Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [9] :: one page |
|
Author |
Thread Statistics | Show CCP posts - 68 post(s) |
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
5545
|
Posted - 2014.10.14 07:02:00 -
[241] - Quote
Bottled the dark pumpkin brew last night.
Ran out of bottles and had to drink a pint. Poor me.
Gotta say this is a strange one. Neutral aftertaste, like a feeling that the slug you just took, didn't happen. So you gotta take another one to ensure that you are really drinking a beer and not just thinking you did.
Then the potency hits... This one is going to be trouble.
Tastes more like stout beer than anything pumpkin pie related. Not like the taste of a pumpkin brew intended to taste like pumpkin pie, but more like "Hey I was eating pumpkin pie a half hour ago now I'm having a beer".
7 - 10 days in the bottles and mellow out and I'm sure I'll have a few friends falling into the bonfire this Halloween. Then I haz their stuff.
Bring back DEEEEP Space! |
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
5594
|
Posted - 2014.10.14 07:02:59 -
[242] - Quote
Bottled the dark pumpkin brew last night.
Ran out of bottles and had to drink a pint. Poor me.
Gotta say this is a strange one. Neutral aftertaste, like a feeling that the slug you just took, didn't happen. So you gotta take another one to ensure that you are really drinking a beer and not just thinking you did.
Then the potency hits... This one is going to be trouble.
Tastes more like stout beer than anything pumpkin pie related. Not like the taste of a pumpkin brew intended to taste like pumpkin pie, but more like "Hey I was eating pumpkin pie a half hour ago now I'm having a beer".
7 - 10 days in the bottles and mellow out and I'm sure I'll have a few friends falling into the bonfire this Halloween. Then I haz their stuff.
Bring back DEEEEP Space!
|
Liafcipe9000
Critically Preposterous
24376
|
Posted - 2014.10.14 11:52:00 -
[243] - Quote
Alcohol-free beer. I'm crazy enough without it, you don't want me to suicide gank in real life now do you? Frostys Virpio > CCP: Continously Crying Playerbase
I like to gank it, gank it!
|
Liafcipe9000
Critically Preposterous
24454
|
Posted - 2014.10.14 11:52:35 -
[244] - Quote
Alcohol-free beer. I'm crazy enough without it, you don't want me to suicide gank in real life now do you?
Frostys Virpio > CCP: Continously Crying Playerbase
I like to gank it, gank it!
|
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
5553
|
Posted - 2014.10.15 07:19:00 -
[245] - Quote
OK while the pumpkin porter stout brew whatever is in bottles, I started the next batch.
The mission is here.
But I'm making a mod to it. Instead of soaking oak chips in bourbon I'm using Bacardi 151 and I added 2.5 lbs of non-sulphered molasses to this mix. This brew is a throwback to the Prohibition Era where at times casks used to age rum and other spirits got deployed to contain beer. This imparts the flavor of the cask and whatever it had before into the beer.
I've done this recipe numerous times with great results and I suspect it'll wreck the Thanksgiving Holiday for a few hapless friends who underestimate its strength (again) but they'll still say they had a good time.
Roughly 1 hour ago I was done making it and the entire studio smells like it. This is a good thing.
Meanwhile the pumpkin brew will be "tested" tomorrow by a Scottish girl from down the road. If she likes it, then it's safe to drink. I got a 1.5 pint bottle, the largest of the set, I fill for her every batch. It has not been shoved up my ass yet - but she think's she'll need two out of some notion that I'll enjoy the first one. Gotta keep them guessing you know.
Bring back DEEEEP Space! |
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
5594
|
Posted - 2014.10.15 07:19:33 -
[246] - Quote
OK while the pumpkin porter stout brew whatever is in bottles, I started the next batch.
The mission is here.
But I'm making a mod to it. Instead of soaking oak chips in bourbon I'm using Bacardi 151 and I added 2.5 lbs of non-sulphered molasses to this mix. This brew is a throwback to the Prohibition Era where at times casks used to age rum and other spirits got deployed to contain beer. This imparts the flavor of the cask and whatever it had before into the beer.
