There are other uses for them?My wife would probably agree with you. She's none-to-pleased that our garage freezer is now the mass-hop-storage-freezer.
There are other uses for them?My wife would probably agree with you. She's none-to-pleased that our garage freezer is now the mass-hop-storage-freezer.
My wife would probably agree with you. She's none-to-pleased that our garage freezer is now the mass-hop-storage-freezer.
Nice! Our "extra refrigerator" is now my hops storage/lagering fridge. I did have to compromise and promise to buy an upright freezer, but I get the big chest freezer for my upcoming 8 tap keezer....Ha! My “garage freezer” is now in my basement and repurposed with 5 taps! [emoji1]
According to my dad, just about any homebrewed beer I hand him is an IPA.
Amber Lager? IPA. Hefeweizen? IPA. Belgian Dubbel? IPA.
any taste characteristic outside of BMC guidelines is "too hoppy!"
Hard to tell if the bartender was joking or not particularly knowledgeable. Either way where can I get my hands on those “sour hops”?People blame everything on the hops. I was sitting in a micro brew and they had a sour on tap, the bartender (new to the industry) told the guest they used “sour hops” to get it that way.
It’s always the hops!
You wouldn’t believe how often this happens...
Hard to tell if the bartender was joking or not particularly knowledgeable. Either way where can I get my hands on those “sour hops”?
People blame everything on the hops. I was sitting in a micro brew and they had a sour on tap, the bartender (new to the industry) told the guest they used “sour hops” to get it that way.
It’s always the hops!
... told the guest they used “sour hops” to get it that way.
It’s always the hops!
@Cheesy_Goodness This was my first thought when I read that post.Sour hops sounds like so BS marketing strategy a BMC company would use
"Not only do we triple filter and cold brew our lagers, we use only the finest soured hops to balance out the bitterness."
Plus the cans change color when they're cold!
Ha! Reminds me of the time I overheard a waitress telling a customer that Troeg's Fresh Squeezed IPA got it's flavor from fresh squeezed hops!!!
@Cheesy_Goodness This was my first thought when I read that post.
My LHBS sucks. Never once saw high alcohol or sour hops. Must be a proprietary strain only available to BMC companies.
Seriously though, one of the good things about living in the Sacramento area is people tend to know beer...unless they’re pinky-out wine drinkers. Last visit to the local brewery there was a lady that was sampling tasters and kept saying “Its to hoppy, too bitter.” The bartender who is also a brew assistant asked her what she usually drank. She said wine. Without skipping a beat he said leaned in and told her “we have a special beer in back thats almost ready to tap that was aged in Chardonnay barrels. Would you like to try some?” Man, she was all over that! I’m sure next time I see her in there she’ll be commenting about the character and complexity of her NEIPA compared to a merlot. Dude sold it with those Chardonnay barrels!
i have to pull my beer nerd card and cite you: Troegs Nugget Nectar perhaps? or Deschutes Fresh Squeezed.
That would be 40 batches, or 80 cases, or 160 twelve packs, or 320 six packs a year.But with two adults we get 200 gallons.
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I think if you bought all your grain at once for the year. Maybe as a bulk spot buy. Assume 10 pounds per batch, you'd need 400 lbs of grain or 8, 55 lb bags of grain.
Yeah, I seen people here occasionally trying to get people involved in a large spot buy for a whole skid of base malt.That's easy. I've got a buddy who brews, and we're doing a bulk buy.
Really.
I'm not kidding.
My last order, a couple of months ago, was about 180 pounds of grain. One bag of 50# of 2-Row, a couple 55# bags of Maris Otter, some specialty grains, crystal, chocolate malt and chocolate wheat, some Munich--like that.
But not all for me. Most of it, but not all.
Yeah, I seen people here occasionally trying to get people involved in a large spot buy for a whole skid of base malt.
For teetotalers, seeing a skid delivered is probably less alarming than seeing a Brutus set up in a garage.
Yeah, that's I what I'd say. It'd look like you got a bunch of Scott's turf builder. If you told then it was fertilizer they'd have another thing to fear.....I just tell ‘em it’s a sack of seeds.
Yeah, that's I what I'd say. It'd look like you got a bunch of Scott's turf builder. If you told then it was fertilizer they'd have another thing to fear.....
Like your gonna do a Timothy McVeigh.
Not arguing with your main point, but, this is not a federal law. Rather, since the federal government has no constitutional authority to regulate the drinking age, they used the strategy of holding back the return of your tax money, in the form of state-level highway funding subsidization, to extort the states to all fall in line with what the feds wanted them to do. Wisconsin was the last holdout, and still has some "stop telling me what to do" intricacies on the books.
I know that entire body of law in the US is a ridiculously complex thing with more than anyone could ever learn in a lifetime, but it is always good to know the general high-level things about areas in which one is interested, so I wanted to mention this.
What!? Citation needed?
Yeah, that's I what I'd say. It'd look like you got a bunch of Scott's turf builder. If you told then it was fertilizer they'd have another thing to fear.....
Like your gonna do a Timothy McVeigh.
I was going for a Jimmy Stafford reference
The other day, a woman came up to the bar to order a beer from me.
Her: “Hi I’d like a beer but I’m not a big fan of those IPA beers with all the hops. I like light and fruity.”
Me: “Oh sure we have a few things for ya. Here, try our new mango berliner weiss, it’s not hoppy at all.”
[This stuff literally tastes like sweet mango juice.]
Her: Oh! Gosh! Oh no, not that. That’s too hoppy for me!
*The beer is literally 2 IBU!!! [emoji25]
That’s below the actual flavor threshold for hops... smh.
After that I just told her to get wine.
You wouldn’t believe how often this happens...
I get a lot of " that stuff gives me the poopys".
Yeah, that's I what I'd say. It'd look like you got a bunch of Scott's turf builder. If you told then it was fertilizer they'd have another thing to fear.....
Like your gonna do a Timothy McVeigh.
I went to the same school as him. Def don’t want neighbors thinking I got a truckload of fertilizer.
Especially since I don’t have a garden.
Upon hearing that I'm on my 26th batch since last November: "What the hell are you doing with all that beer?!?"
Asked my brother. The guy who has a keggle-based RIMS setup and a kegerator, who got me started in brewing AG in the first place yet no longer brews himself. The same guy who has just finished building a 15 gallon still and only just this week tested her out distilling 5 gallons of old homebrew. He's a member here though he's no longer active. And a complete assclown to boot.
I've already brought up the idea of making a German bierlikör, for fortifying stronger brews to make bourbon stout liquor, hops schnapps, etc. He was 'meh', somewhat receptive. Meanwhile I have my eye on a clawhammer supply copper still kit. If you want something done right....which the response would be, " I dump it down the toilet after filtering through my liver!"
the guy at the feed store told me something similar, he asked how many bags do you buy i said about 1 every other week. he said i can't believe you brew that much beer! I just thought to myself, i drink that much too!
and as far as the trial run of old homebrew get it from him to make fortified beer! i doubt he'll like it with the hops, but it makes a great fortified IPA!
I've already brought up the idea of making a German bierlikör, for fortifying stronger brews to make bourbon stout liquor, hops schnapps, etc. He was 'meh', somewhat receptive. Meanwhile I have my eye on a clawhammer supply copper still kit. If you want something done right....
“you really think you can make a beer like the big guys?” My response: “God, I hope not.”
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