fucking awesome!
this beer is gonna be excellent!
it's thick, sweet, a nice hop balance, and right now the yeast is in full force fermenting it!

12 brew day = well worth it.

spent the entire fucking day drinking, watching horror flicks, listening to metal and eating pizza.

to all who were interested in tasting the outcome of this project....it won't be ready for a while, needs some serious aging...
but it will be worth the wait!

what kind of style ale is it?
(or is it not an ale..?)

it is a unique style..
we anticipate 20 percent alcohol.
very dark. a good amount of sweetness from malts, maple syrup, and honey. nice hop flavor without too much hop bitterness.

we probably won't be able to carbonate very well, since high alcohol kills off yeast, and bubbles come from fresh yeast and sugar added when bottling.

oh...and yeah, we used an ale yeast

i think we can get good carbonation as long we add more sugar at bottling and a bit more yeast, AND keep it at some very controlled temps. I have faith big guy.

Brewing was a friekin blast. That "masters of horror" flick "cigarette burns" was awesome. Real creepy. Jennifer was real good too. And AS USAUL re-animator kicked ass. Your bud renub is close to the funniest person i think i have met in a long time.

Gotta say though, something i ate/drank did not do me well. I don't know if it was mixing all those beer types or what, but i after i yuked right into your poop puddle, i puked again after the train, then again at home. All the bloodvesseles around my eyes are still all popped making me look very crack headish. Which of course everyone i know at work is like "so what did you did this weekend *wink wink*?" and honestly, i wasn't even drunk. Just sick. But besides that i had a great time.

oh yeah............ hail satan

called yesterday and was going to ask how it went!

was practicing with "useful idiot" when you called, didnt finish till like 12.

save me a bottle guys

yeah, you won't wanna drink it for like two damn years! we have plans to make ones that will age much quicker to a drinkable form, but this ones gonna be a while due to the strength.

i dunno man....it's gonna be real hard to accomplish carbonation without risk "bottle bombs"
but i am willing to give it a shot dude!

glad ya had fun brewin and drinkin!
yeah, renob is a fuckin riot.

ya know, i had the shits, jayme had a headache and nausea, and you puked.

did aaron get sick at all?
if not, i'd say it's probably just mixing too many different types of beer, on top of eating such heavy food.

if he did...maybe it was that pizza joint.
they never made me sick before, anything is possible.

either way, sorry you got so sick bro, but i'm glad you had a good experience up until that happened.

we should definately bre again on october 4'th.
day after my next payday.
this time we'll drink alot of session beer, and take it easy on ourselves.

i'll buy some sam adams, anchor, sierra nevada.
stuff like that.

I had Sam Adams Triple Bock over the weekend. Brewed in '97.
Stuff has a very strong smell and it's almost like drinking syrup. It's 18% alcohol as well.
It was one of those beers that has different "layers" of taste when you have it in your mouth.
Ever try that stuff?

triple bock....
i wasn't a fan.
it really destroys the palate.
it has this awful kind of soy sauce mixed with maple syrup flavor

what i do love is Sam Adams "Utopias"
the 2007 batch was 27 percent A.B.V.
tasty as fuck!

150 dollars
worth every penny!!!!!

you're right abuot that damned soy sauce / syrup taste.
YOU HAD UTOPIA! SHIT man, I've been wanting to try that for so long. They also released one called "Millenium," right? If I remember correctly, they only released one batch of it in 2000 and it's supposed to be one of the best beers ever.

yeah....i never got to try Millenium.
which is too bad, because it will never exist again.

yeah, Utopias is the shit!

i tried a sample at the "Extreme beer fest" in February 07.
after that, i knew i needed a bottle.
i bought the bottle and drank most of it.
my buddy Scott paid me 25 bucks for a small sample.

fucking unbelievable

you've got to admit - some of the brewmaster's at sam adams really know their shit.

definately!!
i am a big fan of many S.A. brews
boston lager
black lager
irish red
double bock
scotch ale
and their xmas porter

are all great

i love the fezziwig ale. black lager is really good and underrated I think. seems like its getting more attention now.
damn, the scotch ale is great as well. I always get their winter mix pack during the cold months.

hard to believe too that SA is now the largest american-owned brewery.

I can't wait for Sierra Nevada's Bigfoot Ale this year. That stuff is so good

ah, the Stone Brewing Gargoyle.
they got some damn good beer!

yeah, i like most of the stuff in the winter mixer...
except the cranberry lambic, but that's easy to get rid of, since my girl is a big fan of it.

it is really strange that sam adams got as big as they did.

not big fan of Bigfoot....a lil too hoppy for me.

i'm more of a malt sweetness and/or high alcohol fan.

besides, high alpha acid can be dangerous, they say excessive hops can cause impotence.

i back the old fezziwig HARD

it is very hoppy. I like the aftertaste it has for some reason though.
Been drinking too many Belgian Beers lately. I want to see if I can get back into some english porters and mix it up again.

and as far as the stone brewing company, anyone who hasnt tried arrogant bastard ale needs to get on that

nothing wrong with belgians dude!!!
me, jim and aaron split a Belgian Stout on saturday, it was fucking excellent!