I've done this recipe numerous times with great results and I suspect it'll wreck the Thanksgiving Holiday for a few hapless friends who underestimate its strength (again) but they'll still say they had a good time.
Roughly 1 hour ago I was done making it and the entire studio smells like it. This is a good thing.
Meanwhile the pumpkin brew will be "tested" tomorrow by a Scottish girl from down the road. If she likes it, then it's safe to drink. I got a 1.5 pint bottle, the largest of the set, I fill for her every batch. It has not been shoved up my ass yet - but she think's she'll need two out of some notion that I'll enjoy the first one. Gotta keep them guessing you know.
Bring back DEEEEP Space!
|
|
CCP Sledgehammer
C C P C C P Alliance
306
|
Posted - 2014.10.15 10:20:00 -
[247] - Quote
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:OK while the pumpkin porter stout brew whatever is in bottles, I started the next batch. The mission is here. But I'm making a mod to it. Instead of soaking oak chips in bourbon I'm using Bacardi 151 and I added 2.5 lbs of non-sulphered molasses to this mix. This brew is a throwback to the Prohibition Era where at times casks used to age rum and other spirits got deployed to contain beer. This imparts the flavor of the cask and whatever it had before into the beer. I've done this recipe numerous times with great results and I suspect it'll wreck the Thanksgiving Holiday for a few hapless friends who underestimate its strength (again) but they'll still say they had a good time. Roughly 1 hour ago I was done making it and the entire studio smells like it. This is a good thing. Meanwhile the pumpkin brew will be "tested" tomorrow by a Scottish girl from down the road. If she likes it, then it's safe to drink. I got a 1.5 pint bottle, the largest of the set, I fill for her every batch. It has not been shoved up my ass yet - but she think's she'll need two out of some notion that I'll enjoy the first one. Gotta keep them guessing you know.
There's one thing in general we Scots are known for, and it's booze. I reckon you've found yourself a great QA(le) tester! That recipe sounds like a winner, I've had one similar but they went full out and turned it in to a christmas pudding beer, with raisins, sultanas and candied orange in the fermenter, Rum on top of that. I must say it was fuckin' awesome.
Brewing cadence has been non-existent since I came back from Holiday 3 weeks ago, need to get a few brews on but also need to take inventory to do that... Graphical QA Analyst | EVE Quality Assurance | Team TriLambda |
|
|
CCP Sledgehammer
C C P C C P Alliance
310
|
Posted - 2014.10.15 10:20:49 -
[248] - Quote
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:OK while the pumpkin porter stout brew whatever is in bottles, I started the next batch. The mission is here. But I'm making a mod to it. Instead of soaking oak chips in bourbon I'm using Bacardi 151 and I added 2.5 lbs of non-sulphered molasses to this mix. This brew is a throwback to the Prohibition Era where at times casks used to age rum and other spirits got deployed to contain beer. This imparts the flavor of the cask and whatever it had before into the beer. I've done this recipe numerous times with great results and I suspect it'll wreck the Thanksgiving Holiday for a few hapless friends who underestimate its strength (again) but they'll still say they had a good time. Roughly 1 hour ago I was done making it and the entire studio smells like it. This is a good thing. Meanwhile the pumpkin brew will be "tested" tomorrow by a Scottish girl from down the road. If she likes it, then it's safe to drink. I got a 1.5 pint bottle, the largest of the set, I fill for her every batch. It has not been shoved up my ass yet - but she think's she'll need two out of some notion that I'll enjoy the first one. Gotta keep them guessing you know.
There's one thing in general we Scots are known for, and it's booze. I reckon you've found yourself a great QA(le) tester! That recipe sounds like a winner, I've had one similar but they went full out and turned it in to a christmas pudding beer, with raisins, sultanas and candied orange in the fermenter, Rum on top of that. I must say it was fuckin' awesome.
Brewing cadence has been non-existent since I came back from Holiday 3 weeks ago, need to get a few brews on but also need to take inventory to do that...
