It's April -- what homebrews are you drinking?

Centennial bomb v2. Dry hopped in the keg at room temperature for four days and been in the kegerator for almost 2 weeks. This is essentially a two hearted clone. Due to very cool basement ambient temperature (as low as 57f) it was fermented a bit too cold for us05. Tastes pretty good so far. Dry hop aroma isnt as intense as I expected and i swear I'm picking up a slight smokiness, maybe due to my low temps. Anyone experience this with us05 when fermenting cold? Hit all my numbers regardless just not quite as bright tasting as when I brewed this last may.

 

Red rocket Irish red. 4.9%. love this beer. Absolute complex malt bomb. Brewed in January, kegged in mid February and drinking well

 

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A SMaSH lager made with W34/70, ale malt from The Swaen and 4 1/2 oz of Galaxy hops. It started out too grassy and a little minty but now that it's been in the keg a month it is getting super tasty.

 

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Got into a 2016 Homebrewed Imperial Stout that I bottled off of the keg. The keg was nice and roasty, chocolate with dark fruit notes. The bottles sat at cellar temps for 4 months. Open with a burst of carbonation... Ot Oh... Funky ass, tart cherry bomb! Nice lactic sour, thinner body than the original. Really nice drinking "Sour Stout" As long as the bottles don't blow, we might have a winner on our hands folks!

Cheers

 

Went back for more Gormy Topper and shared with pals. They seem to,like it,,,,, except for the cloud of hop particles, pansies!

 

I have 5 Muttweizen (almost, but not quite dunkel) left from November. This batch went fast as it was one of the best I've done to date.

 

Recipe?

 

This is the Ale i did with 6 ale yeasts at 50 degs. Finished nice from 1.060 to 1.014.

 

I am trying to finish up my winter warmer, FYI not a good yard work beer. Thought about long term storage but I have never kept a beer that long so I don't know how it would turn out next winter.

Also have some Blackberry Irish Red, and some Hefeweizen brewed with 15% Rye, which are much more suited to the early spring.

 

T-58,THAMES VALLEY,US05,WYEAST 1318,OYL-052,WLP-029

 

Ended up getting a bronze medal in the Ameri-funk category with this one! It was judged exactly one year after bottling.

Awry - 100% brett Rye Saison, with Amarillo and Galaxy

 

I know this sounds suspect, but I don't remember where I kept the recipe. It was partial mash extract recipe I came up with with some crystal 40, chocolate malt, pale 6 row, a bag of light DME, wheat DME, tettnang, and white labs German wheat yeast.

I could kick myself for misplacing the recipe. It was great, just a deep red/brown color with a touch of sweetness and banana esters. I think a big key in that batch was not making a starter and pitching and fermenting around 76F. ABV was around 4.9%. If I can remember where I saved the recipe I'll make sure to share.

 

Just took a swig of DDH juicy bits clone from the bottling bucket. After picking the hop particles out of my teeth, it's more resinous than I expected, but it's fruity as hell too.

 

Saison I brewed 17 days ago with Belgian Saison (the dreaded Dupont). It was actually a 90% Belgian Saison/10% French Saison blend that I got a pitch from a local brewery for. Aroma is citrus, earth, spice, and floral. Taste is tart, dry, pepper, citrus, and mild bitterness with spritzy carbonation. Damn tasty beer.

 

Nugget IPA

 

One of my favorite beers is Founders Breakfast Stout, so I used the BYO recipe. Got better efficiency than usual and great attenuation so I ended up with a much bigger version. The good thing is I get no heat and it's surprisingly drinkable just like the real thing. Really close to the original. Sweet chocolate and that fresh ground coffee. When it's first poured cold out of the keg it remind me of cold brew coffee.

Calling it RDWHA FBS Clone because I used 3 month old crushed grain, @ 1 month old repitched yeast, pitched my yeast too warm @70 and didn't use oxygen because my canister ran out. Despite all that this beer is killer and even with the abv it's going to go fast.