What Homebrew Are You Drinking - September Edition

Azacca's Promise.

 

Testing the simple Pilsner. Wish i could of lagered it longer then 30 days.

 

Y new dipa dubbed "stupid" so many hops malts and different wood species its stupid

 

Took my blonde recipe and subed in golden promise for Pilsner and added 1/2 oz of dry hops. Still super drinkable but has a little more to it. Is there a better base malt than GP?

 

Nothing complicated, i am a newbie brewer and even more newbie all-grain. On tap I have a SMaSH IPA with Maris Otter malt, Galaxy hops, and Vermont Ale Yeast (6% ABV).
Smells of pineapple and mango. Tastes of mild stone fruit and finishes dry. As you can see it is quite hazy. Very drinkable and light to medium bodied. I am enjoying this one quite a bit!

 

Apologies for the large photo. I know I will never get a photographer job any time soon!

Classic American Pilsner. Winning the seal of approval for September family get-togethers, plus I still enjoy it as well.

 

Having an 11+% all Citra Wild (644) IIPA...the tropical flavors are almost too intense!

 

Love the Raspberry Pints setup with pool balls. I replaced my tap numbers with (numbered) glassware images appropriate to the style. But rather than hack the database and risk crashing RP, I hacked the .html and when I tap a new style, I swap out the image file for that tap number.

 

My new Amber Saison (100% Brett, 3 strain house blend). Crisp and dry, yet malty. Mild spicy hop notes and pepper in the finish with a rye bite.
Paired it with ham, sauteed squash, and a hefe beer cheese au grautin purple cauliflower.

 

Houblon Chouffe Lite and Patersbier*



*Note to Self: These beers drink quickly . . . get camera ready before pouring.

 

American Pale Ale. 5.6% ABV. Finally got a brew under 6% as my efficiency has increased with the last three brew days. Loving this weather and this deliciousness.

 

Nice looking Northeast style.

I'm confused by this statement. All other things being equal, higher mash/brewhouse efficiency will result in a higher ABV, not lower. Or do you mean some other sort of efficiency?

 

Sort of speaking backwards like Yoda... All my previous attempts at a pale between 4.5%-6% have come out closer to 6.8%-7% based on my increased efficiency because I added more malt to account for mid 60s% efficiency but the actual brew day ended up in the lower 70s% efficiency... finally adjusted my malt bill for this increased efficiency and got in the mid 5%ABV.

 

I was confused, as well. But I think he means the increase in efficiency on his previous three brews led to >6%. But he finally accounted for the efficiency increase on this fourth attempt.

 

Also, the "NE" style is a go-to for my pales and IPAs... but as an Iowa boy, Toppling Goliath mastered this style before I had heard of Heady, Julius, Headroom and the like, Midwest style

 

Recipe creator/sand-bagger on steroids

 

4 years ago today, I brewed this oaked American barleywine. Sadly, this is the last of the batch. Wish I had saved a case of these til now! sweet, smooth, oaky and boozy

 

On top a biscuit and wheat malt IPA dry hopped like mad with Citra and Amarillo. Bottom a French style farmhouse ale with Jarrylo dry hopping.