Drinking Homebrew - January 2016

Really enjoying my 1st all-grain brew...its my "Treehouse IPA Clone v2.0" done w/ Amarillo/Citra/El Dorado and WY1318.

It held up well in a blind aroma/taste showdown vs. Green...my better half said she "loved them both" and she actually identified mine as the TH brew. There's still a few tweaks that I'd like to do for v3.0 to get the taste/mouthfeel a little closer (slightly less boil/bittering hops, more whirlpool & dry hops, slightly tweaking the hop bill), but its cool to make such a tasty brew!!!

(*also, need to work a bit on decreasing the amount of hop sediment that makes it to the glass...my beer is on the left)

 

Big thanks to @VikeMan for helping me get my stout to taste like a chocolate stout and not a sour stout.

First pour off my first all grain stout. 7.35% Chocolate stout, cocoa powder added so head retention isn't a problem. Still early but already tasting good!

 

Is a treehouse clone or a green clone? i ask because of you're trying to clone Green I thought it used a lot of Galaxy hops.

 

A bitter I made in July. Held up well, hops have dropped off but no taste of oxidation yet.

 

A bit too aggressive pour (distracted by oldest son), of the Averagely Perfect Saison.

It's anything but "average," great brew.

 

I rarely drink any beer above 8% but this intrigues the hell out of me.

 

Bottled some Cherry Rye Sour tonight and some Hoppy stuff too. Had to pour myself some before hookin up the Beergun.

 

RIS with Kate the great grain bill and Chinook hops. Delicious. Got a couple yeasties going. San Diego super and the new Burlington ale yeast. Should be interesting

 

My “Prime Time” smoked porter finished and is drinking so nicely! I used 9oz of Beechwood smoked malt in the grain bill which ended up being a bit more intense than I expected for the %, however, I am very happy with it because the flavor is really delicious... It should only get better with a little more age on it and the smoke just mellows out a tad to better balance some of the roast character from the black patent and chocolate malt.

Only 5.1% ABV, but I mashed higher at 156-157F and the addition of oats into the mash made for a very nice, heavier mouthfeel for the ABV… It drinks like a bigger beer than 5.1%, which I really dig.

Very happy with how this one turned out.

 

Just my attempt at a TH-style big juicy fruit bomb hazy New England IPA. All I had at the time was a Green to compare it to for appearance and general aroma/taste. According to their website, Green uses Australian (most likely Galaxy from taste/aroma) and American Hops.

Now that I think I have the general base recipe in shape, I'm going to start experimenting more with the hop combos...

 

New batch of RIS 20 days old and. Smooth

 

Is it a bit like sorachi ace in the way it tastes like coconut?

 

Of the last three sorachi ace harvests I've got my hands on, two were distinctly lemony-coconutty and the other had the dill as you mention with much less coconut

I guess it's different how we all perceive certain flavours

Just cracked open my well hopped bitter from a couple of months ago that has not cleared. No idea what I did wrong but it's still tasty enough

 

First pour from my first kegged homebrew - a dark mild. Still a bit undercarbed but very enjoyable! I fermented with Wyeast 1968 and it finished and dropped after 48 hours - that was 2 weeks ago. It's going to be hard to hold back to see how this develops.

 

Friend bought his first homebrew kit and I helped him brew it. Changed the hop schedule and fermented it in my fridge. Turned out very well. Cascade and centinnel hopped pale ale. Very clean with citrus and floral hop notes. What a big difference fermentation temp control is. My first pale ale without temp control was twangy and estery. This is sooo clean.

 

Ahhhhh, my contant struggle. I need more kegs. The stout I just kegged I want to wait at least two weeks before really drinking it. A week in and I've poured @10 glasses.

Looks good! Enjoy your draft beer, it seems to drink itself.

 

Thanks! Brewing up a Galaxy IPA tomorrow with US-05. I'm hoping to do a NE IPA with London III soon and I've been following your experiences lately. Appreciate all the details!