Let's talk good beer

[BDBohnzie]

A buddy of mine homebrews and has used the internet for a lot of guidance and help.

OTM, I'd find some homebrew sites and boards and post up there and see what they say. Unfortunately, I haven't done any myself. My expereince stems from watching every episode of Brew Dogs on Esquire Network

My wife has talked about wanting to do it. So the next few batches my buddy makes, we're going to go and help.

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

A buddy of mine homebrews and has used the internet for a lot of guidance and help.

OTM, I'd find some homebrew sites and boards and post up there and see what they say. Unfortunately, I haven't done any myself. My expereince stems from watching every episode of Brew Dogs on Esquire Network

My wife has talked about wanting to do it. So the next few batches my buddy makes, we're going to go and help.

it seems easy and a lot of fun. who knows, maybe ill move back to new orleans and do a craft beer truck!!

this is original thought by me and i may need to act on this.

a craft beer truck ... . . in nola you can drink on the street so it all good. i could travel to alabama and LSU games, festivals ... ..

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nevermind. these a holes beat me to it.

[RedskinMike]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

I love Heavy Seas' bombers. Their uncharted series is top notch. But their regular beers are meh. Loose Cannon is ok. Cross Bones is ok. Gold and Cutlass are ok. Nothing they do on the regular is anything I want to have on the regular.

Below decks is still one of the best barleywines I have ever had.

[RedskinMike]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

I am going to start home brewing.

I need some kind of activity for me and my daughter to do during the next few months of winter.

Anyone home brew or have suggestions on a good starter kit?

Im thinking I just want to get a simple set up and dabble for a few months to see if i like it. then, if i want to pursue it for real, drop a couple hundred on some real equipment. I have decent space in my back utility room/work space area.

Amazon.com: Monster Brew Home Brewing Supp Complete Beer Equipment Kit (K6) with 6 Gallon Glass Carboy, Gold: Kitchen & Dining

^^$90 bucks, good reviews.

$90 is not a bad starting point. Remember this does not come with a kettle. When it comes to a kettle bigger is better. Pay a little more and get at least a 10 gallon kettle because once you start homebrewing you will end up buying one anyway. Homebrewtalk.com is a great board with a wealth of info. Just remember when you buy equipment think big, I would guess homebrewing is going to be up your alley and you will very quickly want to brew as much as you can in each session so go big because you will be buying later anyways. I have been homebrewing for a decade so if you have any questions feel free to ask. Its quite the rewarding hobby.

[RedskinMike]

The AHS Brewing Equipment Kit (PET Secondary)You are actually better off with this.

[Chico23231]

Here comes Hopslam

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

[Alvin Walton]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Here comes Hopslam

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Thats been around out here for a while.
While I am a big Bells supporter, that beer is way overpriced.

[BDBohnzie]

Before the snow plowed us in, I grabbed a mix 6 for the wife and a 6 of rar Nanticoke Nectar to compliment what I had in the fridge. I snuck in a 3 Stars Citra Lemon Saison into the 6er for me. That's a good beer. Nice summer slammer. Drank the Nectars during Royal Rumble last night.

[over the mountain]

there is a keg of SN celebration ale tapped at DTC. i guess 4 months isnt too old for a pressurized keg but ... kinda a turn off. im a snob.

i saw another US brewer (forgot who) who had a "fresh hop" beer brewed in december ... my understanding is any american hops are harvested in sept - oct, so how could you fresh hop anything in Dec? unless they freeze dried whole cones at harvest then dethawed them? but thats not fresh hopped.

would like a nelson hop blend from NZ be harvested not in sept-oct like we do? but then, how could you even fresh hop it given the distance. theres no way those hops are 24 hours fresh from NZ.

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got a sixer of hop hunter dob 12.15.15 for the terps game tonight .... havent seen a fresh batch in MD in a long time.

[over the mountain]

looks like Stone enjoy by 2.14.16 got to us a little late. black ipa this time.

[RedskinMike]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

looks like Stone enjoy by 2.14.16 got to us a little late. black ipa this time.

It was both the black ipa and unfiltered. I got some a week ago and thought it was later than usual. They both were on point so I'm sure they were awesome right after bottling.

[Chico23231]

Bell's special double cream stout

Avery's Raja

Firestone's Easy Jack IPA

Tasty Sunday fun day

[over the mountain]

the stone enjoy by black ipa was really really good. the fruit/citrus of the hops played very well with the roasty malt. balanced.

[BDBohnzie]

rar did a 3 can release party last Saturday. Had 2 different friends go and pick up ware.

1st Meal Breakfast Stout. Very Maple-y. Like you could render it down and use it on pancakes and waffles. Decent stout, but a tad sweet for my liking. The other 2 beers (Pulp and Northeast Nectar) are on tap this weekend.

[BDBohnzie]

I must be getting old...had a great weekend with family and friends. Plenty of good beers and now I'm feeling it this morning. Not hungover by any means, but slow, sore and tired.

Saturday did a Central MD/Baltimore crawl which included Manor Hill Brewing, Jailbreak Brewing, Union Craft Brewing (which was so packed we didn't stay and missed out on Double Duckpin on draft), The Brewer's Art, and The White Oak Tavern. Ended the day at my buddy's house helping him with his latest homebrew batch, which is an ode to Lawson's Sip of Sunshine and Treehouse's Julius. Probably my favorite beer of the day was a new porter Manor Hill did, which happened to be my first beer of the day.

Yesterday we had people over for the Super Bowl, and shared more beers with some killer food. Favorite of the day was my last one...rar's Northeast Nectar.

It's all up on untappd (handle: JohnnyFieldgoal) if you want to see what I was able to taste (and remembered to check in) this weekend.