The Craft Beer Thread....

Wobbie

dcfaithfull gave me a sixer of his homebrew for christmas.

I think it's his first attempt :shock:

if I survive, I'll post a review

The Juggler

got a home brew kit yesterday. this should be interesting

The Juggler

also got a 6 pack of corsendonk. xmas ale. came in the box with the snifter glass and stuff.

had this for the first time few weeks ago and was blown away by how good it was. i think i'm going to let this age till next christmas then give it a go.

Cliffy6745

The Juggler wrote:

got a home brew kit yesterday. this should be interesting

Sweet. What kind of beer did you get to start with? We are about 6 batches in. It's a lot of fun.

Cliffy6745

The Juggler wrote:

also got a 6 pack of corsendonk. xmas ale. came in the box with the snifter glass and stuff.

had this for the first time few weeks ago and was blown away by how good it was. i think i'm going to let this age till next christmas then give it a go.

Yeah, dude, stuff is awesome. It's funny people only really learn about it through those gift packs.

The Juggler

Cliffy6745 wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

got a home brew kit yesterday. this should be interesting

Sweet. What kind of beer did you get to start with? We are about 6 batches in. It's a lot of fun.

i haven't opened it yet but the box has a picture of a mexican cerveza and a czech pilsner. it's from Mr. Beer. i'm told that's not the best, but it's good to start with? what do you you use?

and yeah, the corsendonk box probably draws a lot of people in at places like wegmans and stuff. my brother said it looks like it's made by Mattel.

dcfaithful

imalive wrote:

dcfaithfull gave me a sixer of his homebrew for christmas.

I think it's his first attempt :shock:

if I survive, I'll post a review

I forgot to mention (maybe it was more of an assumption that you knew) that you will want to leave a little at the bottom of the bottle when you pour it in a glass. I didn't do this when I tried my first one of this batch and I would recommend not forgetting that.

Regardless, hope you enjoy it (at least a little).

Cliffy6745

The Juggler wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

got a home brew kit yesterday. this should be interesting

Sweet. What kind of beer did you get to start with? We are about 6 batches in. It's a lot of fun.

i haven't opened it yet but the box has a picture of a mexican cerveza and a czech pilsner. it's from Mr. Beer. i'm told that's not the best, but it's good to start with? what do you you use?

and yeah, the corsendonk box probably draws a lot of people in at places like wegmans and stuff. my brother said it looks like it's made by Mattel.

Gotcha. We started with an American Pale Ale and move on from there. Have done an IPA, Pumpkin, Baltic Porter, Saison de Noel and something else I can't remember. Have done all kits so far with some slight enhancements (whiskey soaked wood chips to the porter, extra clove cinnamon and pumpkin to the pumpkin) Most of the kits we have done are Brewers Best that they sell at Barrys Home Brew in Northern Liberties. Good spot. Also you can get good deals on kits and all things brewing at Northern Brewer. We have done at least a couple from there. You can get real good deals.

http://www.northernbrewer.com/

Ha, yeah, it definitely looks cheesy, but is so good.

madtowndave

Chief Broom wrote:

Been collecting these the last couple days.

I managed to get my hands on a bottle. I believe 50 cases made it into WI. It was extremely sought after.

Wobbie

imalive wrote:

dcfaithfull gave me a sixer of his homebrew for christmas.

I think it's his first attempt :shock:

if I survive, I'll post a review

actual quotes from last night's review:

"clean, light and refreshing"

"loaded with hops"

"better than cutthroat"

I kid you not......strong work, DC :thumbup:

and I was expecting mouthwash... :silent:

dcfaithful

imalive wrote:

imalive wrote:

dcfaithfull gave me a sixer of his homebrew for christmas.

I think it's his first attempt :shock:

if I survive, I'll post a review

actual quotes from last night's review:

"clean, light and refreshing"

"loaded with hops"

"better than cutthroat"

I kid you not......strong work, DC :thumbup:

and I was expecting mouthwash... :silent:

Glad you enjoyed it!

Horos

My daughter sent me these today. Her boyfriend works for the Santa Rosa PD so hopefully more will be arriving in the future. There were 3 but she dropped one. :fp:

intodeep

Horos wrote:

My daughter sent me these today. Her boyfriend works for the Santa Rosa PD so hopefully more will be arriving in the future. There were 3 but she dropped one. :fp:

You are a lucky man!

I love the elder. I am hoping to be getting a few in the mail myself soon too (i think in two weeks)

I stocked up for the weekend yesterday on some nice stouts.
Got:
Southern Tier's Oatmeal Stout

Lagunitas Cappuuccino Stout

Terrappin's Wake N Bake Coffee Oatmeal Stout


I've had the bottom two before and love them both. Trying the Southern Tier for the first time

Horos

Anyone had a chance to try one of these?

10.5 ABV

Indifference71

Half Acre Daisy Cutter is my new favorite beer. I've been drinking that stuff like it's my job lately.

Wobbie

intodeep wrote:

Lagunitas Cappuuccino Stout

not sure I would like this one....but lagunitas makes some awesome beers

davidtrios

Indifference71 wrote:

Half Acre Daisy Cutter is my new favorite beer. I've been drinking that stuff like it's my job lately.

that's a tasty beer right there

Indifference71

davidtrios wrote:

Indifference71 wrote:

Half Acre Daisy Cutter is my new favorite beer. I've been drinking that stuff like it's my job lately.

that's a tasty beer right there

I've been drinking it like crazy. I've noticed that more and more places have it on tap all over Chicago. I really want to check out their brewery tour....their brewery is right around Lincoln and Montrose. I heard it's a good tour to go on.

intodeep

imalive wrote:

intodeep wrote:

Lagunitas Cappuuccino Stout

not sure I would like this one....but lagunitas makes some awesome beers

Yeah i have a six pack of their ipa in the fridge and i'm convinced their dogtown pale ale is either my fav pale or second fav behind 3 floyds zombie dust

As for this one i really enjoyed it. I don't mind the coffee flavors in beer and i thought in this one it was present but not overpowering. I'm a sucker for stouts

Wobbie

intodeep wrote:

imalive wrote:

intodeep wrote:

Lagunitas Cappuuccino Stout

not sure I would like this one....but lagunitas makes some awesome beers

Yeah i have a six pack of their ipa in the fridge and i'm convinced their dogtown pale ale is either my fav pale or second fav behind 3 floyds zombie dust

As for this one i really enjoyed it. I don't mind the coffee flavors in beer and i thought in this one it was present but not overpowering. I'm a sucker for stouts

dogtown is great.

I had their "fractional ipa" on christmas day and it was yummy