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#41 positiveContact

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Posted 20 January 2015 - 08:48 AM

I dont think you understand that I really prefer a dry beer. :) But yes. I understand everything you are saying. 

 

how dry are you talking?  I very rarely go below 1.010.



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Posted 20 January 2015 - 08:50 AM

how dry are you talking?  I very rarely go below 1.010.

really?  I like some of my IPA's and hoppy pale ales to be around 1.008 or even a hint lower.



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Posted 20 January 2015 - 08:53 AM

really?  I like some of my IPA's and hoppy pale ales to be around 1.008 or even a hint lower.

 

yeah - I get worried about lack of body.  I can't remember what the drez pale ale finished at but it was at the low end for me but still delicious.  I should probably take note of that and maybe try pushing things a little drier sometimes just to see what I think.



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Posted 20 January 2015 - 08:56 AM

yeah - I get worried about lack of body.  I can't remember what the drez pale ale finished at but it was at the low end for me but still delicious.  I should probably take note of that and maybe try pushing things a little drier sometimes just to see what I think.

From what you sent me "FG was 1.008." 



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Posted 20 January 2015 - 09:01 AM

From what you sent me "FG was 1.008." 

 

that beer is one in a million :lol:



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Posted 20 January 2015 - 09:23 AM

that beer is one in a million :lol:

I know .. it is a really good beer :P



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Posted 20 January 2015 - 10:06 AM

really? I like some of my IPA's and hoppy pale ales to be around 1.008 or even a hint lower.

I don't make IPAs, but I shoot for 1.008-1.010 for most beers. Of course I almost never start above 1.048 and often lower. I always had trouble with warm mashes finishing sweet. One of the reasons I like a beta to alpha step is that I can control body, but the beer doesn't finish sweet.

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Posted 20 January 2015 - 11:29 AM

I don't make IPAs, but I shoot for 1.008-1.010 for most beers. Of course I almost never start above 1.048 and often lower.I always had trouble with warm mashes finishing sweet. One of the reasons I like a beta to alpha step is that I can control body, but the beer doesn't finish sweet.

 

Might have to try this with that 3.5% Pils. 



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Posted 20 January 2015 - 11:32 AM

Might have to try this with that 3.5% Pils. 

 

I'm considering giving it a shot on the ayinger dunkel clone.  I think doing a single step up should be doable by infusion for me.  On a beer like this I'd like to sparge as minimally as possible.



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Posted 20 January 2015 - 06:52 PM

I probably don't have to post this but it might be fun to lay out some truths and envision the look on some of your faces. :DI am not a very good example of a homebrewer. I never really make a beer over 6%. I don't make stouts, IPAs, porters or Belgians. I don't make beers where the IBUs are over 50 or so. I keep my beer glasses in the freezer and I serve my beer relatively cold. No, it's not the coldest beer in the world but it's cold. I make light lagers. I make more lagers than ales. I make 5% gold beers with IBUs in the mid 20s. I may align with a few here that do this but probably not many. I don't even mind if the term "homebrewer" didn't apply to me. I would go for "beermaker" or even "a guy that makes beer". That would be fine with me. The truth is that most of these preferences work well for anyone that may be at my house drinking my beer. Yes, some people might come and ask for something bigger or hoppier and some may also bristle at my American Amber Ale with it's dark-amber color and 40 IBUs. But... I sure have fun brewing beer and having fresh beer on tap at home! Cheers Beerheads.

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Posted 20 January 2015 - 07:03 PM

You make beer? Yes! And crazy amounts of it you sic homebrewin' bastard you! :)



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Posted 20 January 2015 - 07:49 PM

You make beer? Yes! And crazy amounts of it you sic homebrewin' bastard you! :)

Yup! I don't think I have ever seen anyone say you are not a homebrewer if you don't make "popular" beers. Ken is indeed a homebrewer!

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Posted 20 January 2015 - 07:55 PM

I probably don't have to post this but it might be fun to lay out some truths and envision the look on some of your faces. :DI am not a very good example of a homebrewer. I never really make a beer over 6%. I don't make stouts, IPAs, porters or Belgians. I don't make beers where the IBUs are over 50 or so. I keep my beer glasses in the freezer and I serve my beer relatively cold. No, it's not the coldest beer in the world but it's cold. I make light lagers. I make more lagers than ales. I make 5% gold beers with IBUs in the mid 20s. I may align with a few here that do this but probably not many. I don't even mind if the term "homebrewer" didn't apply to me. I would go for "beermaker" or even "a guy that makes beer". That would be fine with me. The truth is that most of these preferences work well for anyone that may be at my house drinking my beer. Yes, some people might come and ask for something bigger or hoppier and some may also bristle at my American Amber Ale with it's dark-amber color and 40 IBUs. But... I sure have fun brewing beer and having fresh beer on tap at home! Cheers Beerheads.

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Posted 21 January 2015 - 08:06 AM

I probably don't have to post this but it might be fun to lay out some truths and envision the look on some of your faces. :DI am not a very good example of a homebrewer. I never really make a beer over 6%. I don't make stouts, IPAs, porters or Belgians. I don't make beers where the IBUs are over 50 or so. I keep my beer glasses in the freezer and I serve my beer relatively cold. No, it's not the coldest beer in the world but it's cold. I make light lagers. I make more lagers than ales. I make 5% gold beers with IBUs in the mid 20s. I may align with a few here that do this but probably not many. I don't even mind if the term "homebrewer" didn't apply to me. I would go for "beermaker" or even "a guy that makes beer". That would be fine with me. The truth is that most of these preferences work well for anyone that may be at my house drinking my beer. Yes, some people might come and ask for something bigger or hoppier and some may also bristle at my American Amber Ale with it's dark-amber color and 40 IBUs. But... I sure have fun brewing beer and having fresh beer on tap at home! Cheers Beerheads.

 

 

Do you even dry hop, bro?



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Posted 21 January 2015 - 09:06 AM

Do you even dry hop, bro?

Occasionally. I plan to try to get better at it.

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Posted 23 January 2015 - 06:48 AM

I almost never say anything until asked or someone else starts the conversation about beer.

I'm very much like this. Your average BMC drinkers don't seem to understand my obsession with good beer, so I just order what I want and don't talk about it unless asked.Whale Hunting is a big deal to a lot of folks in my area. Rare and limited release stuff flies off of shelves around here. You have little hope of acquiring limited release stuff unless you are in tight with a bottle shop owner, as a lot of stuff is sold before it ever hits the shelves. It's not uncommon to have people waiting in line for hours to buy some latest release thing, and I've even heard of people following the distributor's truck from store to store to try and buy the limited quantity at each store. I just don't get it. Rare and high alcohol seems to be what's important to the whale hunter types. Look at the top beer advocate beers, they are all limited release, hard to get stuff. If Heady Topper went to a larger production and was easy to acquire, it would fall off of that list very quickly.

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Posted 23 January 2015 - 06:52 AM

 If Heady Topper went to a larger production and was easy to acquire, it would fall off of that list very quickly.

 

They are opening a second brewery in Stowe.  I do not see it going anywhere on those lists any time soon. 



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Posted 23 January 2015 - 07:36 AM

They are opening a second brewery in Stowe. I do not see it going anywhere on those lists any time soon.

I'm talking national or at least regional distribution


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