No idea why it didn't come to me sooner, but I decided to get shelves for my beer.. all nice and sorted now. :thumbup:
not drinking any more, it's been 2 years.
either not smoking, it's been 3+ years.
Good choice of beers. Add Victory Hop Devil to your collection. It'll fit right in with the other IPAs
IPA never heard of it or seen it.What does it taste like?Coors or budwieser that sort of thing?
Nice stash!
I homebrew my own beer, have for years. I actually built shelves in my basement (floor to ceiling) to store bottled beer and equipment. Eventually I want to start kegging so I don't have to mess with as many bottles! Right now I have 11 gallons of German Kolsch and 11 gallons of an American Pale Ale dry hopped with Citra and Cascade hops. Next up is another American IPA (Mosaic and Amarillo hops) and then perhaps I'll do a Vienna Lager. :thumbup:
I still purchase store bought craft beer, usually from local breweries but it doesn't last long since my wife, brothers and friends like to come drink it with me!
Kolsch, eh? Best example I've had to date is Stoudts Karnival... outstanding, albeit pricey beer.
Kolsch is a very simple beer to homebrew if you have fermentation temp control.
It should have a distinct dry mouthfeel but a bit fruity and smooth. Somewhere between a lager and a blonde ale but the Kolsch yeast is special, I like it a lot. It's usually made with 100% Pilsner malt but I like to add a bit or something with flavor to round it out. The trick to a smooth clean Kolsch is a month of fermentation at 60 degrees F and then I chill it to 35F for 4 days before bottling. It's a beer that can introduce bud light drinkers to craft beer. :thumbup:
All said, I'm brewing 10.5 gallons (about 106 bottles) for $25 which includes all ingredients and the cost of the propane I use to do the brewing. I've made it for 2 weddings so far and everyone loved it.
The English invented IPA!
IPA = India Pale Ale
The English had to find a way to keep their cask beer from going bad on the long ship ride to India so they discovered that highly hopped beer would not go bad as fast (hops are pretty much antibiotics). Thus the bitter, hoppy beer known as India Pale Ale was born.
India Pale Ale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia