Theophilus
Young Ape
Now your talkin! Abita's from my neck of the woods. Ever tried Abita Wheat?
What is your favorite beer?
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Now your talkin! Abita's from my neck of the woods. Ever tried Abita Wheat?
The_Bombero
Young Ape
As mentioned earlier, Dogfish head is outstanding! I've only had the 90 min. and Midas Touch but both were excellent. However, my all time favorite is probably St. Bernardus 60th Anniv. :dr Actually, any St. Bernardus is damn good! Highly recommend it!:tu
ambientboy
...from the internet.
Leffe Dark!!
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
Anchor Bock
..and of course Guinness!
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
Anchor Bock
..and of course Guinness!
Theophilus
Young Ape
I now have a new favorite:
It's brewed at Mcmenamins in the Pacific Northwest. I had quite a few on my trip to Portland, OR while I was staying at Mcmenamins Edgefield hotel. Unfortunately you can only get them at a Mecmenamins pub.
It's brewed at Mcmenamins in the Pacific Northwest. I had quite a few on my trip to Portland, OR while I was staying at Mcmenamins Edgefield hotel. Unfortunately you can only get them at a Mecmenamins pub.
I now have a new favorite:
It's brewed at Mcmenamins in the Pacific Northwest. I had quite a few on my trip to Portland, OR while I was staying at Mcmenamins Edgefield hotel. Unfortunately you can only get them at a Mecmenamins pub.
McMenammins ROCKS! I like that they brew at each of their...I don't know, 100 thousand locations by now?!
My favorite is their Terminator Stout.
blindsmoke
Young Ape
Sam Adams for domestic.
Guiness for import.
Depends on the cigar.
Guiness for import.
Depends on the cigar.
AirplaneSpin
Starving Graduate Gorilla
Anderson Valley Winter Solstice.
stevefrench
Green Bastard
LABATT 50 ALE :tu
BlazinOrange
Maturing Primate
Alot of people are saying Killians is an import I am pretty sure its domestic and produced by Coor's.
Domestic: Leinenkugel or Yuengling
Import: Guiness so far but have others I want to try just cant find around here.
Also brewing your own beer looks interesting. Anyone try this? and how did it go/taste?
Domestic: Leinenkugel or Yuengling
Import: Guiness so far but have others I want to try just cant find around here.
Also brewing your own beer looks interesting. Anyone try this? and how did it go/taste?
Domestic- We have a brewery here in toronto called mill st. They have an amazing ESB that I like. Shame they don't bottle it.
Import- Sam Adams
Cigar- Still new, they all taste similar
As for brewing your own beer. I have been doing it for a few years. There are 3 ways.
1. Is a kit, it's basically a can of malted barley that you boil, add water, and ferment. Produces a fairly good product with very little work. Your looking at about 30 bucks for 55 bottles of beer.
2. Is a partial mash, similar to number 1 but the hops is real hops that you add to the boil (instead of it being in the can) you can control the flavour and outcome of the beer much better this way. It's a little more work but well worth it.
3.This is all grain, take about a full day and not to sure about it. I can't be bothered to be honest. It seams like to much work and the equiptment involved seams to out weight the cost. However this is how you produce the exact beer you want from start to finish.
You can bottle your brew in either plastic PET bottles, regular pop off bottles, and my preffered grolsh bottles.
But (and this is what I have) for best results, you can keg your beer. Yes thats right, beer on tap that you made. Well worth the investment and time.
As for the brew, I must say I have a hard time purshasing beer since I can make it myself to exactly what I like for a fraction of the cost. Friends and familly agree. The one downside is it goes to damn quick.
For a startup cost your looking at about 200 bucks for equiptment (if you go all out) but can do it for 100 fairly easilly.
The kegging system will run you another 200 bucks (which is great cause bottleing in a PITA). If anyone has question please feel free to pm me. I might not know much about cigars but I do know my beer.
Lastly I will gladly bottle up some of my brew if there's any left for people in the GTA wanting to try homebrew for the first time.
Is it well worth the time and money? To each is their own but the nicest thing about it is handing someone a homebrew and them asking for another pint or 2. Something to be proud of, after all you made your own beer.
Import- Sam Adams
Cigar- Still new, they all taste similar
As for brewing your own beer. I have been doing it for a few years. There are 3 ways.
1. Is a kit, it's basically a can of malted barley that you boil, add water, and ferment. Produces a fairly good product with very little work. Your looking at about 30 bucks for 55 bottles of beer.
2. Is a partial mash, similar to number 1 but the hops is real hops that you add to the boil (instead of it being in the can) you can control the flavour and outcome of the beer much better this way. It's a little more work but well worth it.
