Experimental Brewing Forum

[Denny]

Drew Beechum and I are co-authoring a book called "Experimental Brewing", due to be published next spring. We've set up a forum/blog at experimentalbrew.com for you to share your experiments and thoughts on the topic. We'd love to hear about experiments you've done, or want to do, or what kind of topics you'd like to see covered. Let us know and you may end up in the book!

 

[Mongrel]

bad link. Just http://www.experimentalbrew.com

 

[Revvy]

What is your guys definition of "experimental brewing?" Is it ingredients, or techniques, or hardware in an unconventional way that makes it so?

I mean, it's not too uncommon for me, as you can see by many of my threads, to use unconventional ingredients (like ginger snaps in the mash tun) but to me that's not necessarily "experimental" as much as just taking an ingredient that still is essentially nothing by sugar in cookie from.

Or is flavoring my priming sugar with ginger root "experimental" or using sugar that has had vanilla beans infused in it?

I think it's a great idea, but I'm wondering what your parameters are?

 

[capnjb]

I fermented two liters of Red Bull. There should be an entire chapter on why NOT to do that.

*shudder*

 

[Denny]

What is your guys definition of "experimental brewing?" Is it ingredients, or techniques, or hardware in an unconventional way that makes it so?

I mean, it's not too uncommon for me, as you can see by many of my threads, to use unconventional ingredients (like ginger snaps in the mash tun) but to me that's not necessarily "experimental" as much as just taking an ingredient that still is essentially nothing by sugar in cookie from.

Or is flavoring my priming sugar with ginger root "experimental" or using sugar that has had vanilla beans infused in it?

I think it's a great idea, but I'm wondering what your parameters are?

Any or all of the above, Revvy! Unusual and/or innovative ingredients, equipment or techniques, comparisons between 2 ways of doing things....

 

[shivalotus]

Does roasted hazelnuts in the mash qualify?

 

[rockbasementbeer]

I fermented two liters of Red Bull. There should be an entire chapter on why NOT to do that.

*shudder*

I can't help wanting to try this now...

 

[Johnnyhamer]

I can't help wanting to try this now...

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Denny]

Does roasted hazelnuts in the mash qualify?

Sure. C'mon over and tell us what you did and how it turned out.

 

[fuzzy2133]

I fermented two liters of Red Bull. There should be an entire chapter on why NOT to do that.

*shudder*

Has me thinking what other ways to add it in

 

[ktblunden]

Sounds like a really cool project, can't wait to give that a read.

 

[daksin]

Cool- going to have to head over there and check things out!