lgtftw Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Can anyone poiNt me in the right direction for a good IPA? If Midwest Supplies carries it even better. Thanks, Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWSPECB Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 What, specifically, are you looking for? A recipe? A kit? Extract? Partial-mash? All grain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWSPECB Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I'm going to be doing a pumpkin ale in a week or two I think. Trying to figure out if I want to make some small changes and/or additions to the recipe I'm going to be using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Users seabass07 Posted October 5, 2012 Mega Users Share Posted October 5, 2012 I'm planning one as well. I think my friend and I are going to do 2 different ones to see how they come out and we'll split them. I'm thinking of using about 40-50% pumpkin in the mash and using a shit ton of rice hulls. Probably about 1.080 og with some vanilla beans and a some spices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWSPECB Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Ooooooh. I'm going to sit down at work once I get all caught up and try to plan out exactly what I'm doing. Unfortunately it will be an extract brew as I haven't found a good mash tun worth the asking price at any local homebrew shop. I might end up building my own in a few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Users seabass07 Posted October 5, 2012 Mega Users Share Posted October 5, 2012 Or you could go with BIAB. If you know someone with a sewing machine and 5 minutes of time, you can turn your kettle into a mashtun with about $5 worth of white voile and nylon thread. Get a large colander to set the bag in to drain and your good. That's how I started out. Cost an extra $10 to go start all grain and I saved like $25 on the first batch by not having to buy extract. How big is your kettle? I ended up building my own mash tun. The usual cooler with a stainless braid from a sink line in the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWSPECB Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Kettle is a 5 gallon. I hadn't really thought about BIAB. Read a bit about it before. I'll look into that more. That cooler mash tun is exactly what I'd been looking at. I've already got all the stuff to do this extract pumpkin so by the next time I brew (probably mid November) ill probably have put one of those together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_navy Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 If you've never tried Mac and Jacks African Amber (A Washington Microbrew) its truly fantastic. http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_452_43_245&products_id=11721 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWSPECB Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Pumpkin ale this weekend. I'm tired of extract so hopefully this is the last extract I do. Anybody brew on a single tier stand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueWhiteBoy Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Pumpkin beer season! I do love the Shocktop variety pack that pops up this time of year. I normally like Blue Moon's as well and was interested to try the caramel apple beer, but it really didn't taste like anything special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWSPECB Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 The caramel apple beer is shit! I picked up a blue moon variety pack to take, along with some of my IIPA, to a bbq at a friends last weekend and I thought I'd try one. Took one sip and pawned it off on the wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Users seabass07 Posted October 13, 2012 Mega Users Share Posted October 13, 2012 post reported for use of the word "shocktop". That type of language is inappropriate for this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NWSPECB Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I ended up building my own mash tun. The usual cooler with a stainless braid from a sink line in the bottom. I went this route and brewed the beginnings of a bourbon vanilla porter this weekend. Got that fermenting away, a pumpkin ale which I will be adding vanilla and cinnamon to during secondary (it's a week into primary) and I also started a 4 gallon batch of blackberry honey cider from fresh organic Yakima valley apple cider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Users seabass07 Posted October 23, 2012 Mega Users Share Posted October 23, 2012 Denny's bourbon vanilla porter recipe? If so, that was my second ever batch. It's a great recipe! Currently waiting another week to bottle a wheat wine. Still have the red rye in the fermenter. I need to bottle it ASAP but can't find the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWSPECB Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Thats the one! I tweaked it a bit though. Used a bit more chocolate malt and debating adding some cocoa nibs to get a bit more chocolate flavor (Wife like's chocolate and said she wants that to be one of the flavors that comes through). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWSPECB Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Bump. What are you guys up to planning? Working on putting together a recipe for an rye'd imperial red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWSPECB Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Still have the red rye in the fermenter. I need to bottle it ASAP but can't find the time! Completely forgot you did one of these. Ever get this bottled? How'd it turn out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Users seabass07 Posted November 10, 2012 Mega Users Share Posted November 10, 2012 It's bottled and carbed. It came out great. I'm definitely going to rebrew it. I don't think I even need to change the recipe. Nailed it the first time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyFast Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I've been meaning to do a rye IPA for days. Think that's what I'm going to do next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWSPECB Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I've been really liking rye beers lately. Can't wait to try my hand at brewing one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Users seabass07 Posted November 26, 2012 Mega Users Share Posted November 26, 2012 Bottling the wheat wine tonight. Planning a coconut brown ale for wednesday. What are you guys up to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyFast Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 I've got my Christmas ale aging on Oak cubes right now. It's starting to get really tasty. I think it's about ready to be bottled. It's a 10 gallon batch. I think I'm going to let the second half have another 2-3 for some extra woody oakyness, then keg. I have a session Pale Ale planned for Thursday and might even do a Rye IPA on Friday if the weather holds up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWSPECB Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Imperial red rye this weekend. Assuming my kegging equipment shows up before Saturday I'll be kegging my blackberry cider and the bourbon vanilla porter. Planning a black IPA in the next 2 weeks or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Users seabass07 Posted November 26, 2012 Mega Users Share Posted November 26, 2012 BTW, the owners of the brewery I'll be working at loved the red ryePA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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