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#21 Steve Urquell

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Posted 10 July 2016 - 04:33 AM

sounds like an awesome time!

 

I have to admit though - if I wanted something as light bodied as that I might just buy a case of coors light or something similar.  it's so damn cheap to buy and easy to mess up as a homebrewer.  but it's also cool to see if you could do it so well done there :cheers:

I think I may have had $10 in the whole batch (65 beers)after reusing the yeast in multi-batches. Just mainly the time component. I probably won't rebrew the adjunct version of this beer b/c I don't enjoy the flavor of it but the all pils version with S-189 is very nice. Light beer with malt sweetness and aroma. Something you can't get commercially.

 

It's also about the experience people get from pulling their own pints from a keg and the fact that they can enjoy homebrewed beer. I get as much enjoyment from sharing as I do from imbibing. No ragrets. :frank:



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Posted 10 July 2016 - 05:15 AM

I think I may have had $10 in the whole batch (65 beers)after reusing the yeast in multi-batches. Just mainly the time component. I probably won't rebrew the adjunct version of this beer b/c I don't enjoy the flavor of it but the all pils version with S-189 is very nice. Light beer with malt sweetness and aroma. Something you can't get commercially.

 

It's also about the experience people get from pulling their own pints from a keg and the fact that they can enjoy homebrewed beer. I get as much enjoyment from sharing as I do from imbibing. No ragrets. :frank:

 

I mainly look at time spent vs the cost of a similar commercial product.  most of the beer I make is hoppy stuff which is crazy expensive to buy so it makes a lot of sense there.

 

but I make lagers too, just generally going for something with a little more body/flavor than coors.  something with 100% pils is a lot nicer than coors I would think.  maybe coors banquet is a better beer than I thought.



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Posted 10 July 2016 - 09:41 AM

just want to make sure chils knows I'm not being disparaging here.  I think it's pretty impressive he can make that beer without any flaws showing through.

 

eta:  I also don't have many people that really like lagers drinking my beer.  they are never that enthused about my lagers.  to them it's pretty tasteless.  I like them though.


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Posted 10 July 2016 - 09:41 AM

I think I may have had $10 in the whole batch (65 beers)after reusing the yeast in multi-batches. Just mainly the time component. I probably won't rebrew the adjunct version of this beer b/c I don't enjoy the flavor of it but the all pils version with S-189 is very nice. Light beer with malt sweetness and aroma. Something you can't get commercially.

It's also about the experience people get from pulling their own pints from a keg and the fact that they can enjoy homebrewed beer. I get as much enjoyment from sharing as I do from imbibing. No ragrets. :frank:

yeah, I have to giveaway a large portion of my brews, And I like the feedback I get, good and otherwise. Im in the low cost, primitive equipment camp too, so my costs are relatively low, even given amortizing costs of equipment. For adjunct, if I use any, Ive found that the bane of Southerners existance, instant Quaker white grits, are virtually flavorless.

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Posted 10 July 2016 - 04:12 PM

just want to make sure chils knows I'm not being disparaging here. I think it's pretty impressive he can make that beer without any flaws showing through.

eta: I also don't have many people that really like lagers drinking my beer. they are never that enthused about my lagers. to them it's pretty tasteless. I like them though.

No offense taken. What's strange is when I always brewed hoppy ales I could never taste the yeast character in any beer, lager or otherwise. Since I started focusing on lagers my palate has become very sensitive to small nuances. I still brew and love hoppy beer and usually buy IIPA when I buy beer but can now appreciate subtle flavors, especially on batches I've brewed repeatedly. Oh, and of macro lagers, Banquet is my favorite.

yeah, I have to giveaway a large portion of my brews, And I like the feedback I get, good and otherwise. Im in the low cost, primitive equipment camp too, so my costs are relatively low, even given amortizing costs of equipment. For adjunct, if I use any, Ive found that the bane of Southerners existance, instant Quaker white grits, are virtually flavorless.

I use corn starch when I want to lighten the body a bit. Minimal flavor contribution, cheap, converts easily, and no glop in the tun. On my adjunct beer I felt that the corn and rice took away too much malt flavor.

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Posted 08 August 2016 - 06:14 PM

Brewing this one again tomorrow. I'll take back what I said about this one being like Coors Banquet. When I floated this keg I bought a case of Banquet for a get together. My beer was much more flavorful and Banquet had something DMSish going on.


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