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 05/20/2007 11:10:27 AM · #76

05/20/2007 11:35:42 AM · #77
Originally posted by Matthew:
Whoever mentioned Boddingtons and Caffreys are on the wrong track: that is sterilised, dull beer. Good beer comes from a pump, never a tap!

Ah... Makes me yearn for a nice freshly pulled pint of Oatmeal Stout. Mmmmm...
 05/20/2007 06:15:27 PM · #78
Faxe Extra Strong from Denmark. Described on the label simply as "Beer". 10%. Yum.

*hic*
 05/20/2007 06:33:21 PM · #79
coopers "vintage" is the best beer in the world.
i have had a carton of it teasing me for about a year now, i think i'm going to give it another 6 months. mmmmm
 05/20/2007 06:43:08 PM · #80
Originally posted by snaffles:
Oh yeah if you're looking for a ridiculously strong beer, try Labatt's Mongoose. 8.0%. Perfect for playoff hockey!


I think you have to go a bit higher to qualify as ridiculously strong. Something above 14% at least. Dogfish Head's 120 Minute IPA at 20% abv would qualify as would any of Samuel Adams Utopias in the ~25% abv range. A really nice beer in the 8-10% abv range is Maredsous 10. It's well balanced and pairs well with many foods. Of course, as with any import, you'll want to find a shop with good turnover and that knows how to handle beer so you can buy a decent example.
 05/20/2007 06:59:44 PM · #81
//www.chimay.com/sp/tres_fuertes_personalidades_301.php,try a beers beer!Chimays Grande Reserve!!!

Message edited by author 2007-05-20 19:01:58.
 05/20/2007 08:48:14 PM · #82
Yous all should come to London between 7-11 August for the GBBF @ Earls Court.

Not only is it about Beer but...it's held by CAMRA!

--CC.

(...Sorry...that is very, very bad.)
05/22/2007 10:39:04 AM · #83
Hi all

Soo excited, going to go and bottle my nettle beer today, yay! Should be drinkable in a couple days, if I hadn't been so busy this past weekend I'd be swilling it down right now.

Skewsme, that chili beer sounds intriguing! :-)

BTW the first beer I really learned to like was Guinness. Yummy.
 05/22/2007 07:08:11 PM · #84
Got a recipe to trade?
 05/22/2007 08:18:50 PM · #85
I love home beer, but I have developed an allergy to beer lately it is weird. Sucks, I feel like crap and get all blotchy afterwards.


Last years b-day present from my bro-in-law. 2 cases...mmmmmmm
 05/22/2007 08:51:47 PM · #86
Originally posted by boomtap:
I love home beer, but I have developed an allergy to beer lately it is weird. Sucks, I feel like crap and get all blotchy afterwards.


All beer or just Home-made and gourmet?

Because you could be allergic to the yeast.

Some of the mass-produced toilet-water that is often passed off as beer, often has been heavily filtered, or barely come into contact with anything you'd call yeast(depending on the brand).
 05/22/2007 08:58:33 PM · #87
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
Originally posted by boomtap:
I love home beer, but I have developed an allergy to beer lately it is weird. Sucks, I feel like crap and get all blotchy afterwards.


All beer or just Home-made and gourmet?

Because you could be allergic to the yeast.

Some of the mass-produced toilet-water that is often passed off as beer, often has been heavily filtered, or barely come into contact with anything you'd call yeast(depending on the brand).


That happend to my girls Dad and he found out he was allergic to wheat gluten now he can't drink beer or eat bread ever again.......now he is a wine-o
 05/22/2007 09:01:30 PM · #88
My husband and I also enjoy micro-brewed beers, especially those of the darker varieties. Also, I make wine when I have the opportunity to do so.

[quote=boomtap] I love home beer, but I have developed an allergy to beer lately it is weird. Sucks, I feel like crap and get all blotchy afterwards.

Maybe you should ask your doctor about testing your blood for liver or gallbladder trouble?

05/22/2007 09:03:31 PM · #89
Originally posted by electrolost:
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
Originally posted by boomtap:
I love home beer, but I have developed an allergy to beer lately it is weird. Sucks, I feel like crap and get all blotchy afterwards.



