Beer Thread V2?3?4?

[Francis's Hairpiece]

Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest

Ribstone Creek, Old Man Winter Porter, you can pick it up at co-op. It's goooood.

Their Great White Combine IPA is nice as well. But the Old Man Winter is outstanding.

[Tron_fdc]

hahaha yeah I know. It sounds super weird, but if you google it apparently it's delicious.

I'm thinking PB2 (dry peanut butter) in the primary. I'm totally on the fence with the strawberry though. From what I read, frozen strawberries work but it's not very strong and it throws off the fermenting with the sugar. I'm looking for a dark lager initial taste, with a peanut butter and jam finish

[Flash Walken]

You might try adding some strawberry hard candies to your primary.

Will bump the abv slightly and give you a reddish hue.

[Fuzz]

I get a nice raspberry flavour with 1500g of berries, probably more than you would want for what you are going for. Not sure how it would work with strawberries, since most of them have no flavour these days. It definitively bumps the sugars up ,but hey, more boozie. Hadn't heard of PB2 before, sounds interesting.

[Canehdianman]

you'll have to use PB2 if you want to add peanut butter without destroying head retention with oils.

Even with that, it will impact it. Might want to add some oats or something to compensate.

[GreenLantern]

So I was in the maritimes last week and holy crap did I have some good beer. I will list them in the order experienced:

Pumphouse Brewery: Visited their restaurant in Moncton while I was waiting for my wife to pick me up, tried a flight of beer.. with I can't remember all of them but I really enjoyed the Fire Chief's Red Ale and the Pump House IPA was so so. We do get some of their beer out west so I wasn't super excited for this one, kind of just reminded me of Big Rock. Nothing crazy but some decent beers in the mix. I did bring home a bottle of their IPA (proceeds went to the SPCA!)

http://beer.pumphousebrewery.ca/beer

Picaroons: Visited these guys in Saint John one night on a recommendation from TimSJ, great place. Really cool venue with a lot of great beer including some that isn't even theirs for sale, which I appreciated. I had the Hippie IPA, not to be confused with their bottled Yippie IPA, this was a seasonal brew I believe, it was up there for the best IPA of the week. I did bring back a bottle of their Yippie IPA and am looking forward to tasting it.

http://picaroons.ca/beer/

Big Spruce: These guys had a really cool operation going just outside of Baddeck on Cape Breton up in the woods that Maritime Q Scout recommended.They had a little tasting room and a neat little store front. I only had time to test a few of their beer as we were on our way out but I had the Kitchen Party Pale Ale and Tim's Dirty American IPA which took the crown as the best IPA of the week. Really enjoyed talking to these guys, very nice group and I highly recommend stopping in if ever in the area. I brought back a bottle of their Cerberus American IPA.

http://bigspruce.ca/our-beers/

Boxing Rock: Ran into these guys at the farmers market in Halifax and I was happy to see them as they were recommended by the guys at Big Spruce. I tried their Hunky Dory Pale Ale and a Brown Ale, both were very good. The Pale Ale was very well done and a great session beer, I brought a big bottle of that one home.

http://boxingrock.ca/beer

Propeller Brewing Company: Their brewery was in a pretty crappy part of Halifax, we actually made the mistake of walking to far the wrong way and things got sketchy fast forcing us to back track. It is pretty old and run down as well, but the beer was very good. These guys are old school it would seem, been around for 19 years, their beers were solid. A step above Pumphouse, old school craft style but they were also predictable. Nothing really wowed me. Their IPA was a solid IPA, it wasn't my favourite but it was definitely the most consistent beer I had all week. Just flat out good. The rest of the flight I don't really remember except the Pale Ale which I thought was just so-so. I brought back a can of the Pilsner, IPA and Pale Ale anyway as cans are able to transport easily and I wanted to support one of the 'founding fathers' of craft brewery in the area. They reminded me a lot of Paddockwood, a solid old school style craft brewery that was getting passed by the young hipper more adventurous local companies.

http://www.drinkpropeller.ca/yearround/

Unfiltered Brewing: These guys were also in Halifax and were pretty good. They had a nice store front tasting room in a not so nice neighbourhood, but the beer was solid. Exile on North Street and Riddle of Steel were two totally different tasting IPA's but both were very good, which I thought was really cool. They also had a double IPA which was fantastic, almost as good as Paddockwoods Loki. I didn't bring any of their beer back though as it was growlers only, and i can't post the link as it has a swear word in it.