Graphical QA Analyst | EVE Quality Assurance | Team TriLambda
|
|
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
5554
|
Posted - 2014.10.15 15:58:00 -
[249] - Quote
CCP Sledgehammer wrote:Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:OK while the pumpkin porter stout brew whatever is in bottles, I started the next batch. The mission is here. But I'm making a mod to it. Instead of soaking oak chips in bourbon I'm using Bacardi 151 and I added 2.5 lbs of non-sulphered molasses to this mix. This brew is a throwback to the Prohibition Era where at times casks used to age rum and other spirits got deployed to contain beer. This imparts the flavor of the cask and whatever it had before into the beer. I've done this recipe numerous times with great results and I suspect it'll wreck the Thanksgiving Holiday for a few hapless friends who underestimate its strength (again) but they'll still say they had a good time. Roughly 1 hour ago I was done making it and the entire studio smells like it. This is a good thing. Meanwhile the pumpkin brew will be "tested" tomorrow by a Scottish girl from down the road. If she likes it, then it's safe to drink. I got a 1.5 pint bottle, the largest of the set, I fill for her every batch. It has not been shoved up my ass yet - but she think's she'll need two out of some notion that I'll enjoy the first one. Gotta keep them guessing you know. There's one thing in general we Scots are known for, and it's booze. I reckon you've found yourself a great QA(le) tester! That recipe sounds like a winner, I've had one similar but they went full out and turned it in to a christmas pudding beer, with raisins, sultanas and candied orange in the fermenter, Rum on top of that. I must say it was fuckin' awesome. Brewing cadence has been non-existent since I came back from Holiday 3 weeks ago, need to get a few brews on but also need to take inventory to do that...
P...p....pudding beer? :-O Bring back DEEEEP Space! |
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
5594
|
Posted - 2014.10.15 15:58:48 -
[250] - Quote
CCP Sledgehammer wrote:Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:OK while the pumpkin porter stout brew whatever is in bottles, I started the next batch. The mission is here. But I'm making a mod to it. Instead of soaking oak chips in bourbon I'm using Bacardi 151 and I added 2.5 lbs of non-sulphered molasses to this mix. This brew is a throwback to the Prohibition Era where at times casks used to age rum and other spirits got deployed to contain beer. This imparts the flavor of the cask and whatever it had before into the beer. I've done this recipe numerous times with great results and I suspect it'll wreck the Thanksgiving Holiday for a few hapless friends who underestimate its strength (again) but they'll still say they had a good time. Roughly 1 hour ago I was done making it and the entire studio smells like it. This is a good thing. Meanwhile the pumpkin brew will be "tested" tomorrow by a Scottish girl from down the road. If she likes it, then it's safe to drink. I got a 1.5 pint bottle, the largest of the set, I fill for her every batch. It has not been shoved up my ass yet - but she think's she'll need two out of some notion that I'll enjoy the first one. Gotta keep them guessing you know. There's one thing in general we Scots are known for, and it's booze. I reckon you've found yourself a great QA(le) tester! That recipe sounds like a winner, I've had one similar but they went full out and turned it in to a christmas pudding beer, with raisins, sultanas and candied orange in the fermenter, Rum on top of that. I must say it was fuckin' awesome. Brewing cadence has been non-existent since I came back from Holiday 3 weeks ago, need to get a few brews on but also need to take inventory to do that...
P...p....pudding beer? :-O
Bring back DEEEEP Space!
|
|
|
CCP Sledgehammer
C C P C C P Alliance
307
|
Posted - 2014.10.16 12:58:00 -
[251] - Quote
Yeah! It's actually a thing! Graphical QA Analyst | EVE Quality Assurance | Team TriLambda |
|
|
CCP Sledgehammer
C C P C C P Alliance
310
|
Posted - 2014.10.16 12:58:57 -
[252] - Quote
Yeah! It's actually a thing!
Graphical QA Analyst | EVE Quality Assurance | Team TriLambda
|
|
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
5564
|
Posted - 2014.10.18 01:53:00 -
[253] - Quote
I must find this recipe....
