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The English Brown I made in the M&B.

It is delicious.

When at Plaza Mariachi...



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Only comes out each April and is a very good pale ale/IPA.

The light lager I made in the mash and boil as my first beer. In another thread I was complaining about a lemony tartness on the finish that I thought this had. Turns out it does not, it is just in a maibock that I made (not in the mash & boil, just a stovetop PM) and somehow screwed up and drank first. Apparently that wrecked my pallet the first time I tried this beer and made it taste funny.

On its own it's quite delicious. I like it a lot.

I just tried a lager that I brewed back 1/22/18. It is tasteless, and hardly any hop presence and almost a touch sweet for my taste. But it is clear , cold tasting, 5 ABV. It came out perfect for what I was trying to do. Have tried many times to get something close to a BMC but never could quite get it close enough. This is not for me but for someone that drinks that kinda stuff and not craft beers and wants to try one of my home brews for the first time. No way would a person like that like a IPA or whatever. I am very happy how this came out.



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This run up to the World Beer Cup & Craft Brewers Conference is bring a LOT of beers to our market... fun getting my Indiana favs here, if even for a little while. Alpha King, Gumballhead, Lazer Snake... and Zombie Dust on tap around town as of today...

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In my next life, I want to come back as Swen!

Beer-lord wrote:In my next life, I want to come back as Swen!

I'm working with the judging at the WBC, so should have some fun stories. I also get a lot of random contest beer to take home and a bunch of swag.

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We went to a small tap room tonite and had some crawfish and 2 new beers that they claimed were IPA's but were not. They weren't bad but not 4/20 worthy!
But, their Imperial Stout was the hit of the night. OMG, I would marry that beer! Chocolate right away on the nose and tongue. Finished with the perfect amount of dryness and with the slightest coconut flavor (none was used in the recipe). By far the best beer of the night.
Tomorrow night another pub has tons of new IPA's and collabs but I'm not able to go. One can dream.

...and in the proper glasswear.

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berryman wrote:I just tried a lager that I brewed back 1/22/18. It is tasteless, and hardly any hop presence and almost a touch sweet for my taste. But it is clear , cold tasting, 5 ABV. It came out perfect for what I was trying to do. Have tried many times to get something close to a BMC but never could quite get it close enough. This is not for me but for someone that drinks that kinda stuff and not craft beers and wants to try one of my home brews for the first time. No way would a person like that like a IPA or whatever. I am very happy how this came out.


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Home brewers look down on those types of brews. But they're really the hardest to get right. There's so little color or hop presence that any imperfection is really obvious.

Edited to fix autocorrect (really became rely), but only after being quoted twice.

bpgreen wrote:

berryman wrote:I just tried a lager that I brewed back 1/22/18. It is tasteless, and hardly any hop presence and almost a touch sweet for my taste. But it is clear , cold tasting, 5 ABV. It came out perfect for what I was trying to do. Have tried many times to get something close to a BMC but never could quite get it close enough. This is not for me but for someone that drinks that kinda stuff and not craft beers and wants to try one of my home brews for the first time. No way would a person like that like a IPA or whatever. I am very happy how this came out.

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Home brewers look down on those types of brews. But they're rely the hardest to get right. There's so little color or hop presence that any imperfection is really obvious.

This is why the first beer I brewed I the Mash & Boil was a light lager. I wanted to find out if there was any type of flaw/downside to the process I was using, which was "not normal" for the thing, being that I was using it as a BIAB system and also overnight slow-chilling right in it. I'm drinking one of them right now and it's perfect for what it is. It isn't the kind of beer I would want to drink all the time, but it told me what I needed to know, which is "yes, this can work". Mine is more of a light European style lager, so it likely has a slight bit more hops then Berrymans and is a bit more bitter, but most American homebrewers would probably consider it tasteless.

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berryman wrote:I just tried a lager that I brewed back 1/22/18. It is tasteless, and hardly any hop presence and almost a touch sweet for my taste. But it is clear , cold tasting, 5 ABV. It came out perfect for what I was trying to do. Have tried many times to get something close to a BMC but never could quite get it close enough. This is not for me but for someone that drinks that kinda stuff and not craft beers and wants to try one of my home brews for the first time. No way would a person like that like a IPA or whatever. I am very happy how this came out.


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Home brewers look down on those types of brews. But they're rely the hardest to get right. There's so little color or hop presence that any imperfection is really obvious.

So true... I have done a few and really enjoy the challenge. Found some recipe book recipes for old school Schlitz, Rolling Rock, and the like and rolled with that. The latest one I did with the yeast we picked up on the tour in Nashville. Added a bit more hop than those recipes called for. It tastes quite on target at bottling, so I'm very happy... Love it when I can get good clarity in a beer...

swenocha wrote:

bpgreen wrote:

berryman wrote:I just tried a lager that I brewed back 1/22/18. It is tasteless, and hardly any hop presence and almost a touch sweet for my taste. But it is clear , cold tasting, 5 ABV. It came out perfect for what I was trying to do. Have tried many times to get something close to a BMC but never could quite get it close enough. This is not for me but for someone that drinks that kinda stuff and not craft beers and wants to try one of my home brews for the first time. No way would a person like that like a IPA or whatever. I am very happy how this came out.


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Home brewers look down on those types of brews. But they're rely the hardest to get right. There's so little color or hop presence that any imperfection is really obvious.

So true... I have done a few and really enjoy the challenge. Found some recipe book recipes for old school Schlitz, Rolling Rock, and the like and rolled with that. The latest one I did with the yeast we picked up on the tour in Nashville. Added a bit more hop than those recipes called for. It tastes quite on target at bottling, so I'm very happy... Love it when I can get good clarity in a beer...

This time I did it all grain and have better temp control now for a lager, 6 row and flaked rice mashed at 148. Before I have only attempted it with extract or partial and never could get it light enough or to get the ABV I wanted, to keep it light and light in color. I will put it to the test a little later tonight because I am going to give some to a friend that drinks mostly Coors lite. I think mine is a little more heavy then that stuff but I am not a good judge on it because very seldom do I drink one. I will take some of my American wheat also which is Blue Moon'ish but a little more hop and less orange.

An Amber from my favorite local brewery: Alvarado Street Brewery in Monterey.

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