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Sept 2, 2008 5:27:35 GMT -5
Post by ohiorganic on Sept 2, 2008 5:27:35 GMT -5
There are a lot of wheat beers around-anything called a hefe wisen is a wheat beer, and there are others. beer would get a lot cheaper if they would go over to all wheat as wheat is a lot more common than barley which has been problematic the past 5 or 6 years due to crop failures in some parts of the world and in other parts of the world (Canada) fewer and fewer farmers growing it because of gov't price fixing.
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Sept 2, 2008 6:44:01 GMT -5
Post by flowerpower on Sept 2, 2008 6:44:01 GMT -5
Landarc, how many varieties from Ommegang did they have? That 3 Philosophers is nice. I will be tasting there next Sunday.  |
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Sept 2, 2008 14:51:54 GMT -5
Post by landarc on Sept 2, 2008 14:51:54 GMT -5
Just the one FP, Omageddon. That might have to do with the fact that the guy carries a very small selection of beers and ales. Although he did like the bottle of Pliny the Elder I gave him in hopes of getting him hooked into carrying it also.
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Sept 3, 2008 6:47:51 GMT -5
Post by flowerpower on Sept 3, 2008 6:47:51 GMT -5
I see all the Pumpkin Ales and Oktoberfests have hit the shelves. I like the Pump Ales as long as they don't overdo it on the spices.
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Sept 3, 2008 8:21:05 GMT -5
Post by bluelacedredhead on Sept 3, 2008 8:21:05 GMT -5
Pumpkin ale?? Is this a Cooperstown special for the Worlds WeighIn?? LOL
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Sept 3, 2008 10:34:16 GMT -5
Post by landarc on Sept 3, 2008 10:34:16 GMT -5
Pumpkin Ale, funny enough, some of those don't even have pumpkin in them. I think they are nice as a novelty, but, not something I would want more than once a year.
Someone, I think Clark, should start a string about how to brew so that we can get Alan into this. Winter is coming and he needs something to do to keep him out of trouble. On an aside, I have had two guys offer to start buying beer from me. What a compliment. Just goes to show you how much better fresh homebrew is compared to store bought.
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Sept 3, 2008 11:31:11 GMT -5
Post by Jim on Sept 3, 2008 11:31:11 GMT -5
I can start a thread but mostly I know about brewing from extracts. I've never started with grains. But I can definitly help out.
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Sept 3, 2008 17:18:43 GMT -5
Post by landarc on Sept 3, 2008 17:18:43 GMT -5
To be honest, I think the all grain brewing is gonna produce better beer, but, I brew extract currently and the beer is great. Other than for making some of the beers that do not translate to extract (such as oatmeal stout) I think making extract is good for most folks. I am gonna try a mini-mash brew next, just cause I want that oatmeal stout.
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Sept 3, 2008 20:07:47 GMT -5
Post by Alan on Sept 3, 2008 20:07:47 GMT -5
I am definetly jealous of you guys, but I plan on hitting this hard as soon as I get the money to do so. Not on a commercial home brew scale, just on personal use scale. I'm really interested in growing sustainably as many of the ingredients that I will use as I can. I do like wheat beer and I can grow wheat, so that's a plus. Any suggestions as far as ingredients and different brews that I can make from things grown here on the farm?
I saw a beer brewing starter kit on one of the sites linked on here for $475, is it worth it?
Thanks for the help guys!
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Sept 4, 2008 7:32:28 GMT -5
Post by Jim on Sept 4, 2008 7:32:28 GMT -5
Alan,
You need not spend $475. My brew kettle is a old beer keg with the top made into a lid. You can make some of your own equipt. As far as ingredients. You can grow your own wheat obviously, think flavor additives. Cherries for cherry wheat ale ect....hops for sure.
Jim
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Oct 26, 2008 12:41:10 GMT -5
Post by landarc on Oct 26, 2008 12:41:10 GMT -5
I brewed again! Actually, I just put up a hard cider into bottles about a week ago. An empty fermenter is a bad thing. So I brewed up a Chocolate Oatmeal Stout. I pitched a yeast starter made from my previous oak conditioned red ale batch.I also used this yeast for my cider, it added a nice very subtle oak and hop aroma to the cider.
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Oct 31, 2008 18:17:03 GMT -5
Post by Jim on Oct 31, 2008 18:17:03 GMT -5
I'm thirsty now...thanks
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Oct 31, 2008 18:34:40 GMT -5
Post by landarc on Oct 31, 2008 18:34:40 GMT -5
No problems, man, I am here to serve.
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Nov 1, 2008 15:25:48 GMT -5
Post by plantsnobin on Nov 1, 2008 15:25:48 GMT -5
Alan, Worm's Way in Bloomington has home brewing supplies. On hwy 37, just a little bit north of town actually.
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Nov 19, 2008 4:28:45 GMT -5
Post by ohiorganic on Nov 19, 2008 4:28:45 GMT -5
Last night my Husband, who does the brewing, brought in pans of barley and put them in the oven to toast (it was a 350F oven with a cookie sheet of various winter squashes already in). He toasted the whole grains for about 45 minutes, stirring them about every 12 minutes. Than he crushed them and put them into a big 5 gallon SS pot with distilled water and green hops from the freezer (he does not dry his hops, harvests them green and freezes them. I now know this is called wet hopping). He boiled this wort long after I went to bed and I supposed he cooled it down by putting it outside where it is below freezing.
The house smells like a brewery
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