Annapolpissed Homebrew

[Belasherweizen]

First off, I know how a authentic German Wheat should taste. AHB's "Westfhaila Wheat" ? recipe is overhopped strong darker wheat malt then I expect from a german weat beer!!!!!!!!!!!AHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA

[danno]

what did you get in the kit, since AHB doesn't post their kit ingredients online...

[Belasherweizen]

7 pounds of bulk wheat malt from a drum which is too dark for a wheat. Some sepecality grains and too much haulertau hops. Im done whith there "recipe".

[HogieWan]

Originally posted by Belasherweizen
7 pounds of bulk wheat malt from a drum which is too dark for a wheat. Some sepecality grains and too much haulertau hops. Im done whith there "recipe".

I've done two of their kits - a chirstmas ale which was great and I'm about to bottle a belgian pale ale, which tasted very promising gong into the secondary.

[gallowd7]

Have you brewed the beer yet? 7 lbs of any malt is going to look awfully dark. Those guys are my LHBS and they have never let me down with recipes or when I go in and say "help!"

I made that kit this summer and it was a one of the best extracts I've brewed.

Don't be so quick to judge.

[lordkenpo]

Originally posted by gallowd7
Have you brewed the beer yet? 7 lbs of any malt is going to look awfully dark. Those guys are my LHBS and they have never let me down with recipes or when I go in and say "help!"

I made that kit this summer and it was a one of the best extracts I've brewed.

Don't be so quick to judge.

To back up that assertion, I've also brewed that same extract kit twice, and it is indeed one of the finest I've tried from them, especially with a heat-belt, a blow-off tube, and a little extra time in primary. Tasted exactly (literally, I couldn't tell the two apart) like Paulaner's Hefeweizen.

[lordkenpo]

And yeah, I understand the concern with regards to not sharing what goes into their kits. But at the same time, they're an extremely small operation (it's just the two brothers, that's it), and if they feel that guarding their secret sauce is going to keep them in business, then by all means they have every right to. Every time I've asked them for help with recipe formulation or fermentation troubles, they've been spot on and entirely willing to help as much as possible. They've even gone as far as to offer critiques of my beers when something goes wrong.

Perhaps my location affords me better experiences than some, but I view them entirely separate of other homebrew shops - much more like brew buddies that happen to sell supplies than just a typical vendor/consumer relationship. Not to mention that money saved on shipping is always a good thing. ;)

[mookow]

Originally posted by Belasherweizen
7 pounds of bulk wheat malt from a drum which is too dark for a wheat. Some sepecality grains and too much haulertau hops. Im done whith there "recipe".

If they made the kit for people doing partial wort boils, the amount of hops will seem quite a bit higher than normal. But the utilization of your hops drops when the gravity goes over 1.050 during the boil. Obviously, the gravity is going to be more than 1.050 when doing a partial wort boil.

I'm not saying for sure that they put the right amount of hops in this recipe. I'm just saying what appears to be too much hops can just be compensating for a 2 or 3 gallon boil.

[Belasherweizen]

I guess I was alittle to harsh. But still Im more of a franziskaner hefe kinda guy.

[HogieWan]

I should read titles - I got my kits from AustinHomebrewSupply. Wrong AHS

[Derekt2]

Originally posted by Belasherweizen
I guess I was alittle to harsh. But still Im more of a franziskaner hefe kinda guy.

To play devil's advocate I will add:

1. I went to Annap. HB once about 2 mos. ago to buy 22 oz. bottles of which they had none. In fact, they had very little of anything at all. The guy said a truck was due but I was struck by how low their inventory was regardless. And some of what they had was whacky too but to each their own.

2. The place was in disarray (boxes everywhere, stuff not assembled, lots of graindust everywhere). I had heard it was a new location for them so I asked if this was the first weekend in and was stunned to find out they had been there over 2 mos. by then. That made me feel pretty uneasy about making a purchase. It simply looked like nobody gave a shit.

3. The bulk malt setup was well, um, err... let's just say that it was open to the air and therefore grain dust and multi-legged critters (no top plug, CO2, nitrogen, anything) which is also not a good sign. That said, the volume was low so they could have been leftovers waiting for the re-supply.

In the end the only thing I bought was a pack of Wyeast because it arrived while I was there and I plucked it out of the box.

I am willing to concede that I am a picky customer, and they may have been stranded w/o supplies, but I've been to many shops -- large & small, newly opened and long-timers -- but both my wife and I walked out of there knowing we would never return which is unfortunate because the guy was nice enough.

YMMV but that trip was enough to make sure I didn't buy again. Anyone else share that perception?

[matic]

I've been going to Maryland Homebrew in Columbia. I like them more than the place in Annapolis..

If Columbia is within range for you, check them out.

[zoom6zoom]

matic, where are they located?

[toneyc]

Maryland Homebrew
6770 Oak Hall Lane
Suite 115
Columbia, MD 21045
http://www.mdhb.com

Google is our friend.

:)
Toney.