beer Being Crafty

[grantmichaels]

It's a decent Brown Ale backbone, but the Americanization of Brown Ale is in fact as weird as it would seem to be ...
 
Wouldn't make another ... it's edgy, and conflicted ... conflicting too ...
 
I like to try to the stuff one hop beyond things I like, to try to expand my otherwise fairly narrow preference for beer styles ... but it's a low-percentage mission, surely ...
 
This was the 1 out of the 4 that I was the least likely to like, which is why I brewed it 1st to test the system ...
 

 
It's improving as the hopping fades, but I don't think I would go out of my way to Americanize a Brown Ale again, anytime soon ...
 
I'll be surprised if I finish the keg of this one, but you never know ...
 
 
 

 

[FreeportBum]

 
Cheers

 

[FreeportBum]

 
Cheers

 

[grantmichaels]

DDH PP ...

Chillin' like a fat cat ...

 

[FreeportBum]

going on taste and smell I would say they took the same beer and put it in two different cans..lol 

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Dang, those pics are making me thirsty, Bum!

 

[FreeportBum]

Dang, those pics are making me thirsty, Bum!

porch bomb delivery from me tomorrow 
 
enough to get drunk and then some
 

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

going on taste and smell I would say they took the same beer and put it in two different cans..lol 

It's probably the same base beer with different whirpool/dry hops. The Veil does that a lot as well.

 

[grantmichaels]

going on taste and smell I would say they took the same beer and put it in two different cans..lol 

 
Magic Green Nuggets and 3rd Anniversary tasted identical to me ...
 
Mind the Hop and one of the other Aslin's were in a dead heat, too ...
 
It's safer to riff on something successful ...

 

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

porch bomb delivery from me tomorrow 
 
enough to get drunk and then some
 

Sweet! Thanks!

 

[FreeportBum]

if cheddar taste the same i'm gonna write a letter...lol 
 
taste is great but if I can't tell them apart something is wrong

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

 
Magic Green Nuggets and 3rd Anniversary tasted identical to me ...
 
Mind the Hop and one of the other Aslin's were in a dead heat, too ...
 
It's safer to riff on something successful ...
 

All of the Johan beers from Aslin are Mind the Hop with fruit additions.

 

[FreeportBum]

All of the Johan beers from Aslin are Mind the Hop with fruit additions.

My favorite beer that you sent me was the last johaan 
 
can't remember the name but I have a pic to remind me
 
I really enjoyed that one
 
cheers

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

if cheddar taste the same i'm gonna write a letter...lol 
 
taste is great but if I can't tell them apart something is wrong

Last time I was at The Veil, I tried 6 different beers on tap. Every single one of them looked exactly the same in the glass, even their peach gose. Straight up OJ. The only difference I could tell between them was aroma, flavor and mouthfeel, which I assume comes from the same base beer, just with different hops, and more base malts to up the ABV on the doubles. They were all phenomenal, so I"m not complaining.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

My favorite beer that you sent me was the last johaan 
 
can't remember the name but I have a pic to remind me
 
I really enjoyed that one
 
cheers

That was Passion of the Johan. Glad you like it!

 

[FreeportBum]

That was Passion of the Johan. Glad you like it!

I enjoyed all of them, but that was the one I really enjoyed the most 
 
Cheers

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Nice! Next time they release Johan the Mango Thief, I will save you a can. That one is really good too. They sold out of Johan and The Giant Peach by the time I got their, for the only can release of it, so I've never had that one. I heard it's amazing.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

I want to start drinking, but I can't get too lit, too early today. I'm making ceviche and aji de gallina at a Peruvian friends house today, and of course the dishes have to be spot on, since I'm not Peruvian. There is a lot more scrutiny on a non Peruvian cook in the kitchen of a Peruvian household, lol! My buddy is making lomo saltado and papa a la huancaina, so we should have a nice spread.

Maybe I'll crack something low ABV, like a bomber of my HB session stout...

 

[t0mato]

Dude that's sounds so awesome!

We're making freestayle curry tonight. I'm gonna crack some ten fidy later after I hit some golf balls. Frootwood is also on deck too if I go get some.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

HB session stout. Cost me less than $10 to brew 5 gallons of it. Well worth doing a second runnings from my last RIS. It's nice to have a delicious low ABV brew for when I need to stay pretty sober, but want something to sip on while cooking.