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just noticed this thread started in 2009 lol
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Today I am brewing an IPA with a new hop variety called "Zythos"
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I put together an amarillo and citra hopped pale yesterday. Pitched it onto a pair of S05 yeast cakes. At the rate of overpitching it should be done in about a day...
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I brewed up a Scotch Export yesterday...high hopes for it. Had a heavy malty character to it, which is my happiness.
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Brewed a simple extract hefeweizen this afternoon. It's my first extract batch in a while and the shortened brew day was a welcome change.
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I'm seriously thinking about building an 120v electric boil kettle so that I can brew indoors during the summer. I just can't get motivated to brew in 110 degree heat.
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Funny, I've been thinking about doing the same because I'm not looking forward to brewing in freezing cold in a few months...
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Sometimes its nice to just do 5gl Extract brews on the stove top when weather is bad and you "need" to brew
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My cherry wheat and honey wheat placed poorly in the Dominion Cup. I had low expectations on my CW, but felt pretty confident with the HW. Apparently my HW would have done better in a different category...judges recommended the Belgian Wheat versus the Amer Wheat I put it in. Got 24s on both of them....boo. I guess next year I'll have to submit something I actually want them to try as opposed to just submitting what I had in the keg.
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Don't beat yourself up over your Dominion Cup results. It was your first comp, and this year's event was huge. 520+ entries, that's almost as big as one of the regional qualifiers for Nationals. Lots of high quality entries, too, I think everyone was vying for the Best of Show award: having their recipe brewed by Hardywood for entry in the GABF Pro-Am. Pretty sweet deal. I'm pleased with my results, had 5 entries that I thought were strong contenders and 2 "experimental" brews that the judges didn't like at all. The maibock (which won a silver in Delaware) and a rauchbier both scored in the high 30s, but didn’t place; a Cream Ale (41) and my Bell's Two-Hearted IPA clone (40) both took Honorable Mention. I'm really pumped about my rosemary honey saison--Bronze medal in the Fruit/Spice category with 41 points. :banger I got the recipe from a guy in the club, and he entered his version as a Belgian Specialty and also scored a Bronze. When beers scoring 40 points don't even place, you know it's a tough competition. |
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I'm not to upset about my scores....clearly I would like to have done better, but who wouldn't? My two submissions were "fly by the seat of my pants" submissions. I had no plans to submit anything until you and Matt bullied me into it. Jerks.
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Did we all stop brewing? So quiet in here! I got a kolsch fermenting currently, but I feel like it's "off" somehow. I haven't gotten one bubble from my airlock over the course of a week. Pressure has built up in the bucket, so I know something is happening...but probably not as aggressively as I'm used to. Gonna take a gravity reading tonight and see where it is as I'm supposed to rack it tomorrow.
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Me and a buddy are going to try our hands at brewing some Oktoberfest in a week or so
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I'm still hoping my Oktoberfest turns out ok....so many problems happened with that brew that I'm worried. Been lagering at Gerard's place for nearly a 6 wks now. I'm hoping the long lagering process will fix any potential problems.
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this will be our second attempt at home brewing so I am hoping things turn out ok
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My lagering cooler broke down when I put it in....so the beer was supposed to be sitting at roughly 60 degree and when I poked my head in to check on progress I found it at nearly 80. Stupid VA heat! The likelihood of off flavors seems pretty high to me at this point.
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Over the past 50 days I have brewed:
AHS Belgian White AHS Demeter Fall Ale AHS X2 chocolate Stout Abita Purple Haze AHS Texas Blonde w/ simco dryhop (10g) Up next: AHS Pumpkin 60 min IPA |
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