A.B. is nice.
i love their smoked porter too
their yearly special release (vertical epic) is usually pretty good.
especially the 2006 (released on june 6)

better than la fin du monde

yeah, i said it

that stuff is great.

well, aaron had some issues too. So maybe it was the pizza joint.

hmmm... too bad, i really like their pizza.
guess i'm never having it again, because that probably is what made us sick.
bummer

yeah delirium is awesome

double bastard is definitely a worthy beer, and their russian imperial is the fucking shit.

oh yeah.... i do likes me some oak aged double bastard.

i almost forgot about their russian imperial.
there are soooo many good imperial stouts out there.
plus i have brewed a few.
so it's rare that i go back to any imperial stout more than once a year.

my favs are
oak aged -Yeti
Mephistopheles
Old Rasputin
and
that russian "espresso-and-vanilla imperial stout" that i can't spell or pronounce (Jim knows which one i mean)

mmmmm, i can't find that stuff out here. Lukes Liquors in Rockland MA carries it. Someone send me a bottle!

The name is pennichuck. Not totally sure how to pronounce it either. The bottles are really distinctive, they are mostly all 1liter bottles. (.25 bigger than most) and have cool looking labels. Like this one-

now i know thats not the one that orgy mentioned, but its fucking good as hell too.

So orgy introduced me to a new beer this weekend that was made with very interesting yeast.... no not a yeast infection you sick fucks, but yeast from a bottle that someone found on the bottom of the English channel from over a hundred years ago!! Seriously, isnt that crazy? They found the bottle, and somehow revived the yeast, cultuted it, and started using it to make beer with, it's called flag porter, check out their description:

Flag Porter is brewed from a traditional 19th century British recipe using yeast salvaged from a vessel which sank in the English Channel in 1825.

In 1988, several bottles of the brew were raised from their resting place 60 feet deep in the Channel. They were in their original containers, with their wood stoppers and wax seals intact. When opened, however, they "tasted like old, wet boots" according to Dr. Keith Thomas, renowned brewer and microbiologist.

When he examined the beer under a microscope, he found a small percentage of the yeast to be still living! After months of growing this yeast, he brewed a porter using an 1850 recipe.


it looks like that. It's great, i recommend trying it. Although it is a little unsettling drinking something made from yeast that old...

yeah, you or aaron left one of those in my fridge

and yeah, that flag porter is pretty amazing, especially when you consider how they revived that (almost) 200 year old yeast

damn, that was mine

hah, don't worry dude, i won't drink it on ya, it'll be waiting for ya next time we brew

not if I can help it. i'm on my way right now to get it out of your fridge

weezer is at the brewery exchange in lowell tonight...

haha. awesome....jim, looks like you gotta come back to attleboro and defend your barlywine! -l-

aril, you should maybe join us next time. If that's alright with the big man that is.

yeah dude i'm cool with that, come drink beer, and learn how to brew it!

booze, horror flicks and junk food, all day!

http://www.beertools.com/html/recipe.php?view=5703

recipe for the first batch i ever made.
this should be on our "to brew" list.
everyone who tried said it was not only a great beer, but hard to believe it wasn't made in a monastary by monks.

so jim, the recipe i posted the link to (above) is definately on my "to brew" (again) list

i also have another idea.

breakfast stout

9 pounds of grain (3 - Marris Otter, 3 - Munich, 3 - Vienna)
along with two pounds of oatmeal, the put a pound of brown sugar and a pound of maple syrup in the boil, then cool it down with cold brewed coffee

oh!! and we can add some irish breakfast tea with the flavoring hops!!

just had this last night, it poured 3 full glasses, after about 5 layers of flavor it leaves a nice "i just made out with a dead oak tree" taste. it was great. and it doesn't try to hide the alcohol either.

but i've had a lot of beers, and if i had to pick a favorite, never fails me on tap or bottle:

Ols Rasputin is excellent

Aaron just had his father send us some of his home roasted coffee. Shit is incredible. Gonna use it for a coffee porter. Wanna do that one next weekend?

SOUNDS AWESOME!
i am down...
also, see above, let me know what you think of those recipe ideas/

as a matter of fact (i'll use it to help us form a good recipe) i have a few issues of BYO with great articles about perfecting porter recipes, and proper use of black, brown and chocolate malts

damn straight.

hah.... ever tried your "namesake" beer?
good shit

never tried that...sounds good though

i <3 beer

more beer this weekend! be there, or be sober!!

fuck yes!!

you and aaron meeting me in the city on friday, or takin the train on saturday morning?

hey man good luck on the brewing... brewed a few times myself mostly porters/seasonal dark ales IPA too. lemme know if you got any questions....and DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE SANITIZATION! if this is overlooked your beer will blow and your stomach will hate you.

a little chlorine should do the trick!

thanks bro.

i've actually been brewing for a few years, and my methods keep improving.

i actually found the best way to sanitize bottles for high alcohol beers.
put half a shot of everclear (or a full shot of vodka) in each bottle.... swish it around and make sure every inch is touched by the alcohol....
leave it in there....it spikes the alcohol content just a little bit, kills all germs, and if there is too much alcohol heat for your palate, just age it away (six months to a year should do the trick)

this is really good for anything over ten percent alcohol (just make sure you add fresh yeast if ya want it to carbonate).

for everything else...i am a firm believer that one-step is the ultimate sanitzer....iodophor is ok....bleach and chlorine work well, but are a pain in the ass to get rid of and can have serious negative effects on the taste of the beer (even if you get rid of all the poisonous chemicals)

but still, thanks for the encouragement.....and if you ever want people to brew with, i'm always looking for new people to join our little brewing circle.

