docpd wrote:Brewed a Honey Bourbon Pale Ale today. My wife recently bought some Jim Beam Honey Bourbon and it tasted so good I decided to try it in a beer. I have the oak cubes soaking in it now and will add to the fermenter with one week to go.
Sounds good Doc...
Used to be a big fan of Jim Beam original, but alas, no longer.
Did try the Evan Williams Honey Bourbon though but I found it cloyingly sweet for my taste.
Curious, how much oak are you using for a five gallon batch and is it American light oak or something else?
Up Next: Littlejohn's Ale Fermenting/Conditioning Old Smokey Amber Ale -- 100 Years War IPA -- Ottertoberfest Drinking: Rocking Chair Orange Wheat -- South Ferry Steam Beer
Bottled Big Bad Red, my third Red after Ann Arbor Red and Michigan Red. Coupled with Round Tyre, my Fat Tire clone and I Failed To Jump Over The White House Fence Honey Ale, I now have a great Amber / Red selection. By end of November I will have 14 different beers to drink. Brewing is temporarily halted due to a very, very adequate supply.
I have over 9,000 posts on "another forum", which means absolutely nothing. Mr. Beer January 2014 Brewer of the Month with all the pomp and circumstance that comes with it...
Certificate in Brewing and Distillation Technology
Beers I regularly brew:
Bell's Best Brown clone
Irish Hills Red - I call this "Ann Arbor Red"
Mackinac Island Red - I call this "Michigan Red"
Oatmeal Stout - I call this Not Fat, Stout - Oatmeal Stout
Bottled 5 gallons of Ann Arbor Red on 4/18/17. Bottled 5 gallons of Michigan Red on 5/8/17.
Brewed in 2017 - 22.13 gallons (19.91 in 2012, 48.06 in 2013, 61.39 in 2014, 84.26 in 2015,46.39 in 2016)
Brewed in lifetime - 282.14 gallons
Drinkable beer on hand - 13.58 cases, with 6.11 cases ready in May and early June.
Average cost per 12 pack through all beer brewed - $6.27(ingredients only)
A rare occasion for me today. Bottled this year's vintage of Saint Sebastian Tripel which usually has an OG of 1.080-1.083 but this go around started at 1.094. I credit this success to my digital thermometer. Hitting exact temps definitely affects how the beer turns out. Anyhow, FG was 1.017 for 10.2% abv. The reason why today was a rare occasion was because I also got to brew after bottling. Did up a batch of revised recipe Bubs' Pale Ale, which I subbed out Belma for Huell Melon and changed the addition times to emphasize hop aroma and malt flavor.
Fermenting
Nothing Conditioning
Nothing Drinking 58. Choco Brown 60. Etcitra, Etcitra 61. Bubs' Pale Wheat Xtra 62. Ottoberfest Brew Queue
ROAR! Bacon
Bombay
Saint Sebastian Tripel
Bubs' Pale Ale
I'm going to bottle my 2G batch of MrB Imperial Red tomorrow. It's the batch I made for a friend for Christmas.
This batch will be bottle-primed straight from the LBK which I haven't done in forever. Heck, I haven't bottled in a while at all so this is going to take longer than it used to but I don't have a lot of plans this weekend so no harm, no foul.
Just got home from 2 weeks in Richmond VA and kegged my brown ale. Sample tasted pretty damn good. Nice and malty and nutty! Looking forward to this one being on tap.
Howling Husky Brewing Company
Fermenting
Nothing at the moment
Kegged
Tap 1: Mango Saison
Tap 2: Southern Belle Brown Ale
Tap 3: Kings Porter - Robust Porter, 5.6% ABV
Tap 4: Empty
Just bottled, in 12oz bottles, a 1G recipe of American Pale Ale from Craft-a-Brew. It used Golden Light DME, steeping grains, and some Perle and Cascade hops. So I'm anxious to taste it and see how well it came out.
Brewed at my LHBS for Teach a Freind to Brew Day and I might have done a few things wrong .
I didn't oxygenate my wort, I pitched my yeast high at 76* and I'm not controlling fermentation temperature...........oh..........wait........I brewed a Saison............never mind.
Naked Cat Brewery On Tap
Yazoo Sue Smoked Porter
Octoberfest
Le Petite Saison
Czech Pale Lager
A Toast to Big Fuzzy Russian Imperial Stout at 10%
Belgian Blond
Flower Power IPA
4 Kilts Clueless Belgian Strong
One Wort Two Yeast with Wyeast 2206
One Wort Two Yeast with WLP940
Shipwreck Saison
Gonna keg the Straw Boater Blonde Ale this morning. I'll be able to fill a growler with it for Thanksgiving, which pleases me. I won't be brewing, but I need the day off to really recharge my batteries.
Up Next: Littlejohn's Ale Fermenting/Conditioning Old Smokey Amber Ale -- 100 Years War IPA -- Ottertoberfest Drinking: Rocking Chair Orange Wheat -- South Ferry Steam Beer
mashani wrote:Hahaha. Teaching a friend to brew a Saison as their first brew might lead to turning them into me. Do you really want that?
Uhm ........... heck yeah!
Naked Cat Brewery On Tap
Yazoo Sue Smoked Porter
Octoberfest
Le Petite Saison
Czech Pale Lager
A Toast to Big Fuzzy Russian Imperial Stout at 10%
Belgian Blond
Flower Power IPA
4 Kilts Clueless Belgian Strong
One Wort Two Yeast with Wyeast 2206
One Wort Two Yeast with WLP940
Shipwreck Saison
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........... heck yeah! 
