Homebrew Report #250960

[HomeBrewerDude]

brewed up a double batch today (10 gallons) of an Amber Ale

specs:
1 # belgium caramunich
1 # belgium pale
11 pounds light DME
3 pounds amber LME

bittering hops @ 60 minutes
1 oz Gallena
2 oz Kent Goldings

flaver hops
1 oz Kent Goldings
1 oz Fuggles

Wyeast American Ale yeast #1056 <---a very fine yeast btw.


I expect a alchohol content of about 6% abv.

Should be drinkable in 4 weeks.


:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

 

[z0mb13]

have u ever done this before??

is it hard to make ur own beer?

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
have u ever done this before??

is it hard to make ur own beer?

yes.

no.

its a great hobby if you like good beer.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude

Originally posted by: z0mb13
have u ever done this before??

is it hard to make ur own beer?

yes.

no.

its a great hobby if you like good beer.

what are the chances of getting food poisoning and killing yourself??

 

[melly]

Homebrew Report #250960

I call shenanigans and demand to see the first #250959 reports.

:beer:

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude

Originally posted by: z0mb13
have u ever done this before??

is it hard to make ur own beer?

yes.

no.

its a great hobby if you like good beer.

what are the chances of getting food poisoning and killing yourself??

zero.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: melly

Homebrew Report #250960

I call shenanigans and demand to see the first #250959 reports.

:beer:

get a beer and search the archives!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Sounds good, quaff one for me.

I have a double malt Belgian trappist style in my basement that should be done in a couple of days. Kind of a non-standard recipe, slightly bastardized a couple of more well known recipes to fit my tastes.

6# light DME
2# amber DME
1# Belgian amber candy sugar
1/4# Crystal Malt
1/4# Chocolate Malt

Boil hops
1 oz Fuggles
1 oz Hallertauer

Finishing hops
.5 oz Saaz

Wyeast #1024 Belgian Ale Yeast

 

[MournSanity]

You can make you own BEER?? :Q

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Sounds good, quaff one for me.

I have a double malt Belgian trappist style in my basement that should be done in a couple of days. Kind of a non-standard recipe, slightly bastardized a couple of more well known recipes to fit my tastes.

6# light DME
2# amber DME
1# Belgian amber candy sugar
1/4# Crystal Malt
1/4# Chocolate Malt

Boil hops
1 oz Fuggles
1 oz Hallertauer

Finishing hops
.5 oz Saaz

Wyeast #1024 Belgian Ale Yeast

sounds great. Saaz is a great hop.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude

sounds great. Saaz is a great hop.

Yeah, my favorite aroma hop.

I intended to use Kent Golding in the boil, but my local store was out. Went with Fuggles instead. Not a classic hop for Belgian ales, but it should work okay. This is the first beer I've ever done with the Belgian candy sugar. Local homebrew guru swears by the stuff and his stuff is always great, so...

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude

sounds great. Saaz is a great hop.

Yeah, my favorite aroma hop.

I intended to use Kent Golding in the boil, but my local store was out. Went with Fuggles instead. Not a classic hop for Belgian ales, but it should work okay. This is the first beer I've ever done with the Belgian candy sugar. Local homebrew guru swears by the stuff and his stuff is always great, so...

i wonder what is so great about it. i always figured it was just sugar and at the $4 / lb my lhbs charges i have always passed. i do see it in a lot of recipes tho.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude


i wonder what is so great about it. i always figured it was just sugar and at the $4 / lb my lhbs charges i have always passed. i do see it in a lot of recipes tho.

It adds fermentable sugar to raise the alcohol level without adding more malt. That supposedly makes the beer a bit crisper and less heavy. It's got a distinctive, carmelly taste which would be completely out of place in a pale ale, but works out nicely in Trappist Dubbels and likely would be nice in most stouts and porters too. The big thing is it provides a nice, thick chewy head. Again, out of place in many styles and welcome in many others. At $4+ per pound it's pretty expensive as homebrew ingredients go, most recipes only use 1 pound tops though, that's not a big deal. Spending $40 on a batch or $44 on a batch, what does that come out to, a few pennies extra per bottle? If it improves the beer it's worth it.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude


i wonder what is so great about it. i always figured it was just sugar and at the $4 / lb my lhbs charges i have always passed. i do see it in a lot of recipes tho.

It adds fermentable sugar to raise the alcohol level without adding more malt. That supposedly makes the beer a bit crisper and less heavy. It's got a distinctive, carmelly taste which would be completely out of place in a pale ale, but works out nicely in Trappist Dubbels and likely would be nice in most stouts and porters too. The big thing is it provides a nice, thick chewy head. Again, out of place in many styles and welcome in many others. At $4+ per pound it's pretty expensive as homebrew ingredients go, most recipes only use 1 pound tops though, that's not a big deal. Spending $40 on a batch or $44 on a batch, what does that come out to, a few pennies extra per bottle? If it improves the beer it's worth it.

i was just curious if it adds anything besides fermentables. head character/a little flavor.... thanks.

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: hypersonic5
You can make you own BEER?? :Q

Someone's gotta make it. It's not like there is a spring somewhere where beer flows freely. God, how I wish there was though.

 

[geno]

A friend of mine brews his own beer and I get a bottle of it from him from time to time - delicious stuff :beer: