New Beer on the Horizon

footfootfoot · 01-19-2013, 10:02 PM

I just started two batches of beer.

1) A Pumpernickel Ale (Barley, Rye, Molasses, Hops, Caraway Seed) target: 5.5%ABV - 4 gallon batch. It initially came in at some crazy ass number like 19%ABV so I really need to check my math or re-read my recipe. I watered it down to 5.5%

2) Oatmeal Chocolate Stout (Barley, Steel Cut Oats, Hops, Cocoa Nibs) target: 8.5%ABV - 1.5 gallon test batch. I didn't really want the ABV that high, but I was worried the flavor would be too thin. I need to tweak the recipe a bit. I'm also mixing grains with malt syrup and the conversion chart I have seem to be wildly off or I forgot to carry the naughts...

It'll be about a month before they're ready.

Special shout out to xoB!

limey · 01-20-2013, 05:03 AM

Holy moly! Lay a pipeline under the Atlantic will ya?!??!?:-D

Sent by thought transference.

DanaC · 01-20-2013, 05:18 AM

I know, they sound delish.

Chocolatl · 01-20-2013, 05:20 AM

So did you ever pick a brewery name? BeerBeerBeer?

orthodoc · 01-20-2013, 05:23 AM

We need a pipeline here first! At the very least - tasting notes a month from now (distant second-best).

@choco - great name!

footfootfoot · 01-20-2013, 01:41 PM

Still haven't picked a brewery name. I've been doing a lot of market research and working on a biz plan. I think, after doing the market research, that I need to build up a solid financial cushion before I embark on this. Unless there are investors with mad loot who want to do this. Crowd funding was also a thought.

In the meantime, I will brew beer on the weekends.

Undertoad · 01-20-2013, 02:55 PM

Happy New Beer!!

zippyt · 01-20-2013, 03:00 PM

You could rate the strength with F's
1 F wussy but tasty
2 F Manly
3 F Strong stuff
4 F this shit will LIGHT !!!

footfootfoot · 01-20-2013, 03:12 PM

I will brew one that goes up to 11 for you, Zipppy!

zippyt · 01-20-2013, 03:28 PM

SCHWWWWEEEEETTTT !!!!!

01-19-2013, 10:02 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	New Beer on the Horizon I just started two batches of beer. 1) A Pumpernickel Ale (Barley, Rye, Molasses, Hops, Caraway Seed) target: 5.5%ABV - 4 gallon batch. It initially came in at some crazy ass number like 19%ABV so I really need to check my math or re-read my recipe. I watered it down to 5.5% 2) Oatmeal Chocolate Stout (Barley, Steel Cut Oats, Hops, Cocoa Nibs) target: 8.5%ABV - 1.5 gallon test batch. I didn't really want the ABV that high, but I was worried the flavor would be too thin. I need to tweak the recipe a bit. I'm also mixing grains with malt syrup and the conversion chart I have seem to be wildly off or I forgot to carry the naughts... It'll be about a month before they're ready. Special shout out to xoB! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-20-2013, 05:03 AM	#2
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Holy moly! Lay a pipeline under the Atlantic will ya?!??!?:-D Sent by thought transference. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

01-20-2013, 05:23 AM	#5
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	We need a pipeline here first! At the very least - tasting notes a month from now (distant second-best). @choco - great name! __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

01-20-2013, 01:41 PM	#6
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Still haven't picked a brewery name. I've been doing a lot of market research and working on a biz plan. I think, after doing the market research, that I need to build up a solid financial cushion before I embark on this. Unless there are investors with mad loot who want to do this. Crowd funding was also a thought. In the meantime, I will brew beer on the weekends. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-20-2013, 03:00 PM	#8
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	You could rate the strength with F's 1 F wussy but tasty 2 F Manly 3 F Strong stuff 4 F this shit will LIGHT !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

01-20-2013, 05:20 AM	#4
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	So did you ever pick a brewery name? BeerBeerBeer?

01-20-2013, 02:55 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Happy New Beer!!

01-20-2013, 03:12 PM	#9
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I will brew one that goes up to 11 for you, Zipppy! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-20-2013, 03:28 PM	#10
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	SCHWWWWEEEEETTTT !!!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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