First Pour Thread

[Ibasterd]

This one came out nice. Dry hopping almost 2 ounces of citra gives a pleasant hop aroma. Initially peach with a grapefruit finish. A little bitter on the end, and with some saison complexity in there as well. Some great flavors all bouncing around.

[swenocha]

Fourth time I've made the Chirp! Red Ale, and this is by far the best version. Normally this my tailgate beer for the BSU Cardinals football games (I have bottled into plastic bottles for that purpose in the past), but this year it appears I won't be using my season tickets at all. So... first pour of this year's batch from the 8oz tester while starting up the BSU game on ESPN3. This has been in the bottle two weeks, and head retention is a bit underwhelming likely for that reason, but taste is spot on, as is the color. Malty goodness. I have changed the recipe a bit each time... First year it was an extract with grain recipe, but subsequent years have been AG. I will likely stick with this version from now on, maybe changing yeast or hop depending on what is on hand. This time I upped the Munich to 38% (I believe my first batch had it at 10%), with 38% 2row, 6% caramunich, 7% 80L, and 10% flaked corn. EKG at 60 and 15. Used Coopers Ale Yeast since it was on hand, where I normally use an English Ale yeast.

[Kealia]

First pour of my Nelson Sauvin pale ale.

Yum.

[philm00x]

Wonderful color on that beer. Looks fantastic!

[sgtpeppr56]

Kealia - you are making me thirsty, but it may be too early

[LouieMacGoo]

Last night I opened my first bottle of "It's the great pumpkin Charlie Brown" ale. This is the recipe on special ($19) at Adventures in Homebrewing. This beer has a lot of aroma but the pumpkin taste is much more subdued and has a nice mouth feel. This is a very drinkable brew with just 2 weeks conditioning and I think this will get even better with time.

[Inkleg]

Since I have 2 sours going now, I call this pour "For Science" Well that and I need some dregs to pour into the sours too. This is a great beer.

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[swenocha]

First pour of the Maple Rye at around two weeks in the bottle. Not bad, not bad at all. Crazy creamy head that laces like crazy. The maple aroma is overpowering at first, but quickly dissipates. Residual sweetness, along with a good bitter and some orange and maybe a bit from the smoked malt. For a crazy experiment, this may just work out...

[mashani]

That's the one you threw Kvass wort into right? I tried mine in a more traditional rye beer (Roggenbier #2), but it's good to know your crazy experiment worked. How much rye comes through, or is it buried under all the other stuff you tossed in there.

[Ibasterd]

India Red Ale. Great hop burst with sweet malty goodness. Success!

[philm00x]

That looks super tasty, Andrew!

[BlackDuck]

Technically this isn't the first pour of the RCE I did with Jimjohson. This is our Winter Time Spiced Winter Ale. Both of us have been testing this for the last couple of weeks. This is the "official" first pour since it's the first time we could get a picture of one and since we both agree that it's ready to drink. Overall, this is a really good beer we put together. It might be a touch heavy in the ginger and allspice for me, but it's still good. The aroma is full of spice, and it pours with a small head that dissipates rather quickly. The malt blends really well with the spices. For me, it's best after it warms up a bit. It comes across like a ginger bread cookie with the allspice in the background.

I brought a couple to a Christmas party last weekend and it was well received. And Jim brought some to a homebrew meeting, and he had good responses too. I'll let him expand on that.

Overall, another successful RCE with my partner. This makes it two good ones in a row for us.

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[Beer-lord]

So I can put mine in the fridge and drink on Christmas Eve?

[BlackDuck]

So I can put mine in the fridge and drink on Christmas Eve?

Absolutely...give it a nice agressive pour if you want any head on it.

[Inkleg]

I have mine sitting in my "cellar" at around 53*. I'm gonna let it sit a while longer, "for science".