Good Robot Brewing Company: These guys were hands down my favourite. Located around the block from unfiltered, but seemingly in an entirely different area of the city, they had a great outdoor drinking area, a really cool store front that was right in the heart of the brewing action and an indoor lounge area. Their beer was just consistently good. Every where else I went there was 1 or 2 in the flight I struggled with, but here I did the same amount of variety and had zero problems finishing.. and then having more. Despite many of the beer being named after Wu-Tang members skewing my opinion, my favourite beer was the Burban Legend American Pale Ale. It was the most sessionalable beer I had all week, I liked it so much I bought a growler of it, taped the lid on and brought it home. This was my favourite brewery of the week with Big Spruce a close second... Picaroons in a close third.

http://goodrobotbrewing.ca/our-beers/


I had a ton of other beer in the different pubs but I just can't remember all of them, Celtic Brewing, Big Axe, Tatamagouche (they were great).. the list goes on and on. I really should have been writing it down.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest

Ribstone Creek, Old Man Winter Porter, you can pick it up at co-op. It's goooood.

Which Co-op did you go to? I went to the one at 130th and they said they didn't have it in- would be getting it in 2-3 weeks.

[To Be Quite Honest]

Centre and beddington, past spring, however, I'm following them and they just announced the release a few days ago. Which made me post it here.

[Tron_fdc]

Originally Posted by Canehdianman

you'll have to use PB2 if you want to add peanut butter without destroying head retention with oils.

Even with that, it will impact it. Might want to add some oats or something to compensate.

Yeah, I added about 1/4lb extra flaked barley to compensate for that. I'm flying by the seat of my pants here, so who knows how it's going to turn out.

I've made the same Irish Lager before and it was AWESOME. I'm hoping the PBJ profile makes it even more interesting. It's not a beer you would drink 10 pints of, but more one at a time type thing.

I was pretty paranoid with the PBJ and added it into a brewsack with my hops that I boiled into the last 20 minutes of the wort. I didn't want a lot of trub, and I think it might have backfired a little. The PBJ really clumped up, and didn't saturate through the entire amount in the sack (when I dumped it half of it was still dry).

Now I'm wondering if I should dry hop the primary, or just see what happens. I used an entire jar of PB2 and most recipes call for 2 jars boiled into the wort, so I might dump one in and see what happens.

The only good news here is my wife is so annoyed with the smell of my worts that she has given me a go ahead for a home brew stand.

https://www.morebeer.com/products/ri...estcoastbrewer

[Canehdianman]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

Yeah, I added about 1/4lb extra flaked barley to compensate for that. I'm flying by the seat of my pants here, so who knows how it's going to turn out.



I've made the same Irish Lager before and it was AWESOME. I'm hoping the PBJ profile makes it even more interesting. It's not a beer you would drink 10 pints of, but more one at a time type thing.



I was pretty paranoid with the PBJ and added it into a brewsack with my hops that I boiled into the last 20 minutes of the wort. I didn't want a lot of trub, and I think it might have backfired a little. The PBJ really clumped up, and didn't saturate through the entire amount in the sack (when I dumped it half of it was still dry).



Now I'm wondering if I should dry hop the primary, or just see what happens. I used an entire jar of PB2 and most recipes call for 2 jars boiled into the wort, so I might dump one in and see what happens.



The only good news here is my wife is so annoyed with the smell of my worts that she has given me a go ahead for a home brew stand.



https://www.morebeer.com/products/ri...estcoastbrewer

Wow that's beautiful! Your wife must love you more than mine loves me.

