Beermakers
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I'd hope I was in the latter category. Some friends of mine have had a Halloween Party every year since the early 1980s. Basically, it's a bunch of rural folks listening to music and drinking a pony keg of Bud Light. About 5 years ago I took a 5-gallon keg of my home-made porter to the party -- and they sucked it dry in about four hours, before even really starting on the Bud Light. A bunch of those attending the party were "friends of friends," people I didn't know well. I was pretty much the hit of the event.
EatTheRich
President
I only help with the bottling, but my roommate is a fine homebrewer. He mostly does lagers which is easier given the Montana temperatures. We grow our own hops but mostly use store-bought ones. He makes a fine bitter lager which is my favorite and an IPA which is his favorite.
I don't care for IPA beers in general -- too hoppy for my taste (I'm more a "maximum malt" than "maximum hops" guy). The bitter lager sounds good.
Addy
Stand up for the people!
Laughing to myself, as I recall my husband and I did try making some homemade peach wine once upon a time.. was hilarious then and still is to me now after more than a decade has passed.
Totally unwise decision to cork wine before its time.. believe me -- it will explode!!
Totally unwise decision to cork wine before its time.. believe me -- it will explode!!
Bo-4
Senator
I've tried several home brews and stand with fair.. they were gamey to say the least.
But i would like to try this one!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/08/29/ale-chief-white-house-beer-recipe
But i would like to try this one!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/08/29/ale-chief-white-house-beer-recipe
fairsheet
Senator
I don't exactly have what might be called a "refined palate", but I do know what I like when I taste it. We had a representative of Widmer Brewing in last year. He brought examples of six of their products. As we tasted them, he described their qualities. One of the measures the brewers use, goes to "bitterness". As it turned out, my favorite scored the most bitter. BUT....the wierd thing was that of the six, my palate would've adjudged it one of the LEAST bitter!
fairsheet
Senator
Laughing to myself, as I recall my husband and I did try making some homemade peach wine once upon a time.. was hilarious then and still is to me now after more than a decade has passed.
Totally unwise decision to cork wine before its time.. believe me -- it will explode!!
When I was a kid, one of our neighbors always had half a dozen "carboys" of berry wine percolating away in his garage. That shit was nasty..but, it was cheap.
Addy
Stand up for the people!
Ours would have turned out better if we had let it ferment longer.. some that actually did -- passed the taste test..
Some of it tasted more like vinegar.. still makes us laugh.
Purchased some winemaking books later on to learn all the things we did wrong..
Especially interesting fact.. anything that will ferment can be used for making wine! Just have to give it time!
Laughing to myself, as I recall my husband and I did try making some homemade peach wine once upon a time.. was hilarious then and still is to me now after more than a decade has passed.
Totally unwise decision to cork wine before its time.. believe me -- it will explode!!
I grew up as a brewer in a more scientific time. You measured the specific gravity of the brew before fermentation (with a device called a hydrometer), and then again a couple of times as fermentation progressed. That eliminates the "blown bottle" phenomenon as you're never bottling anything before it's fully fermented -- although you have to do a controlled re-start of that fermentation if your beverage is a sparkling one (and you're not artificially carbonating it in some way).
