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Rock that amber red kit and purchase a few extra bags of hops

http://www.groupon.com/deals/midwest-hydro...&utm_source=rvs

i really wasnt sure how stupid to get on my first batch. or are you saying the kit is sure to need the extra hops?

need to acquire 3 more cases of bottles
seems like i have a reason to drink beer finally!!

lol, the kit as-is is perfect for your first time
It's inevitable that you are gonna fuck something up. There is no need to waste money on extra special ingredients until you get a handle on what you are doing

agreed
im certain i will either clearly clean well enough at least 4 out of my first 5 tries, and that i will have minimum of one explosion during the first 5
+/-?

My first 2 dark beers (stout and porter) exploded during primary fermentation
*knock on wood* I never had a bottle bomb

As long as you are taking proper gravity readings and paying attention to what you are doing you won't cause serious harm to yourself or others

dont care about people, just the beer bro

http://www.midwestsupplies.com/autumn-amber-ale.html
so if i need to choose yeast just take the cheapest for now? im sure it wont matter as this first batch is 99% doomed anyway.

RELAX, HAVE A HOMEBREW!

RDWHAHB

correct

Don't fucking curse this batch before you even get your pan­ties off. You can make a quality brew with extract and dehydrated yeast. The liquid yeasts are dialed in for style specifics and personal preferences.

i like to aim low so the outcome is better than expected
also cuz im short

sitting here completely shocked at how much my imperial IPA tastes like hopslam

also tapped my first sample of my oatmeal stout and it too is very impressive... however, it is more of a robust porter than a stout... a little too brown, need to up the amount of black patent and chocolate malt to make it darker next time. overall very pleased with the roastiness and sweet grain smell it has. for 8% abv it drinks like 4

onward with day 3 of the alpine super hoppy brew experience

abacus: http://beeradvocate.com/forum/read/3671310

malt420 works at belmont station (the beer place in portland ofc)
no wonder i have clearly seen it yet. if he might see it in another week then i might see it a few weeks after that

i fucking hate our distribution people

lol... dude
how do you clearly have abacus yet. even I have abacus already!
i had a sample of it on draft up in boston and I was about it
if dan would have brought his dumb ass down here one of the days this week we would have opened one.. but noooooooooo he would rather sit in traffic for 5 hours and bitch and complain about it

dan texted me about how he was looking for traffic to get stuck in

i had to look...

on monday places in Philly are having Firestone parties welcoming their products into our state
FW14 and Abacus on draft along with some other firestone products that are clearly as exciting

interesting.. the only texts i get from dan anymore are ones saying
"sorry, gonna dodge"

Dan, bro... got an extra ticket for DarkLord Day, you wanna come with?

"BIG DONNO DODGE HERE"

so oregon is maybe getting 13 cases, one per store
chances of my local place getting one id say about 25%-33%. and my poor local place, which is run by an elderly asian dude, never has any idea whats coming. the distributor never tells him shit
the other side of that token is abyss is still there cuz salem is stupid

donno man, i got my little bro with me, probably gonna drive by your house

at least on a bright note, abacus i believe is going to be an annual release
speaking of which, parabola batch 2 should be out soon... nom nom nom nom nom

we still have bottles of great divide hercules that expired 4 months ago (expired, thats right) and all kinds of other ipas that are so old i feel bad for anyone who buys them. i spend the first 10 min in there looking for new stuff, then make a second pass on what to get
need to get a bottle of sanctification from him, he brought in either 6 or 12 and still has either 5 or 11 after like 3 weeks
salem is stupid

havnt had it yet

parabola might be in the top 3 barrel aged stouts ive ever had

sanctification 375mls or 750's?

you think it will age well or should i just go ahead and drink it now?

375

tastes amazing right now but no doubt it will age for 5+ years

damn them and their decision to move all of their beers to half sized bottles but clearly cut the price in half....

lets see just how far we can push these craft beer prices
next thing you know you will be paying 10 bucks to try a bomber of a local beer with no date that is marginal
ohhhh

god bless portsmouth and the greater area of boston
Julio's liquors
entire coolers full of bombers from assorted breweries for $3.95-4.99
saw berkshire coffee porter, raspberry barleywine, old ale... all high octane and less than 5 bucks

go to portsmouth, all of their bombers (except for kate the great) are between 4.99 and 7.99, growler of imperial IPA for like $14

*sigh* at least PA has the best selection

deschutes inversion ipa
if the hops even remotely start to fall this tastes like an amber ale
i didnt notice this before but the last 2 times ive had it the hops were clearly very forward and i swore it was an amber

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/17960/66075

nb, would drink again

i have 2x 375 sanctifications

bought one today
fuck you 12 bucks for some metric amount of beer that makes no sense to me

got them free in trade

375>12oz

i know the conversion lol

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thats a tasty beer

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