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My descent into madness
After way too long putting it off, I finally got some homebrewing gear. So here's my first attempt, a Russian Imperial Stout:
Ingredients
Waiting for steeping temperature
Grains about to go into the pot
In go the grains
Steeping grains
Malt extract ready to go in
Yup, starting to look stouty to me....
Boiling away...
Mmmmm.....
Time to cool down....in goes the Wort Chiller
Wort chiller doing its thing
Into the ferementer we go
Ready to start fermenting
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Nice set up man better than one I use to use. Is this the first time you have homebrewed or just first time doing a Russian Imperial Stout? SOme of
the best ones i made was a Belgian Tripel, Smoked Porter, and an Imperial Octoberfest.
Well I've got a feeling I'm gonna get mine in. Retribution let the games begin.
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seems like to much work to me.
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Its rewarding work.
I had a small still running for most of last year, nothing beats sluggin shine out of a mason jar in the middle of winter.
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First RIS as well as first homebrew. It's like anything else, if you're not interested in it it's a bit of work but I thought it was a lot of fun.
Shittiest part was cleaning up afterwards, it was a bit messy but not that terrible really considering.
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Now you get to wait, and wait, and wait.
Well I've got a feeling I'm gonna get mine in. Retribution let the games begin.
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Coolest thread in a long time. Where did you get the equipment and recipes to do this?
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thats awesome.
i had a friend who got quite good at making beer and eventually was hired at a brewhouse.
my old friends dad was als quite good and now works for Yards.
let us wknow how it goes!
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Sweet. I always wanted to make beer.
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Thanks Clevo. I got most of my supplies from a local homebrew shop, though they can be easily ordered online if need be. Got a couple things from
Walmart and my Wort Chiller off of eBay. The recipe was from the homebrew shop but there's a ton of them online as well for any style you want. Only
thing I'm changing is a couple minor hop changes (more + some dry hopping as well). You should give it a shot, you too DAK. It wasn't that difficult.
No kidding about the wait, it'll definitely be awhile. It should come out around 9% and should be better with a little age on it.
That's cool Juan, I can imagine that would be a pretty cool job.
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man I'd love to taste that.....
am also interested in trying to brew some beer.
one of these days....
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shit looks fuckin yummo.
would like to try.
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i'm going to have to dive into this soon, i have some ideas............
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how long do you have to wait.
juan, i've been drinking a lot of yards lately.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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which Yards have you been having?
my beer store was giving glasses away if you buy a case of Yards.
I am particularly fond of the one with the yellow label, i forget which it is.
brawler is cool too...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BD
how long do you have to wait.
juan, i've been drinking a lot of yards lately.
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Since it's a fairly big beer (lots of fermentable sugar for the yeast to eat) I'm planning somewhere in the area of 2 weeks in the primary, another
3-4 in the secondary and a couple weeks in the bottles to carbonate. Luckily Imperial stouts only get better with age on em. Gonna be a lonnnng wait
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Update
Bubbling away....
Gimme back my stout ya bastard!
Done in the primary
Into the secondary we go.....
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looks good there B, cant wait to try it.
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