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What beer are you drinking (or rating) II: second bottle

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capnsandwich said:
I'm gonna have to come visit you and taste some of your beer. As much as you post about all your home brews, I'm thinking you know what you're doing.
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I wouldn't go as far to say I know what I'm doing, but just enough to make some nice beers here n' there.

Homebrewing seems to be gaining popularity these days, probably following the microbrew trends, which have simply skyrocketed in most areas. To a certain extent, it's a progression of being microbrew fans. It allows you to learn so much about a beer style and to have first hand experience into what make something taste great.

Learning how to be proficient at kit beers doesn't take too long. I haven't gone all grain due to time constraints. I still make good enough beers since a few have placed well or won at local homebrew competitions. It's fun! Through a place like Northern Brewer or buying bulk grains/hops, it's possible to save a good amount of $ after the initial startup costs.
 
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spade2you said:
I wouldn't go as far to say I know what I'm doing, but just enough to make some nice beers here n' there.

Homebrewing seems to be gaining popularity these days, probably following the microbrew trends, which have simply skyrocketed in most areas. To a certain extent, it's a progression of being microbrew fans. It allows you to learn so much about a beer style and to have first hand experience into what make something taste great.

Learning how to be proficient at kit beers doesn't take too long. I haven't gone all grain due to time constraints. I still make good enough beers since a few have placed well or won at local homebrew competitions. It's fun! Through a place like Northern Brewer or buying bulk grains/hops, it's possible to save a good amount of $ after the initial startup costs.
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I think that some take up home brewing due to lack of quality brew available. I've been tempted to homebrew myself before, I've made a couple batches of mead already - I've got one batch going through secondary right now, been there since february, probably going to bottle it in october/novemberish.
 
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pie_man_25 said:
I think that some take up home brewing due to lack of quality brew available. I've been tempted to homebrew myself before, I've made a couple batches of mead already - I've got one batch going through secondary right now, been there since february, probably going to bottle it in october/novemberish.
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That used to be the case for sure. I more or less started brewing because I was able to get good beers and got curious. I must admit that I got a little lazy for a while since it's now very easy for me to get a wide variety of stuff. There's a certain level of satisfaction from a good beer and knowing it's yours. It's beervana.
 
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Without my copy of Garret Oliver's Brewmaster's Table, which is a book I recommend to anyone who loves beer in general, so the food+beer pairings are a sheer bonus.....

A lighter beer would probably be the beer of choice.
A nice and clean Pilsner would probably be the most common choice. Possibly a German hefe. American wheat could work.

My personal choice would be a bier de garde if the sauce/spices are lower. Saison if it has a "medium zest". Very zesty and I'd go with a Belgian tripel.
 
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spade2you said:
That used to be the case for sure. I more or less started brewing because I was able to get good beers and got curious. I must admit that I got a little lazy for a while since it's now very easy for me to get a wide variety of stuff. There's a certain level of satisfaction from a good beer and knowing it's yours. It's beervana.
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I wish I could say it used to be the case. To be honest,most of the "good stuff" in my town is located an hour and a half bus ride plus a decent walk away from me. And even then, I've done the math, minus the cost of equipment, I could brew my own beer of similar style/quality for easily half the price or so of what I can buy it. The minimum prices for beer is well over a dollar a bottle where I am, so even the cheap stuff runs for 30 bucks for a two-four.
 
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pie_man_25 said:
I wish I could say it used to be the case. To be honest,most of the "good stuff" in my town is located an hour and a half bus ride plus a decent walk away from me. And even then, I've done the math, minus the cost of equipment, I could brew my own beer of similar style/quality for easily half the price or so of what I can buy it. The minimum prices for beer is well over a dollar a bottle where I am, so even the cheap stuff runs for 30 bucks for a two-four.
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Go for it, it's a great hobby.

Watch out for GAS, it's not quite as bad as with basses but there's a lot of fun-but-unnecessary brewing toys out there as well.
 
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UncleFluffy said:
Go for it, it's a great hobby.

Watch out for GAS, it's not quite as bad as with basses but there's a lot of fun-but-unnecessary brewing toys out there as well.
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yeah, I'm waiting to move out before I think of brewing beer in larger 5-6 gallon batches, for right now, having 1 gallon of mead is nice enough. It's easy, you don't have to worry about sanitation as much, and I can easily fit the carboy into my closet. Plus, since the secondary fermentation is extended, I can just leave it there for months on end, and only have to worry about racking it occaisionally.
 
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Sucks you don't currently have access to good micros. Even in Omaha, we have a few grocery stores that have good selection and a few microbrew specialty stores. There are a few good local breweries and brewpubs, too. With Omaha being close to the Iowa border, I can cross the river and get stuff that's not available in Nebraska, too.

Sounds like homebrewing is basically necessary. Northern Brewer has a nice selection and generally has 1-2 massive sales per year on homebrew kits, which tend to be available as all grain or extract. I think I got my dark mild kit (yields ~2 cases) for $20, yeast, bottle caps, and priming are extra, but not expensive, so maybe ~$30-35 when it's all said and done. The only dark milds I can get are $12 a 6er, which is kinda crazy for such a low alcohol beer. Will brew a batch with London Ale yeast in late fall/early winter to use the yeast as a starter for an old ale.
 
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Mrs F snuck one of these into the grocery basket this afternoon for me to taste. Which is awesome.

Unfortunately, the beer isn't. The sugar is so high that it drowns out all the interesting elements of the taste.
 
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Ended up going to a really nice restaurant last night for our anniversary. The place has high end wine and liquor for days, as well as pretty high end menu items. For beer, they had several flavors of Bud, one local brew, Goose Island 312, Delerium Tremens, and Delerium Nocturnum. I'm just lucky that those 4 were added since it was previously just Bud Light type beers.

It was a nice dinner, but I couldn't help but think that beer is an afterthought, especially after all the effort they put into the menu and wine selection.
 
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