PackerRat Brew

[Freak Out]

Ok...so I'm going to brew a new batch of beer next week and I want you beer drinkers to throw out some ideas for styles and ingredients. It's getting cold so I'm thinking an old ale or a Barleywine but it doesn't matter.

When it's ready I'll bottle it, and send some to a few locations so we can get together for a game (playoff?) and drink it up.

[mraynrand]

nice

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i can't help. i've screwed up my last 3 batches

a breakfast stout sounds good though

or just man up and go for the belgian double or quad

[Freak Out]

I just finished a nice coffee/milk stout that turned out really nice (bottle)...and a Citra Hop pale is in the keg. I'm thinking a smokey porter or a dark amber/holiday ale. A Belgian Christmas beer would be cool.

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do you use anyone to get all your stuff?

northern brewer has some nice kits. i usually use then if i'm lazy and don't want to think too much

that coffe/milk stout sounds pretty good right now

[Freak Out]

I get most of my ingredients (grain) from a local commercial brewer I will leave nameless. I buy some things from a local homebrew supply on occasion, and order stuff from dealers on Amazon and Northern Brewer. I can buy just about any commercial yeast I need locally or I get it from other brewers around town. I end up using the "Edinburgh" strain in most of my beer....but brew Saison and other Belgian styles on occasion.

[MJZiggy]

I get most of my ingredients (grain) from a local commercial brewer I will leave nameless. I buy some things from a local homebrew supply on occasion, and order stuff from dealers on Amazon and Northern Brewer. I can buy just about any commercial yeast I need locally or I get it from other brewers around town. I end up using the "Edinburgh" strain in most of my beer....but brew Saison and other Belgian styles on occasion.

Belgian white? I don't know what I'm talking about though. Can you make something like Chimay?

[Freak Out]

I can try. But it's hard to duplicate a classic. I like to experiment though and there are lots of ways to brew a Belgian style.....but I'm not a monk so it won't be a Trappist.

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Belgian white? I don't know what I'm talking about though. Can you make something like Chimay?

thats what i'm talking about. but chimay does not make a belgian white

chimay sticks to the very classic trappist brews

double
triple
and quad

they also have a lighter brew that they don't let out of the monestary just like the other trappist brewers

IMHO, these (belgian trappist beers) are the greatest forms of beer in the world

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I can try. But it's hard to duplicate a classic. I like to experiment though and there are lots of ways to brew a Belgian style.....but I'm not a monk so it won't be a Trappist.

the number 8 from northern brewer is a pretty good attempt.

i also made one of my own that was a cross between a westmalle dubble and the westvleteren abt. and it was fantastic. i gave one to my priest uncle and knocked him silly with one beer. i think it was 11% abv

[MadtownPacker]

THC

[Iron Mike]

Copy this:

http://www.mammamiapizzabeer.com/main.php

Only make it taste like deep-fried cheese curds!!!

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THC

i've thought about trying that in place of hops

[Zool]

Oatmeal creme stout? I'm on a stout kick lately. KBS has ruined me

[Freak Out]

I just made a really nice coffee milk stout that had a little oatmeal in it....love stouts. I love barrel aged imperials...yum.