First Pour Thread

[Beer-lord]

Ibasterd, congrats on a great beer. I have made some good extract beer (and still might go that route now and again) but I personally love doing all grain and not just for the taste and quality. I enjoy the hands on from beginning to end.
And, your labels are always AWESOME!

[Dawg LB Steve]

NICE IB, I know exactly what you mean about the first AG! I did mine as a SMaSH also with Maris Otter and Liberty. Mine went grain to glass from the keg in 3.5 weeks and your right that first taste is holy crap I made this! Then go to a function ( was at the Browns Draft ) and paid for one blah bud light just about what it cost to brew 5 gallons of great beer!

[Rebel_B]

This a tasty first pour of a batch of Columbus Pale Ale, Columbus whole leaf hops in all the additions, kegged on 5/26; 6.5% ABV.

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[BigPapaG]

My Grodziskie (Grätzer)...

Pic is not lit well but here it is...



Bottled on 5/23 I think... About 2.3-2.5 volumes CO2, 3.7% ABV.

[Trollby]

07/02/2014
First Pout of Lawn Mower Pilsner


Came out darker and stronger than expected but good beer

[SomeGuyBrewing]

First pour of my ¿Smoked? Sour(ish). My first attempt at a smoked beer, having had only one commercial example (that I didn't even like). I think I overdid it on the smoked malt. Too smokey for my palate although a couple of friends thought it was "very interesting" and "drinkable". Other than the excessive smoked malt everything else was good. Good mouth-feel, nice smokey aroma, nice head retention and lacing. Not sure if I'll revisit smoked malts anytime soon but I definitely made note of what is too much for my personal taste. May try to blend it with some commercial craft beers to cut it down to palatable, luckily I only have about 6 or 7 bottles left.

[BigPapaG]

My latest Belgian Blond...

[Ibasterd]

Looks great BigPapaG!

[Crazy Climber]

I think I overdid it on the smoked malt. Too smokey for my palate although a couple of friends thought it was "very interesting" and "drinkable". ... Not sure if I'll revisit smoked malts anytime soon but I definitely made note of what is too much for my personal taste.

SGB - out of curiosity, how much smoked malt did you use (as percentage)?

[SomeGuyBrewing]

Crazy Climber - I actually used a fairly small amount - 11.1% - Cherrywood Smoked Malt

I guess its just not my thing. Opinions on it vary widely. In researching i read 5-10% is subtle (thus I thought I'd be good), but I also read people say anything 12% and up would turn into a smoke-bomb, and I read people using anywhere from 50-100% and being very happy with results. Hell the people I tasted with kind of liked it and they even took some home with them so it couldn't have been all that bad.

[Crazy Climber]

Thanks for the info, SomeGuy. I am looking at adding smoked malt to an upcoming recipe. I tried a smoked rye beer from a local brewery a couple of years ago and liked what the smoke brought to the flavor. I just bought a bottle of a smoked marzen to get another reference point (haven't tried it yet).
I'm thinking about a smoked IPA. The recipe I've been kicking around has about 6% smoked malt. Just looking to dip my toes in the shallow end, the first time.

[alb]

This a tasty first pour of a batch of Columbus Pale Ale, Columbus whole leaf hops in all the additions, kegged on 5/26; 6.5% ABV.

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Now that looks like something I could enjoy just about anytime. Nice.

[Kealia]

It's time to get my good camera back out and stop relying on my phone for these photos....they just don't do the beer justice.

Anyway, GumballHead clone:

[Kealia]

And tonight......it's Levitation's turn.

I always love the deep amber color of this beer!



I think the first pour is going to be followed quickly by pours #2, 3, 4 .......

The only change to this recipe I made was to add a bit of Citra to the dry hop.

[Beer-lord]

Uber nice!
I never did redo this after my epic fail of this beer so maybe I need to move it in place of my next planned session beer. It is a session beer, right?