There was a holiday brew I tried a few years ago that had orange and cinnamon involved but to a minor extent. The extra flavors didn't seem very noticeable.
Bootlegger brew will be bottled in a month, primary will be freed up in a week, so there is time.
On a side note, this year I will attempt Skyr as I used to make cheese too, though not as much these days - still have the equipment. When Skyr Gobbler of the Yule Lads was shown last year (hope to see them again this year) that big tub of Skyr looked tasty. Like a turbocharged yogurt, dairy's answer to bacon.
Bring back DEEEEP Space! |
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
5594
|
Posted - 2014.10.18 01:53:15 -
[254] - Quote
I must find this recipe....
There was a holiday brew I tried a few years ago that had orange and cinnamon involved but to a minor extent. The extra flavors didn't seem very noticeable.
Bootlegger brew will be bottled in a month, primary will be freed up in a week, so there is time.
On a side note, this year I will attempt Skyr as I used to make cheese too, though not as much these days - still have the equipment. When Skyr Gobbler of the Yule Lads was shown last year (hope to see them again this year) that big tub of Skyr looked tasty. Like a turbocharged yogurt, dairy's answer to bacon.
Bring back DEEEEP Space!
|
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
5594
|
Posted - 2014.10.30 16:28:37 -
[255] - Quote
OK something is bothering me.... I have a batch of beer bottled and will not have bottles for the next batch. I used to time it well enough.
This means....
kegging
Anybody have opinions on that? My greatest fear is that I'm going to end up making a kegerator but I have a lot of projects on my plate already.
Still... beer on tap... in my home? Did I die and not get the memo?
Bring back DEEEEP Space!
|
|
CCP Goliath
C C P C C P Alliance
2572
|
Posted - 2014.10.30 16:38:02 -
[256] - Quote
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:OK something is bothering me.... I have a batch of beer bottled and will not have bottles for the next batch. I used to time it well enough.
This means....
kegging
Anybody have opinions on that? My greatest fear is that I'm going to end up making a kegerator but I have a lot of projects on my plate already.
Still... beer on tap... in my home? Did I die and not get the memo?
Both Sledgehammer and I use corny kegs, (I've actually never bottled) and dig them. I guess one of the issues is portability, but if you already have bottles, you're fine there. CO2 is pricy as an initial outlay, but I've seen great solutions with paintball canisters instead of bottles.
CCP Goliath | QA Director | EVE Illuminati | @CCP_Goliath
|
|
Bagrat Skalski
Poseidaon
5446
|
Posted - 2014.10.31 06:57:23 -
[257] - Quote
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote: Still... beer on tap... in my home?
Let's drink to that.
Recon makes them stronger
|
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
5681
|
Posted - 2014.11.03 21:57:41 -
[258] - Quote
CCP Goliath wrote:Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:OK something is bothering me.... I have a batch of beer bottled and will not have bottles for the next batch. I used to time it well enough.
This means....
kegging
Anybody have opinions on that? My greatest fear is that I'm going to end up making a kegerator but I have a lot of projects on my plate already.
Still... beer on tap... in my home? Did I die and not get the memo? Both Sledgehammer and I use corny kegs, (I've actually never bottled) and dig them. I guess one of the issues is portability, but if you already have bottles, you're fine there. CO2 is pricy as an initial outlay, but I've seen great solutions with paintball canisters instead of bottles.
I'm looking into this.
Though oddly the present batch that could have been bottled today is showing a resurgence of fermentation activity. This is odd and not a good sign (possible contamination from a wild yeast? It could be epic or a disaster or both).
Bring back DEEEEP Space!
|
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
5681
|
Posted - 2014.11.21 08:12:27 -
[259] - Quote
OK the "Pirate Porter" is in bottles. I snuck and cup and it tastes like a slightly bitter rum and cola. It's going to be a long 7 days.
Bring back DEEEEP Space!
|
|
|
|
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [9] :: one page |
First page | Previous page | Next page | Last page |