That happend to my girls Dad and he found out he was allergic to wheat gluten now he can't drink beer or eat bread ever again.......now he is a wine-o


Could be lots of things, but whatever it is, it sounds like something you should get checked out by a doctor, especially if you want to continue to drink beer.
 05/22/2007 09:03:32 PM · #90
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
...or barely come into contact with anything you'd call yeast(depending on the brand).


Interesting statement. Can you expand upon it?
 05/22/2007 09:20:31 PM · #91
It is weird, I can drink almost anything. The home brews which I love almost always make me feel bad, and the coors lights of the world I can drink but I get real bad heart burn. Other alcohol doesn't do this to me.
 05/22/2007 10:24:25 PM · #92
Originally posted by Artyste:


I'm on my fourth now ;)

Guinness in a Kilkenny glass.. The Beer Gods are angry.


Nice...I'm not a beer person but I like Guinness
 05/23/2007 04:55:21 AM · #93
Originally posted by TechnoShroom:
Interesting statement. Can you expand upon it?


What, you want a list of brands?

Message edited by author 2007-05-23 04:55:34.
 05/23/2007 05:50:50 AM · #94
Originally posted by boomtap:
I love home beer, but I have developed an allergy to beer lately it is weird. Sucks, I feel like crap and get all blotchy afterwards.


Last years b-day present from my bro-in-law. 2 cases...mmmmmmm


There is a sorghum "allergy free" beer out there by Bud and someone else I saw at the liqour store. I have seen some recipes for home brewed on the Inet also.
 05/23/2007 02:38:03 PM · #95
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
Originally posted by TechnoShroom:
Interesting statement. Can you expand upon it?


What, you want a list of brands?


No
 05/26/2007 11:27:18 AM · #96
Hi all

Well my nettle beer turned out interesting...VERY carbonated, but nice light taste to it, don't know how much alcohol content is, probably 3% or so at a guess. I tend to like stronger ones, ie Mongoose - 9% - yeh baby!
 05/26/2007 11:48:28 AM · #97
It should be even better in a fortnight.

Average strength beers (5-6%vol) generally takes a month so after bottling to properly condition and mature (depending on strength & stlye - high volume beers and old ales/barley wines (12-14%vol) can take up to a year or more, but 3% should only need a couple of weeks).

If it's very carbonated, try not to keep it anywhere it'll get too warm or you'll get bottle-bombs going off.

How did you make it?

Message edited by author 2007-05-26 12:00:10.
 05/26/2007 11:51:58 AM · #98
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
If it's very carbonated, try not to keep it anywhere it'll get too warm or you'll get bottle-bombs going off.

Yes! Be careful. This has happened to people I know.

Did you prime it with table sugar?
 05/26/2007 01:08:53 PM · #99
I googled Nettle Beer and got a site called either Self-Sufficient-ish or Frugal.com, both in the UK.

The directions seems a bit vague. You can look it up to see where buddy and I diverged in terms of what he says to do, and what I did, after initial cooking of brew. Here's recipe.

2lbs young nettle tops
1 cup brown or demerara sugar
7.5 oz pack yeast
7.5 oz ground ginger
1 gallon water
Toast

So I cooked up the nettles, strained them, put in brewing pail. Added sugar and ginger, then introduced yeast by putting it on a piece of toast and gingerly (hahaha) floating it atop brew. Closed up and left for 3 days, then put it through a sieve lined with 2 layers of cheesecloth into a large porcelain bowl and left it covered another 3 days before bottling it, then left it 2 days. Buddy says to just bottle it after brewing then drink after 2 days.

I got 7.5 500ml bottles. Was careful to not fill too much and one bottle did end up sitting in car - Doug at brewing store not around, so it sat in my car during a very hot day and was dangerously turgid when I gave it over to him.

Didn't prime it at all, which may be why it's murky - nice gent at local brewing place asked same question, if I used priming sugar.

I have another batch brewing, just racked it yesterday through sieve/cheesecloth again. Don't really have much control over temp as am in a small apartment on 2nd floor, no access to nice cool basement, so I just put beer in the farthest corner I could manage away from light, heat sources etc.

Maybe I should get out a few books on homebrewing so I can improve beer. Any suggestions welcome!
05/26/2007 02:02:40 PM · #100
Instead of demerara sugar, try using the same of Dry Amber malt extract.

Go for dry, because it has closer to the same fermentation properties of cane sugar than liquid extract, and you may get a better flavour out of it than the sugar.

-But make sure you get the unhopped extract. Some come ready bittered.

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