Official RC Snobby Beer Purchases Thread

[swizzlenuts]

Oh yeah, we get New Glarus and Boulevard.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

You don't get Duck Rabbit or Terrapin, correct?

 

[swizzlenuts]

I really can't get much from there. Just very big ones and Smuttynose. We get things like Dark Horse too.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Troegs Nugget Nectar will be available here in a week or two, and thats pretty much the most hyped beer from PA.

 

[swizzlenuts]

Yeah, Gaycifer says it's fantastic fresh.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Yep. Way overhyped but if fresh, definitely a fantastic beer and used to be an excellent value. Not sure what they're gonna try to fetch for it this year. I think I remember the price going up last year.

 

[Krilons Resa]

throwing back a Clown Shoes' Eagle Claw Fist. Clown Shoes' little output so far has been fantastic.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Philly got Nugget Nectar sooner than I thought! Just picked up six of em.

 

[MFJ]

just racked my "Big Johnson's Honey-Red Ale" into the secondary fermentation carboy. one step closer... in about a month i'll have one shitload of beer.

 

[lurch70]

this thread is more confusing than the Non-metal thread

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

I was going to start with an extract brew, but I watched a video on all-grain brewing, and it seems pretty simple... You just put the grain in the mash tun with the hot water and then mash/stir it up then transfer the liquid to the brew kettle, yes?

If thats the case, then I'll probably just go all-grain from the get-go.

 

[Krilons Resa]

I just figured out what fresh Double Trouble reminds me of: Stone 10th Anniversary

 

[swizzlenuts]

just racked my "Big Johnson's Honey-Red Ale" into the secondary fermentation carboy. one step closer... in about a month i'll have one shitload of beer.

I don't ever secondary, I find it kind of a waste of time. What you can do is just wait about a month or so in the primary and then bottle (or keg) from there.

I was going to start with an extract brew, but I watched a video on all-grain brewing, and it seems pretty simple... You just put the grain in the mash tun with the hot water and then mash/stir it up then transfer the liquid to the brew kettle, yes?

If thats the case, then I'll probably just go all-grain from the get-go.

There is a lot more over site in putting together an all grain batch, like being able to cool it fast enough, hitting your proper temperatures and exactly how to sparge. Best thing is to have some one that knows all grain to show you. It seems easy, then it gets confusing. I'd still recommend doing extract first mainly because of expenses to get started.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

sixer of bells hopslam.

 

[War Ensemble]

shit, Abrasive ale is their IIPA and it was just released last week.

Drinking one of these right now.

 

[swizzlenuts]

It's fucking tasty.

 

[swizzlenuts]

sixer of bells hopslam.

Remember how you hated Masala Mama IPA at Town Hall at HC? Your pallet has changed a lot.

 

[MFJ]

I don't ever secondary, I find it kind of a waste of time. What you can do is just wait about a month or so in the primary and then bottle (or keg) from there.

Eh, sort of disagree. Whatever works for you is what you should do, though. I prefer to secondary for a couple of obvious reasons. I like to get most of the yeast sediment out of there, which in turn gets ride of the bite. I've done a long primary fermentation before and I feel like it's necessary to let the flavors come together afterward.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Remember how you hated Masala Mama IPA at Town Hall at HC? Your pallet has changed a lot.

Yeah, it has. I wasn't much of a beer drinker back then (the occasional Hoegaarden) and the hoppiness was a bit too much for me. Love it now

 

[Demilich]

Powerful hoppiness is something I really have to get over if I want to be able to enjoy a lot of the beers Peters drinks. There was that one I brought to HC3 that I forget the name of but I'm almost glad everyone else drank it, it wasn't enjoyable at all. Might have been a bit warm though.