-l- beer -l-

ya i ve never done it with alchohol but i know what ever you use must not be done half-assed, had one batch that didnt seem right and probably had something to do with the sanitizing. or the fact that i put the ferment lock on too early and it blew beer all over the ceiling haha. I havent done it in a while and i moved out of the house that had a sick basement that always stayed around 68 which was sweet. there will be some in the future though.... winter is the best time to do it for sure. keep me posted on your creations upcoming.

will do bro.

my friend greg has been doing his own brewing for the past 2 years...he made a delicious Wit last spring and an absolutely amazing doppelbock just a few weeks ago. i really want to learn more from him. he even grows his own hops!

as for russian imperials i second old rasputin and the pennichuck you were trying to think of is Pozharnik. i had that at the publick house and shit myself over it's tastyness. chocolatey, not too filling, and gets better with warmth.

also, just had this at my beer club last weekend:



it was a little too smoky/woody for my liking (it was oak aged) but recommended if you can find it.

oh and the triple bock is absolutely disgusting. never EVER drink that shit, please.

DEFINATELY LEARN ALL YOU CAN....HOMEBREWING FUN AS FUCK!!!
homegrown hops are a beautiful thing, my friend marcus gave me a whole shitload of them, we used them in the batch me and Jim (oucdrummer) made two weeks ago, and i cannot wait until this monster is ready!! -l-

that Pozharnik is one of the tastiest things on the planet, just amazing!!

i will keep my eyes open for "Dragons Milk" sounds interesting.

oh i know the Triple Bock is awful.....but, never turn down a Double Bock (or Dopplebock).......i've never had one i didn't like

i think we are trainin it saturday. I got a BUNCH of stuff to do tomarrow night, but we are both looking foward to more of the same on saturday.

coming to wallingford CT to see my band play after your brew session?

If you guys aren't playing till about 1:30 am, then maybe. Cause last time we finished brewing, it was almost 10pm already. And then the train, and then a car to Connecticut, maybe 1am, but no earlier. Shit man, i thought you might be commin down to brew son. Lame.

Orgy-dude, time for some more horror, beer, and rape jokes. BOO YA. This time i think i will show up unbelievably stoned to make up for the whole day goin without though. haha.

fucking awesome!!!!! this brew session will rule....just like the last one did and the next one after it will! -l- -l- -l- -l- -l- -l- -l- -l-
.....hey what do you want to do about ingredients?
did you guys hit the brew shop yet?
if not, i can go tonight.

did aaron get that coffee?
did you guys still wanna do a porter? or use my breakfast beer idea?
let me know before 5 so i can hit up the "Witches Brew" on the way home.

yeah, pretty much what Jim said.
but anytime you wanna come brew with us, you are welcome to come down to Attleboro....we'll keep ya updated on brew sessions.

and let us know if you are playing any shows close to our area to -l-

cool man, i was only askin if you guys wanted to meet up in boston to save ya train fare....and also so the 3 of us could hit the brew shop together.

but that's all good, i'm gonna rack our last batch into secondary and get a good yeast culture tonight.

see you tomorrow morning (same time as the last session?) bro -l-

i made more beer this weekend....very dark, malty, hoppy, should be roughly 4 gallons of 8 percent A.B.V. brew.

the recipe was Brown ale-ish
but it came out much darker than your average dark ale.

it's fermenting very nicely right now.
should be in bottles about two weeks from now, and fully carbonated not long after

you should call it Rape Beer. drink rape, it's delicious.

hahahaha!!!!!
that's an excellent idea!!
come down to my place some weekend and give it a try

how'd that night hostong the vegas go?

argg!!! I had to miss this due to some "community service" issues. It was lame, i wanted to be making beer, instead I was picking up old beer bottles. boooo.

I <3 microbrews.

That is all.

i think after my next check would be perfect.
i was thinkin this weekend.
but after all the money i spent paying bills, and stocking up groceries at B.J.'s, i'm pretty much too broke

well, we definitely won't miss the next one. You have my solemn metal head promise on this bro. I now have my community service schedule poster on my office wall. It's discretely marked as "practicing with side project schedule" so that my office doesn't know I am a villain.

P.s. I don't know how many calls were from you, but i missed like 45 calls this weekend from about a dozen people. Brutal.

I hate loosing my phone.

i'll be at the next one. i <3 beeeer

Jim ...... excellent bro, how does saturday, oct. 18'th sound to you?

Darkwor......you are welcome to join us if ya really want!

darkwars a good bud of mine. He will definately come by.

hey....
next weekend.
my house.
belgian dark ale brewing session?

one week from tomorrow.
who is down?