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It’s Beer Thirty FReepers! Time For The Homebrewing / Wine Making Thread #27 January 11, 2013
Free Republic | 1-11-2013 | Red_Devil 232

Posted on 01/11/2013 4:06:10 PM PST by Red_Devil 232

Good afternoon/evening FReepers. Yep, it is Beer Thirty Time Once Again!

Happiness is a bubbling airlock! And a Cold Brew

 

Irish Stout Yum!


Good evening/afternoon brewers and winemakers. I had my very first commercially brewed Double IPA yesterday evening. It was brewed by Samuel Adams as a limited release of their brews and is called “Third Voyage”. It is 8% ABV in a 22 oz. bottle and is very tasty and hoppy with a big citrus after taste. They used Cascade Hops from the regions that that Capt. James Cook sailed to on his third voyage - New Zealand and the Pacific Northwest. Now I know what to expect when brewing my first IPA. I might become a Hop Head, LOL!

I also bought another of the Samuel Adams limited release brews Called “Dark Depths”, 7.6 ABV. It is described as an English porter ale transformed into a complex dark larger. Definite porter color and tasty with a nice hoppy after taste. It is smoother than the “Third Voyage”. It is nice and I like it.

image of Samuel Adams® Third Voyageimage of Samuel Adams® Dark Depths

Before I moved to Texas last year it would have been difficult for me to find the wide variety of beers I can enjoy here in Texas. That is why I started homebrewing even though homebrewing beer in Mississippi is illegal, which I did not know when I started out.


TOPICS: Hobbies
KEYWORDS: beer; homebrewing; weekly; wine
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1 posted on 01/11/2013 4:06:26 PM PST by Red_Devil 232
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To: quantim; spinestein; 5Madman2; DTogo; Horatio Gates; Ribeye; decal; B Knotts; doodad; hemogoblin; ..

Ping to the homebrewers and wine makers


2 posted on 01/11/2013 4:08:08 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: quantim; spinestein; 5Madman2; DTogo; Horatio Gates; Ribeye; decal; B Knotts; doodad; hemogoblin; ..

Ping to the homebrewers and wine makers


3 posted on 01/11/2013 4:09:00 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232
This may be of interest.

'The Michigan Beer Film' teaser released, project to examine Michigan's craft beer industry (video)
4 posted on 01/11/2013 4:09:10 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Yes! That was a great video. Looks like they are having a great time brewing and drinking some brews!


5 posted on 01/11/2013 4:24:44 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

I don’t drink any more but I still miss beer.


6 posted on 01/11/2013 4:30:09 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

“... home brewing beer in Mississippi is illegal which I didn’t know...”

You’re a bad, bad boy, Red! A rogue criminal of the worst kind... brewing beer for yourself. You should be ashamed! Ashamed, I tell ya’! (major SARC tag)


7 posted on 01/11/2013 4:31:44 PM PST by momtothree
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To: Red_Devil 232

Brewing a kit European Pilsner tomorrow. Today we are making traditional cheddar cheese from three gallons of raw milk from Jersey cows.

Does cheese making count on this thread?


8 posted on 01/11/2013 4:32:25 PM PST by WorkingClassFilth
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To: Red_Devil 232

Glad to see this thread back after the holidays.

If you want to taste some good IPA and Double IPA you can’t go wrong with Lagunitas. Racer5, Sierra Nevada Torpedo, Steelhead, Sierra Nevada Hoptimum are some of my favorite IPAs and Double/Imperial IPAs. No discussion of hoppy brews would be complete without a mention of Pliney the Elder. Your taste buds will never be the same.

I have a terrific IPA recipe I can post if you like.

IPAs can be expensive to brew. If you go that route I would urge you to buy hops in bulk. I just got 3 pounds delivered for 30 bucks. One of the pounds was only 5 bucks!

Www.hopsdirect.com

Having hops on hand really changes the way you brew.

I’m transferring the coffee chocolate stout I made New Years weekend into kegs tomorrow. I can’t wait to tastes it.

Cheers,

knewshound


9 posted on 01/11/2013 4:34:06 PM PST by knews_hound (Reading without commenting since 2001.)
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To: knews_hound
I have a terrific IPA recipe I can post if you like.

Please do!

Unfortunately those brews and brands are not readly available to me - even here in Texas - at least at the stores I visit.

10 posted on 01/11/2013 4:44:26 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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I will repeat my previous offer to Puget Sound homebrewers.

I have a bunch of Grolsch flip-top bottles and can give them to somebody who will put them to good use!

Just FReepmail me!


11 posted on 01/11/2013 5:25:15 PM PST by djf (Conservative values help the poor. Liberal values help them STAY poor!!!)
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To: WorkingClassFilth

Certainly cheese-making counts! I’ve been wondering what the process is, as I’d like to try it myself someday. Can you give us the abbreviated cheese-making for dummies course?

For myself, I stopped by the local Brewing Supply Store to pick up corks today. We have a batch of orange wine to bottle.


12 posted on 01/11/2013 6:09:18 PM PST by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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Home Cheese Making, Ricki Carroll, 2002, Storey Publishing.

Basically, cleanliness is everything. Use bleach and hot water copiously.

Next, using a water bath and thermometer, bring your milk to temperature and hold it. Add culture. Add rennet. Hold temps. Cut curd. Hold temps and let set. Break curds. Hold temp. Drain curds. Let set. Slice curds. Into pot again and hold temp. Break-up curds. Salt curds. Press curds at 10#, 40# and, finally, 50#. After pressing, dry for a few days. Wipe clean, Wax. Down to the cellar and let age until next Christmas for some sharp cheddar pleasure.

Next round will be mozzarella or swiss.


13 posted on 01/11/2013 6:42:00 PM PST by WorkingClassFilth
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To: WorkingClassFilth

Sounds like quite a production!

Maybe I’ll just stick with Tillamook. :-)


14 posted on 01/11/2013 6:54:44 PM PST by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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To: Twotone

Try the mozzarella it is quite tasty fresh, and easy to make.


15 posted on 01/11/2013 7:14:30 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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I’ve never home brewed, but I’d like to.

My son has home brewed some mead. It was actually pretty good. It’s not a beer technically I think, but it was like a beer in some ways.

But in lieu of a tasty homebrew I’ll just enjoy a Schlitz.

I am surprised at how pricey brewing kits are. There has to be a cheaper method?

Prosit!

p.s. here is a great drinking song on youtube, it’s Andre Rieu and the thee tenors singing the drinking song from the “Student Prince”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CErL59tpNc


16 posted on 01/11/2013 7:35:20 PM PST by hfr (Liberalism is a moral disorder that leads to mental disorder (actually it's sin))
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I put together a guide for first time brewers that is just about as low budget as it gets. I tried to keep it under 50 bucks.

See what you think. - http://www.knewshound.blogspot.com/2007/11/homebrewing-1a.html?m=1

Cheers,

knewshound


17 posted on 01/11/2013 7:47:21 PM PST by knews_hound (Reading without commenting since 2001.)
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To: hfr

Yep Mead is about as easy as it gets. It is actually a Honey wine - Honey, water and yeast. It can be very, very tasty.


18 posted on 01/11/2013 8:50:04 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: knews_hound

Thanks,

I read through it. And I’m bookmarking it for further reference. It seems doable.

hfr


19 posted on 01/11/2013 10:03:38 PM PST by hfr (Liberalism is a moral disorder that leads to mental disorder (actually it's sin))
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Having this, this afternoon. IMG_3812_zps9e7dd38c
20 posted on 01/12/2013 10:56:52 AM PST by Hotmetal (Home from the sandbox.)
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