OT - Fall Camp Homebrew
I just tasted the test bottle of my latest home brew, and it has been a stunning success, my best to date, I think.
This beer is a Kolsch Style, but it's an ale, not a lager (because I don't have lagering equipment yet). Golden, mostly crystal with a slight haze, a HINT of cool sweetness, I'm very pleased. I th8ink I've settled on a name and label for this batch (50 bottles).
Your opinions on the name and label, please.
(Note this would print on a yellow label, so any hints of white would be yellow).
So I'm bringing you beverages that you will open and drink without question. Tell me... do you own anything of value?
August 9th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^
Iconic. I love it. And I love Kolsch!
And whyz do youz haz a problum wiz that?
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I think it's a good name and I love Kolsch. Someone should post a Michigan themed recipe that uses victory malt and flaked maize, probably an ESB or something.
August 8th, 2015 at 10:16 PM ^
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August 8th, 2015 at 11:32 PM ^
Nice, I figured HP would know the style and recipe. Vienna lager suits my tap water profile too. You should post an official MGOBLOG recipe for this season.
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Why?
It's a Kolsch style, so the lacing isn't amazing, the mouthfeel is simple - the taste and color are going to be its defining characteristics.
If you're in a house, just gotta find a fridge on craigslist and buy a $15 temp controller on amazon and you've got a lagering set up or just better fermentation control for even ales. Down here in Texas where it's (a) hot as balls and (b) people don't have basements, it's basically a requirement.
I do have a basement that usually stays right around 60 unless we're having an indian summer or arctic ice storm, so that keeps them pretty even. Not cold enough for Lager, but it'll do a very nice ale if I keep it dark.
My next investment is actually likely to be an electric brew set up. With my new big brew kettle, I can't keep an even heat from underneath with any sort of burner. I need an immersable element.
The beer sounds great, and your label is fantastic. Cheers!
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What are you asking? You want affirmation for a beer none of us can taste.
Yes, your homebrew is the awesomest beer ever brewed in the history of brewing!
On the name and label - just wondering what folks think of it. If everyone hated it, maybe I have poor taste. I'm wheeling this out to a couple of tailgates over the first few weeks of the season, I'm sure, so I want to do something people will find clever and attractive.
Gotcha. The name and label work for me. Great graphic desgn work.
Only thing I might add for the label, as you reference u-boot, is if on the side of the sub you put U-135 (or whatever the correct year/team it is) also a Harbaugh mention wouldn't hurt especially if you save the bottles. Good job again.
I'm sure OP understands that you can't taste it, he has and he likes it. I thought he wanted opinions on the name and label. Good job Blazefire.
I have a hopslam clone in the primary at the moment. I will be racking into the secondary over some Simcoe hops tomorrow.
I am already planning my next beer. Probably an Octoberfest.
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I was actually wondering in what sort of ways the board would make the submarine theme a thing in August, and this is as good an application as any. Like the label and the name, and Kolsch beers are not bad at all. In my travels, my personal favorite among those I've tried has been Reissdorf - another one I wish you could find around here.
August 9th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^
It's my understanding that the only beer that can be truly called "Kolsch" has to be from Cologne, Germany. As though the name is trademarked. All imitiations must be called "Kolsch-style". Of this or anything else I may be somewhat or completely wrong, or just ask my wife.
That's allegedly the USS Michigan - I can't tell one Ohio class sub from another, though.
The Michigan sub says "BAMF" on the con tower. The Ohio ones don't.
Just made myself an English Pale Ale yesterday. Now I play the waiting game.
August 8th, 2015 at 11:35 PM ^
Good choice, hopefully it'll be ready by September 3.