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Everything I& #39;ve ever brewed a thread
In 2016 I took my first stab at brewing with two meads. A mullspice and orange mead, and a key lime, lemongrass and cranberry mead with vanilla.
They were alright but it definitely got me interested in the hobby.
And I wouldn& #39;t take another swing at the hobby until 2019 which I deeply regret.
I went with beer, which I always found super intimidating.
I used a copper& #39;s lager kit and put dehydrated strawberries in it then brewed it waaaaay too hot.
It was a kit beer alright.
This was a gingerbeer I made trying to use wild yeast to start fermentation then finish the fermentation with champagne yeast.
Absolutely vile, ended up in the toilet.
Next up we have my honey IPA, I wasted 4oz of citra and a kilo of nice honey on a coopers kit.
It tasted like molasses and ethonal. Absolutely fucking vile.
Next up was a blueberry chai cider. I still get people asking me to remake this one.
A mango wheat ale. I used mango juice from concentrate and dry hopped with citra. It was a kit beer but it was a pasteurized wort that actually had amazing results. I would 100% remake this.
A raspberry saison.
It was some grains, malt extract and a coopers kit. I started learning about yeast and ditched the coopers yeast.
A forgettable beer but it left a giant mess in the closet.
A raspberry mint cider. Closer to a lacroix, was only 3.5% but I really liked it.
Making apple cider out of British ale yeast. It was alright.
Strawberry vanilla cider dry hopped with Amarillo. It was okay, needed more apple juice.
A saison. This was my first beer without relying on a copper& #39;s kit to carry it. It was brewed with a partial mash, using liquid malt extract. It tasted pretty homebrewy young, but later tasted pretty decent.
I called this a white wheat ale and it was mostly grain with only 1 pound of DME.
I put white flour in it because I had read that was a thing in the UK and some microbrews but it was a bit too bready for my palate.
Grapefruit pear cider with vanilla and amarillo hops.
I forgot yeast nutrient and it smelled like rancid farts for weeks but it wound up being very solid and getting me very drunk.
My NEIPA. This was a big deal for me because: my first 100% all grain beer and my first experience with kveik yeast.
A blueberry wine. It was alright, I wasnt expecting much but was pleasantly surprised.
A brut IPA.
It was different I may come back to it I am unsure. Very dry, smelled like tangerine oranges and it was light and easy drinking but also it was 7.5%
My first standard IPA. I made a lot of mistakes and in a competition would have had been disqualified if I submitted this as an IPA. My IBU was too low and there wasnt enough hop aroma. It was like a light pale ale.
IPA part 2:
I used the malt profile from Seirra Nevada pale ale, and added way more hops.
For my palate it could have been slightly hoppier but that didnt stop me from drinking 6 infront of my computer.
Amber IPA.
The color could be a shade darker and it could lean more into hop than malt. I found the malt profile kind of bland.
I used an additive to clarify the beer and reduce the gluten content but it turns out I& #39;m allergic to it and it gave me a migrane/eczema outbreak.
Peaches and cream milkshake IPA.
A small amount of peach juice, lactose (milk sugar) and a shitload of simcoe hops. I think this is my favorite I& #39;ve brewed.
And I took my amber IPA malt profile, made it a bit more complicated, increased the grain bill and hops to make a double amber IPA. I& #39;ll let you know how it turns out but it should clock in around 8/8.5%. I& #39;ve taken steps to thin out the body and make it easy to drink.
And that& #39;s it.
It feels like way more but I& #39;m always consuming information about brewing, reading, watching videos, listening to podcasts etc.
As long as the next batch is better than the one before it I& #39;m super happy.
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