I get not feeling it. I typically brew in spurts. Two brews at a time every few weeks. Rest awhile. Enjoy the results. But I always keep coming back to the brew pot. :D
Well Widmer bros is a classic. Not really a brewpub, but they have plenty of beer, hookah and cheese and meat plates at this place called the Pied Cow. Very Portlandy. I think you'll enjoy it.
I agree with LKAbrewer. Keep it carbing another few weeks. I've experienced initially watery mouthfeel brews, only to enjoy a fuller body after waiting a month or so. Time, I believe, may be a factor here.
Cool. Makes sense when you explain it that way. Tonight, after gently shaking and adding a few billion yeast cells yesterday, it is happily bubbling away.
So I brewed my Chimay Blue clone last weekend and when I checked on it a few days later I was surprised to find that water from the blowoff bowl I use was waaaay up in the tube (like 6 inches of water) reaching vertically out of the bowl up the tube leading back to the carboy. Also, no signs of...
Haha! Guess we can cook with some of the storebought stuff we have lying around. Although that's not going to be replenished. One of my New Year's resolutions was to drink only homebrew at home (i'll buy a beer or whatever when I'm out with friends but not at home).
Love when a little time...
So I brewed a Red Hook ESB clone all grain kit last month with some buddies. Typically don't drink more than one or two when I'm brewing but with the fellas...we put some back.
Well, I made a miscalculation for the final water addition after getting the wort cooled off. Turns out I didn't add...