Craziest Homebrew

I thought you said that one tasted more like pumpkin than pumpkin does.

 

It was actually. I aerated it with a bike pump, still didn't turn out quite like I wanted.

 

My first solo homebrew was a 1.068 IPA with no better way to chill than a snow bank, no yeast starter, and no fermentation temperature control.... pretty freakin crazy. Oh and I moved it to a secondary to dry hop. Wild!

 

I forgot to mention that ive also fermented a gose using pickle lees and juice

 

Eff that. My first home brew was a 120 min IPA clone that I brewed drunk using paper towel to light my burners. I then threw pancakes in it and took a shower in it...

 

4.5% hoppy black ale with brett.

 

I use one of those crazystraws.

 

Would that work better than blowing into my tubing right before I suck start my siphon?

 

The more purposes you find for a piece of equipment the better off you are!
Edit, it triples as a wine thief!

 

Hmmm... probably the "craziest" beer that I've done was a Milo Pale Ale (which is not that weird, considering Milo is basically Chocolate + Malt).

I've been conducting my crazy experiements so far as "pure" wines in order to get a feel of how they ferment and taste separately. So far I've done: Spearmint, Walnut, Milk, and Carrot, along with some different fruit (cumquat, tangello, loganberry, quince)

 

Did a smoked dark IPA a ways back that would have been decent if I didn't use peat smoked malt. Those phenolics there killed anything else. I want to try that again with more tweaking of recipe.

 

A snickers stout, we put 15 full size Snickers bars in the boil.

 

Apple ale that I later pitch a lactose smack pack into. Haven't tried it yet bc it's still working.

 

Brett Saison aged on peaches and juniper berries and juniper wood cubes. Tastes awesome so far, bottling this weekend.

 

Satisfied with the result?

 

Yea it was pretty good, I'd change it up for next time but still a great beer.

 

What was it like?

I think this wins the thread.

 

It's nice and roasty and can def taste the chocolate and peanuts, I wish it had more Carmel in it though.

 

What did the bottom of your kettle look like?

 

I wish I would of took pictures of it, it wasnt terrible, there was a lot of peanuts covered in hops.

Here is proof of the snickers going in.