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Daddy Clay

Re:What's on Tap? 2 Years ago
Kinda bummed. The root beer kit we got for my son failed. No carbonation. I loved the activity with him and would love to try again. Suggestions for a better result, oh master brewers?

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ben

Re:What's on Tap?
2 Years ago

I think we got Clay's kids' beer problems solved...

I've only had 2 in the last week, but I'm already bored to tears with the 6 pack of Rolling Rock I bought. I sent more than 5 gallons of the stout we made home with a friend. He did pay for the whole project, afterall. He bought a PartyStar draft system (scroll to the bottom of the link) that uses MiniKegs that so many breweries are packaging these days. It made it really easy to send 5 of the 8 gallons we made. I'm trying to stay away from it since it's so, so good and don't have much, especially after sending it in for competitions.

So all told, I have two empty kegs and one that's nearly empty. I think that means that we'll be making some soda soon. It requires a really high pressure in the beer system, so carbonating quickly and then packaging in bottles and minikegs seems the way to go.

Tonight's definitely a beer night.

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ben

Re:What's on Tap? 2 Years ago

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ben

Re:What's on Tap?
2 Years ago

{Choose your own expletive}

I had in my possession 8 gallons of the stout that the DL boys enjoyed so much on Thursday. A bit more than 4 gallons went with the guy who I brewed it with as well as about 20 bottles. 20 bottles stayed with me and the rest was in the keg. Well, a slow leak out of the bev-out line put the contents of the keg in the bottom of my freezer. So, after sending off to competition and a few to friends, I'm down to ten bottles and a freezer to clean out. Sucks.

To celebrate, I had bottle #5 of my six pack of Rolling Rock.

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Daddy Clay

Re:What's on Tap? 2 Years ago
I am uniquely positioned to understand the scope of this disaster. Condolences.

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groovedaddy

Re:What's on Tap? 2 Years ago
You shouldn't cry over spilt milk, but spilled beer, well, A tragedy indeed... I've recently found a wonderful beer called Innis and Gunn. Oak aged. Using old bourbon barrels. Which sparks an idea for using the oak chips from wine, in the beer mix.

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ben

Re:What's on Tap?
2 Years ago

Our club has a couple beers on oak right now. One is a Russian Imperial Stout in a Goose Island barrel. The other is for a competition in July where they gave us a Woodford Reserve barrel to age beer in. We'll turn in a corny of it for the competition and that will be served at the award banquet. That beer is a Scottish Wee Heavy. I'm working on getting a couple bourbon barrels and a couple chardonnay barrels for my cave. I have a couple recipes that could stand some oak aging. Of course it's something very different to do them in 60 gallon batches. But I have some inside connections to get access that I'm working. We'll see.

Last night's club meeting before the game was good. Must have been 20 beers brought in. None really bad. I think my stout took the consensus title, though. There were some great beers shared, though.

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ben

Re:What's on Tap?
1 Year, 11 Months ago

Had a lot to drink this weekend. Let's start with the wine.

Some weird German Semi-sweet Red at the Bavarian Inn in Frankenmuth, MI, on Saturday evening.

Arcadia IPA from Arcadia Brewing somewhere in Michigan. Nice stuff.

Sam Adams Coastal Wheat and Noble Pils.

Those were all Friday at the Motel. An honest to Gawd MOTEL. The beers.

Saturday and Sunday:
11 English Milds, none very good.
10 Porters of varying strengths
6 Spice, Herb, Vegetable beers, assorted varieties.
8 Belgian Strong Ales
12 beer Best of Show flight for Belgian Strong
9 beer BoS flight for SHV.

Beer judging isn't always fun. There were some real losers in there.

But I sent in four and took awards with three. The Cider got a gold metal. The Biere de Garde got Gold. The stout got an Honorable Mention. It would have won it's category if I'd carbonated it better.

Nice weekend for beverages.

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Daddy Clay

Re:What's on Tap?
1 Year, 11 Months ago

@ben

Impressive, Ben. Very impressive.

And congrats on the performance of your own brews, though no big surprise there, based on my own tasting.

Actually had some decent beer this weekend. Bought some for a party that nobody drank.

Speaking of this party, it was a BYOB event for all the parents in my kid's grade. I was amazed how much of what people brought was imported (esp. French) and how little was traditional varietals (Cab, Merlot, Chard). Is that just because you bring cheaper stuff to bring to a BYOB party? Or is this a general consumer trend?

And these folks put away some wine. We went through a case in less than two hours.

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jonw

Re:What's on Tap?
1 Year, 11 Months ago

I've brewed a few batches myself. Some good, most not so good. I even went so far as to buy the domain brewingcommunity.com. Had a forum up for a while but I couldn't create enough content to keep it going. I decided that the professionals brew was much better than mine so now I just enjoy other people masterpieces.

That Sam Adams Noble Pilsner is one I find myself ordering a lot lately. I used to really enjoy the darker triple IPA's etc but lately the lighter more refreshing beers are what I'm picking up.

Wish I had a group of people near me who brewed, I'd probably find myself brewing more often. Good luck with the brewing, let us know if you want to send some fellow dadlab members some samples

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ben

Re:What's on Tap?
1 Year, 11 Months ago

Of course, this is a borrowed image.

Sort of an Englamerican IPA. English in intensity but American hops for flavor and aroma. I like it.

My after dinner drink tonight, left over from last weekend's beer blitz.

I don't think I had any of the Noble Pils last weekend, even though we has a six pack and a "Brewmaster's Collection" that had two bottles. I did have the Coastal Wheat. Lots of good comments about the Noble Pils. I should get some.
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Last Edit: 2010/02/26 00:25 By ben.

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Argoscribe

Re:What's on Tap?
1 Year, 11 Months ago

I've been cutting down on the drink but when I indulge I'll hit this bad boy: www.innisandgunn.com/thebeer_newproducts.htm

Aged in oak barrels and a clean taste. The Rum Cask edition came out this past holiday season as a special promotion. Best thing I've ever drank.

If you can find it in your local beer store - give it a try - its imported from Scotland. Stay away from their "Blonde" - or at the very least don't let that be your first try with this gift from the Gods.

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ben

Re:What's on Tap? 1 Year, 11 Months ago
I sent a request to get some Innis & Gunn from one of our premier liquor stores. Looking them up on RateBeer, only one got a decent review. We'll see how well he can get me some Triple Matured Strong Ale. It appears that their distribution is mostly UK and Canada. So it made a nice challenge for him.

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Argoscribe

Re:What's on Tap? 1 Year, 11 Months ago
Benefits of being Canadian I guess - never hard to find the stuff - I'd be interested in your critique should you get your hands on some.

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halldur

Re:What's on Tap?
1 Year, 11 Months ago

I stopped by the "Kate the Great" festivities over at the Portsmouth Brewery after I got out of work this morning (9:30am) to see if I might be able to sneak in and grab a couple bottles. They had sold out of the tickets for the opportunity to buy bottles at 4:30am! And there were a couple hundred people waiting in line to get into the pub for the 11:37am tapping of the kegs. People were also trading and selling their fresh bottles for obscene amounts (I heard someone say $80). Craziness! It's just one of those things I'll never quite have the patience for. I love beer and everything but, to camp out in line overnight for 2 bottles of beer is a little much. But it's supposed to be one of the best beers in the world, so... Check out last year's festivities.

Last Edit: 2010/03/01 18:52 By halldur.

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