Success!!!

[asciibaron]

my second batch of homebrew, made at the recent Big Brew at Maryland Homebrew turned out great. i can not believe how wonderful this beer tastes.

i made the California Common but used White Labs California Ale yeast instead of the lager yeast as the recipe called for. i think the beer could have benefited from a spell in a secondary carboy to help clear it up, but the over all taste is great.

homebrewing rulez ;)

-steve

[b3s]

congrats strongbad...errr...asciibaron ;)

yeah, i too think homebrewing rules. i only got batch 6 in the primary right now, but i've got about 20 gallons of beer going in either fermenters or bottles...i love this hobby and the beer is better than 90% of the stuff out there...even better...it's crafted to your own personal tastese...that's what i really like...there are some great beers out there, and i like trying to replicate them or even make them more to my liking.

[S.F.B.]

Nice! Congrats on a successful brew.

I love to brew. I just put a Steam/ Ca. Common in the keg the other day. It is all carbonated and tastes really good. :p Been doing it for about 2 and a half years now. Still don't know why I didn't start sooner.

[paul84043]

Great!!! How's it taste?
My Cali Common has a Sam Adams- like grainy taste with a hint of wine...my wife really likes it.
I just may try your variation, it sounds good.

b3s,
Batch 6?

I lost count, I know I started in Feb. of this year, but I'm pushing 20 at least...

I ordered an Arrogant Bastad Ale clone and a Double chocolate stout today from Austin Homebrew...mmmmmmmmm...

[S.F.B.]

Originally posted by paul84043
I ordered an Arrogant Bastad Ale

I would be interested in the specs on this kit. Can you PM the ingredients list, if you have it, or is it online at their web site?

[b3s]

Originally posted by paul84043

b3s,
Batch 6?


i dunno...just a guess on my part there's so much fricking beer here...there were the two extract only beers, then the partial grain (that was the stout), then a few all grains...hell, for all i know it could be more...but i only have the 1 primary and 2 secondaries, so it couldn't be much more.

all i know is that the ipa i'm drinking is about 8.5% alcohol and i've got some lakefront brewery cream city pale and some anchor brewery california common in the fridge....oh yeah, and a couple of 22 ouncers of ipa and stout in long term storage and another 10 gallons fermenting...beer rich, cash poor...

[paul84043]

Austin Homebrew doesn't post thier ingredients, if you want to wait a week, I'll let you know what's in it when I get it...or you could probably call them.
I tried an Arrogant the other day for the first time...I have only three words to describe it....

Ho Ly Sh*t........

I have never in my life tasted anything like that....
I can't even begin to imagine how you would clone that beer...
I'm dying to see the truck they bring the hops and malt in, because I know it's A-LOT.

I'm saving all of my Arrogant bottles for the clone, it's the only decent thing to do.