I haven't brewed with PB2 yet, but the comments I've read say it takes about 2 jars to be very noticeable.

[Tron_fdc]

You see the touch screen controls? Very sexy.

She doesn't love me more per se, just lets me get away with stuff when she gets annoyed at my projects. I brew beer for parties we go to so she likes the attention that comes along with it, meaning she has to put up with the process to make it.

[Canehdianman]

Yeah, that's beautiful.

My brothers and I have a good system, but not automated at all.

we brew 42L batches using a blichmann burner and a stainless brew kettle. Ferment in 60L speidels.

and keg. God, I hate bottling. I built a keezer a few years ago, but gave it to my youngest brother as a housewarming present (and because we brew at his place now).

I think I need to build another one for myself again.

My wife would literally murder me if I wanted to spend 10k on making beer.

[Hockeyguy15]

Do any of you fine folks know where someone could get 16 gram co2 cartridges for use in a mini regulator?

[Fuzz]

Threaded? Bike shops are a good option. Or Amazon
https://www.amazon.ca/Mosa-Gram-Thre.../dp/B00AWNJIVC

[CofR]

Enjoying Hollow Tree from Big Rock, it's the inaugural brew from their new Vancouver brewery. It's a Pacific Northwest Ale, great beer for October evenings with football and playoff baseball on

[Tron_fdc]

I just found a pack of stickers in my primary. Looks like the lager may be write off due to a curious 3 yr old.



At least it gives me another go at the pb2.

[Fuzz]

Finally had a chance to dig these out for a family photo. Last winter's brew session. From left to right:

1)Light Ale. That was the intent, anyway. Turns out I had a bit more fermentables than I thought. 6.5%
2)Golden Ale. Toasted rice flakes and golden candi syrup give this a bit more body and maltyness than the light. 5.2%
3)Raspberry Pilsner. Brewed using raspberries harvested from my yard, this turned out really well. Very refreshing. My first try with citra hops, and they balance so well with the raspberry. Highly recommended. 5.7%
4)Brown Ale( Newcastle was the goal). A touch sweet with dark candi syrup and honey, but not to bad. Espresso gives it a bit of earthyness. All in all, turned out very good. The sweetness has been dying off in the bottle, so each one is better. Also came in a bit strong, but I like it that way! 6.4%

Probably my best set of beer yet. My friends love them when they have any. Oh, did I mention they are all gluten free? The depression of not being able to have beer after my diagnoses is mostly gone now that I can enjoy good brews again. The commercial stuff is mostly garbage.

[Canehdianman]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Finally had a chance to dig these out for a family photo. Last winter's brew session. From left to right:

1)Light Ale. That was the intent, anyway. Turns out I had a bit more fermentables than I thought. 6.5%
2)Golden Ale. Toasted rice flakes and golden candi syrup give this a bit more body and maltyness than the light. 5.2%
3)Raspberry Pilsner. Brewed using raspberries harvested from my yard, this turned out really well. Very refreshing. My first try with citra hops, and they balance so well with the raspberry. Highly recommended. 5.7%
4)Brown Ale( Newcastle was the goal). A touch sweet with dark candi syrup and honey, but not to bad. Espresso gives it a bit of earthyness. All in all, turned out very good. The sweetness has been dying off in the bottle, so each one is better. Also came in a bit strong, but I like it that way! 6.4%

Probably my best set of beer yet. My friends love them when they have any. Oh, did I mention they are all gluten free? The depression of not being able to have beer after my diagnoses is mostly gone now that I can enjoy good brews again. The commercial stuff is mostly garbage.

Those look amazing! Well done.

Are you using non-gluten fermentables or clarity ferm?

[Fuzz]

All gluten free ingredients. Mostly sorghum and rice for fermentables.

[TheSutterDynasty]

Looking at beer advent calendars again.

Does anyone know if Costcos calendar will change or is the same every year?

Any suggestions for a different one?