I finished the christmas beer today !

Today was put it in the fridge day for chill down time. I drank one the other night it was sooooo gooooood ! Most of it will be for presents but I am hoarding a few . Yes that is a drink fridge the food is in the kitchen fridge .

1st Christmas spiced english bitter.
2nd Christmas spiced nut brown ale.
(Edit) In the door is the rest of the Triple Chocolate Stout
Does anyone have a suggestion for the next batch I make ? I have brewed so many i am running out of recipes in my catalog !

Pete

Mmmmmm.

Note to self: Must consult Google Maps to find out how far it is to Ovid, MI.

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665 miles 11 to 12 hours I was a truck driver
Pete

AG or extract?

I'm a bonafide hophead. Love my IPAs, though I like to dabble in funky Belgians now and then. I do enjoy the spiced winter beers, but not enough to make a batch. I'll be happy to sample yours.

Partial Mash of course sheesh what ya think I am lazy You are welcome to take some I have roughly 110 bottles between the two and 10 of Triple Chocolate Stout left I believe. Jeff that English Bitter is amazing ! Like a bottle of heaven. PM me we can meet up I give ya some !

Here is the English Bitter MMM no secondary waste of time here. 3 weeks primary 2 carbonating and starting 2 weeks fridge tonight.

Pete

I'm a brown ale fan myself.

I love dark beers they are my favorite kinds. Not big into IPA although Frankenmuth IPA is AMAZING !

Pete

Im on my way, better be some triple stout and nut brown ale when I get there,(will bring gift of locust for trade)

Oooooooo I like locust lol.

Pete

I for one, think that your shelves are dangerously overloaded.

I think that the front bottle (or three) from each row should be disposed of promptly!

Wish I was closer. My beloved wife purchased me a beer making kit for my birthday last spring, and I have yet to try it out. I did grow and harvest almost four plastic grocery bags of hops this past summer.

Will probably break everything out once we return from Christmas travels, and try it out before New Years.

Cheers!

There is an excelent book to use called how to brew by John Palmer. You can get a pdf free online if you look. The actual paper book isn't to expensive either. I have a few books that is by far the best I have seen yet.

Good luck and enjoy! Ask me any question and I will try and help you where I can. Brewing is a blast.

Pete

Why don't you keg? With a dedicated drink fridge you could easily stash a 5 gallon keg in there and skip all the bottle headaches and time wasted waiting for carb up. I have an irish red in the secondary waiting for me to get motivated enough to bottle it.

These are for Christmas presents I did not want to give away kegs . Although some one could give me a few kegs

Pete

Nice! Last year I had some nice brew and cider bottled up. This year, I'm mired in graduate school, which will hopefully produce much anticipated fruits down the road a bit (which is why I'm bumping around hearth.com when I'm supposed to be writing a paper on sexual selection in plants )

HAHA I wondered why I had not seen you in a while ! Good luck on the schooling too it is a rough road for sure. My wife is about to graduate from college let me tell you that was a hard decision for her. Going back to school is hard when you have been out for a while. You all have my respect.

Pete

How about a Scotch Ale? My favorite beer is Dark Horse Scotty Karate.

Maybe I will try to brew that a Scottish Ale next Chris !

Pete

I wouldn't mind tasting some of it.

How close are you to me ? Your welcome to a couple bottles !

Pete

I definitely appreciate the offer. I live down near Jackson so probably about 1.5 hours away. If I am in the area I will have to take you up on the offer.

If you started a barley wine now you could be drinking it next Christmas
Guy

I can't remember the style of beer but it used a hard candy in the secondary ferment and wow was it strong in content, after you got by that was a great beer.

Don't know how I missed this post! Man that sounds awesome Pete! Would love to try that home brewed beer someday!

Ray