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Tripel and overall update

Published on October 4, 2009 in beer. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

It has been a while since I posted.

A very busy summer and severe disappointment with my Tripel. Way to sweet and about 90% of the bottles were very flat. I’m not sure if I didn’t clean adequately or if there was something in the secondary that contaminated the beer. I’ve had to pour several bottles down the drain, which kills me. The alcohol level wasn’t lacking at all though. Very strong and a pint was all I cared to drink on a conservative evening.

The Biere de Garde and Chocolate Stouts turned out well and friends/family have enjoyed thoughout the summer. I’ll definitely make the stout again. Now for something new.

I’ll be moving forward this fall with an IPA extract kit from Northern Brewer. I’ve really enjoyed IPAs this summer so I thought one should be in order. I’ll be using a yeast starter. More to come soon.

Chocolate Stout

Published on April 26, 2009 in beer. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

I wanted to post earlier but haven’t gotten to it. I bottled my Chocolate Stout on April 15th. It still had a FG of 1.020.

Update on the stout. I tried one about 3 days ago in a test bottle. Still pretty flat but a really nice burnt coffee taste with a lot of chocolate taste. It was the amount of chocolate that I expected, but I’m sure it would be too much for connoisseurs of chocolate stouts.

Update on my Tripel. I took a hydrometer reading and it was at 1.017. That is down from an OG of 1.089. If it is the same in a couple days I will rack to secondary. I took a taste and it was about 5 oz of heaven. I am really excited to try it. It was strong (about 9.6%abv) and you could taste it AND feel it :) Maybe I’m a lightweight but I’ll have to be careful with this one.

Chocolate “Stimulus Stout”

Published on March 29, 2009 in beer. 0 Comments Tags: , .

I pulled the trigger on a good priced stout extract kit (the “Depot’s Stimulus Stout”) at the Homebrewing Depot. I’m going to use it as a base to my first stout and furthermore my first chocolate stout. I made the decision to go chocolate after Kel and I tried a Young’s Double Chocolate Stout. It was good but not as chocolate tasting as I anticipated. I was assuming chocolate beer with a name like that. I did some research in addition to finishing Charlie Papazian’s The Complete Joy of Home Brewing. I decided to add 100% cocoa powder, vanilla extract and lactose to my stout base recipe. My OG was 1.052.