oil is mostly gone and the PB is a solidified mass. Keeping it in a very warm place will help that.
Once the oil is all gone, toss the whole jar in. Sadly, unless you use a big jar, the flavor is hard to detect.
Add some chocolate malt in, even some dry cocoa powder and let it go. Do try to skim the oils off in the boil however.
Give it a shot Gunny, I think you will like it.
Hope this helped.
Cheers,
knewshound
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posted on
11/11/2009 7:56:33 AM PST
by
knews_hound
(Credo Quia Absurdium--take nothing seriously unless it is absurd E. Clampus Vitus)
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