Right down the street from my house is a great little 'working' 1800's farmhouse complete with a garden tended to by volunteers. They have livestock and tours and a playground nearby - lots of fun for the kids to run around. A few weeks ago, I happened to notice giant hops plants and cones in...
It may have been stated already, but from a food/beverage quality and sanitation perspective, there is no way the distributor would put that beer back out into society by selling or redistributing it. So, you are doing the beer a favor by consuming it as it was already getting flushed anyway...
BINGO!!!
Nemleu,
Ever had a problem getting the heat to hold with age?
Seems based on your post tho, that you have actually never had a problem with age...
I followed Nemleu's suggestion of making a tincture. Did about 6 japs and a cayenne in some Tito's and tasted a couple of times while mixing in but before bottling to make sure my heat was proper...then just dumped all the juice into the beer and prematurely had the first one last night with...
drank my first bottle last night and got what seemed like a punch in the mouth of grapefruit. Not what I was expecting, but then again I don't know what I was expecting as I have never had ZD.
I liked it and can't imagine it will last long. Want to give it another few days of conditioning...
Brewed today - very close to page 1 recipe...I did BIAB and changed the hops additions slightly just to make it a bit simpler
Forgot my yeast nutrient as I was adding so many hops there at the end :(
LOVE the smell.
Third girl should arrive on the scene any day now.
4.5 yrs, 2.5 yrs and then the new one... I have started brewing beer and cleaning my guns both on a regular basis.