3.This is all grain, take about a full day and not to sure about it. I can't be bothered to be honest. It seams like to much work and the equiptment involved seams to out weight the cost. However this is how you produce the exact beer you want from start to finish.
You can bottle your brew in either plastic PET bottles, regular pop off bottles, and my preffered grolsh bottles.
But (and this is what I have) for best results, you can keg your beer. Yes thats right, beer on tap that you made. Well worth the investment and time.
As for the brew, I must say I have a hard time purshasing beer since I can make it myself to exactly what I like for a fraction of the cost. Friends and familly agree. The one downside is it goes to damn quick.
For a startup cost your looking at about 200 bucks for equiptment (if you go all out) but can do it for 100 fairly easilly.
The kegging system will run you another 200 bucks (which is great cause bottleing in a PITA). If anyone has question please feel free to pm me. I might not know much about cigars but I do know my beer.
Lastly I will gladly bottle up some of my brew if there's any left for people in the GTA wanting to try homebrew for the first time.
Is it well worth the time and money? To each is their own but the nicest thing about it is handing someone a homebrew and them asking for another pint or 2. Something to be proud of, after all you made your own beer.
BlazinOrange
Maturing Primate
Jordan sounds like you know your stuff. Do you use the partial mash method? If so, do you use the recipe kits? And, does it taste better than most beers you can purchase? I was thinking about throwing the money down and purchasing a kit. I just recieved a scholarship too so I feel like buying something for myself haha.
Also do you transfer to a 2nd fermenter or not?
Also do you transfer to a 2nd fermenter or not?
Blazin
I use a partial mash method as its pretty simple, and yes with a little practice you can produce things just as good if not better then in stores. A kit however such as coopers will still produce a great product. The only downside is that there is a sediment left at the bottom of the bottle. So you must decant a bottle into a glass (unless you keg). As for the secondary fermentation that is a widely debated topic. Some say everything that had to get done in primary is done and you can "secondary" in the bottle and keg. My preference is to rack to the secondary (rack is a fancy term for transfer) as i think the beer lying on the sediment will tain the flavour. I have no science or even testing that's just the way I see it.
Suprisingly there is a great video to watch http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2852527078421700337 Alton Brown did a video from good eats. He has just the basics which can easilly get you by. He does a partial mash and shows how simple it really is. The only hard part is learning what to use when. However a good beer forum will have tons of good recipes that takes all the guess work out of it.
As for equiptment. I have a 6.5gal plastic primary fermenter and 5 glass 5gal carboys. But you can easilly get by with just 2 plastic food grade buckets. 2 spigots, some vinyl tubing, and a airlock and you'll be all set, just dont forget bottles.
Heads up my first beer turned out sour, my second was way to bitter. My third was great and that didnt last long. I guess it's like smoking a pipe, after a few times it's easy, fun, cost effective, and a great hobby.
I don't want to steal from this thread tho, let's get back on topic (unless you guys consider this on topic). If not then please pm me. I'd be glad to help.
I use a partial mash method as its pretty simple, and yes with a little practice you can produce things just as good if not better then in stores. A kit however such as coopers will still produce a great product. The only downside is that there is a sediment left at the bottom of the bottle. So you must decant a bottle into a glass (unless you keg). As for the secondary fermentation that is a widely debated topic. Some say everything that had to get done in primary is done and you can "secondary" in the bottle and keg. My preference is to rack to the secondary (rack is a fancy term for transfer) as i think the beer lying on the sediment will tain the flavour. I have no science or even testing that's just the way I see it.
Suprisingly there is a great video to watch http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2852527078421700337 Alton Brown did a video from good eats. He has just the basics which can easilly get you by. He does a partial mash and shows how simple it really is. The only hard part is learning what to use when. However a good beer forum will have tons of good recipes that takes all the guess work out of it.
As for equiptment. I have a 6.5gal plastic primary fermenter and 5 glass 5gal carboys. But you can easilly get by with just 2 plastic food grade buckets. 2 spigots, some vinyl tubing, and a airlock and you'll be all set, just dont forget bottles.
Heads up my first beer turned out sour, my second was way to bitter. My third was great and that didnt last long. I guess it's like smoking a pipe, after a few times it's easy, fun, cost effective, and a great hobby.
I don't want to steal from this thread tho, let's get back on topic (unless you guys consider this on topic). If not then please pm me. I'd be glad to help.
Sauer Grapes
Entrepierna del Fuego
Having a Ruination IPA by Stone right now. It's pretty darn good.
However, it can't touch the DFH 90 Minute IPA in my opinion. Surprisingly enough, the black horse in the race, Clipper City Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop^3 Ale also kicks Ruination's butt IMO.
However, it can't touch the DFH 90 Minute IPA in my opinion. Surprisingly enough, the black horse in the race, Clipper City Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop^3 Ale also kicks Ruination's butt IMO.