96 bottle of beer on my floor, 96 bottles of beer..
I think it's pretty safe to say my creative writing here is done, so I figure I'll write about homebrewing when I get the urge.
Tonight I bottled two beers. My 3rd time doing the same European Lager, and a Winter Ale I threw together.
When Kym got me the brewing equipment the guy at the store also sold her a simple Coopers European Lager and 3 lbs DME. It's a yellow beer drinker favorite and I've made it about every 3 months since I first started brewing early this year.
I wanted a Winter Ale and wasn't too into all the kits I looked at. They seemed too spicy or too dark. I wanted a mildly spicy Amber ale, so I made up my own.
1/2 Crystal 60
1/2 Carapils 20
6.6 lbs Amber liquid extract
1 oz Vanguard 60 min
1 oz Cascade 15 min
Wyeast 1028 London Ale
spices (10 min)
1/4 t nutmeg
1/2 t 1loves
1/2 t ginger
1 t vaniall extract
2 cinnamon sticks
O.G 1.050
F.G 1.016
When bottling tonight I decided to try something different. I took a gallon from each of the fermentors and mixed then and got about a case worth of a european winter lager/ale. We'll see how that turns out...
I love my homebrews but they don't taste as good as this Dogfish Punkin Ale did.
