First Pour Thread

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Congrats on the first pour of your first brew, a momentous occasion.
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First pour of my homebrewed Brewer's Gold IPA. Solid malt backbone of 83% Pale, 14% Munich, & 3% Crystal 10L. Three boil additions of whole leaf Brewer's Gold hops, some at flameout, as well as a dry hop. This one was bottled on 1/19/14 and finished at 8.0% ABV. This is a tasty one! Not a typical NW style IPA, these hops bring a different spice to the taste.
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Oh Yeah..
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Nice looking ale. Enjoy that.
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My second brew. OneEvilPilsnerheavy on the Saaz!
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wollffy wrote:My second brew. OneEvilPilsnerheavy on the Saaz!
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Beautiful beer, love the name and still liking those counters. :clink:
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Thanks Ink I put em in with my wife.
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Decided to first pour the tasters of the two Mr. B lagers. This one is the Grand Bohemian Czech Pilsner done straight up with the S-23 Dry Lager Yeast. Brewed late October, bottled over the Christmas break. Pale straw with good carb but no head. Maybe just a touch of green apple (probably too early to open this lager after a month or so in the bottle), but somewhat predominant PoR hop flavor (sigh). Not nearly as predominant as it is in the Diablo or especially the Northwest, so I will be able to live with this. Actually quite drinkable, but will be better after significant conditioning. The main batch is in the beer fridge until spring.

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nada... zip...

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nada... zip... maybe an N/A beer here and there...
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Next up was the Patriot Lager with W-34/70. I like this one a fair bit better than the GBCP. A small ring of head that dissipated, but good carb. It has a bit more malt backbone and a bit more bitter (and not the predominant PoR flavor that's overwhelming in the GBCP). I'll still stick with the "inoffensive" review I left on this back on the Mr. B board, but I think the lager yeast helps a bit. Not awful, fairly drinkable, but not something I'd buy again (of course, I don't anticipate buying any of these HMEs). I like my AG lager a lot better. But on the other hand, this was a super quick brew day...

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Just opened first bottle of my first all grain.
It came out a lot better than I thought it would.
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Glad your first taste of your first pour of your first all grain batch came out good Wollffy.

That is a very nice pic, cool glass.

My first all grain experience was trepidation while waiting for carb/conditioning and very excited about how it turned after the long wait.

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Thank you Brew Birds, you' :clink: re so positive and inspiring..
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First shot at a Gose turned out well in the keg!

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wollffy wrote:My second brew. OneEvilPilsnerheavy on the Saaz!
http://imageshack.com/a/img202/3306/vlr7.jpg
Looks good wollffy! BD Evil Pilsner is my next brew, and I'm doing a sazz hopp addition as well.
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Yank fan. That looks fantastic!
Ibasterd, so far that is the wife's favorite. I was so happy with the
Saaz!
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