Rauchbier, meaning “smoked beer” in German, is a style I have made before…except that it got infected. It is the only beer I’ve made where that’s happened to me not trying to purposely infect it. Unfortunately, it was a bacteria that smelled unpleasant, so I dumped it. Give up and never try to make this style again? Absolutely not! […]
Smoked Beer
Peated Hoppy Rye Strong…Thing
I occasionally like to do one of those brew days where nothing is planned. I either go to the home brew store and buy grain, hops, and yeast on the fly, or use whatever I have around the “brew house”…though the later rarely happens because I brew exactly the amounts I buy for most of the time. Regardless of my usual perfect planning, this was one of those beers done on the fly, and with leftover malt I had! […]
Session Rauchbier with Brett
There’s almost nothing better in life than having extra wort to play with…sorta. Most people just dump it, or plan to have extra. My planning is so sketchy most the time, I have extra every few brews. In the past I’ve taken some extra and left it out overnight to try and do wild sours with, with the word “try” being important there. […]
Rauchbier (with Home-Smoked Malt)
Probably properly pronounced “roushbeer”, this is a style I don’t see around that often. I think one reason is it’s hard to make commercially, or rather a hassle, but the other reason is smoke in beer can turn people off. I personally love it. It reminds me of eating while I’m drinking…basically the best combo one could imagine. But I can also understand why someone would hate it…sorta. […]
The Grodz Must Be Crazy (Polish Grodziskie)
Where to begin. I could start with talking about Rauchbier, or maybe with the fact that a lot of beer was probably smokey back in the day as their kilning process wasn’t like it is today, or the fact that I have smoked my own grains in the past, then gracefully slide into why I’m bringing up this smoke shit in the first place. […]
The Adjective Stout 2014
This is an annual beer I have made with a friend since I started brewing back in 2012. A stout was the first all-grain beer I made with him, so this was a tradition we decided to continue annually. Of course I can’t just make a stout without doing something weird with it, especially early on in my exploration into the beer making world. We’ve all been there. […]