What's Brewing?

Kyle · November 27, 2020, 09:27:28 PM

LOL... and as Roger rightly put it... worst case scenario... you get beer. This is a good hobby.

Roger · December 01, 2020, 12:29:28 AM

I finally got a chance to brew today since June.
Just made a simple pale ale with all home grown cascade hops. The hops smelled amazing!
Looking forward to this one.
Mostly maris otter some oats and biscuit malt.
Should be a decent beverage...

shazapple · December 01, 2020, 08:33:29 AM

You'd think with the pandemic we would all be brewing our brains out. I just got lazy and was getting kegs from Grimross.

mikegraham · December 08, 2020, 05:45:37 PM

Finally time to get the dark ales going. Probably going to get a oatmeal stout on tomorrow.

shazapple · July 16, 2021, 12:22:33 PM

Brewed up a black IPA on the weekend. I'm tired of waiting for Grimross to bring theirs back!

DanJ · July 24, 2021, 01:51:45 PM

Quote from: shazapple on July 16, 2021, 12:22:33 PM
Brewed up a black IPA on the weekend. I'm tired of waiting for Grimross to bring theirs back!

What's with the resurgence of the Black IPA lately? Notice it on the cover of Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine this morning and I seem to be seeing it everywhere again. I remember Trailway putting out Black Ops a few years ago, but haven't seen any others in NB or NS in a while.

shazapple · July 26, 2021, 11:21:00 AM

Probably cause they are delicious

I would guess people are getting tired of the current 'phase' (sours) and black IPA is different enough.

Kyle · July 26, 2021, 09:59:02 PM

Black IPA / Cascadian Dark Ale - there was a considerable disagreement at one time in brewing circles as to which of these was the "correct" term, and if they meant the same thing. Moving on... this Black IPA in the club archive is an amazing example: http://nbcba.org/forum/tried-and-true/black-black-like-your-heart-ipa-v2/ It was originally developed by
(EDIT: OOPS, FIXED.) Richard. It's been brewed many, many times over the years.

pliny · January 14, 2022, 10:29:32 AM

Hey all,

What are you brewing these days?
I just brewed an IPA to get back into the swing of it. I'm thinking of brewing a Porter next.
I always had a running list of what I wanted to brew next, but it seems that I'm getting back to basics and building the pipeline with some stuff I know and want back again.
I might dig out my old notes and get a bit more fancy as I go. Also, I think my basement is about 14C these days so that narrows my choices for fermentation. I do have control over my temps to a certain extent, but I do brew with the seasons.

I gravitated towards clones. I think I will clone a Deschutes Porter next.

Hope all is well.

Roger · January 16, 2022, 11:18:20 PM

I brewed a NEIPA before Christmas and I've got a stout ready for kegging now. Hopefully I'll be able to get my co2 filled soon...

shazapple · January 17, 2022, 09:27:24 AM

I have a stout ready to be transferred to secondary on top of a bunch of sour cherries

Kyle · January 17, 2022, 07:42:57 PM

I'll be doing a west coast IPA in the next few weeks.

DanJ · February 08, 2022, 03:12:37 PM

Brewed a Czech Pilsner just before Xmas that is finally turning clear and is drinkable. Friday afternoon I'll be brewing a Triple NEIPA.