Could be Maudite... my fav is Fin Du Monde - both are unibroue beers which are all 100% tasty.
Summer 2010 northeast Monkeyfest 7/15-7/18
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That's what I was thinking as well. Trois Pistoles is also another great oneCould be Maudite... my fav is Fin Du Monde - both are unibroue beers which are all 100% tasty.
IAB wants beet beer.
You say that like that is news.
I suppose beets would ferment. There are sugars in them, just like pumpkin.
BEET beer???? Yikes... not sure I would even want to try that one! (Although I recently had oyster porter or stout, so I guess that beet beer wouldn't be too weird?)
I had an oyster stout and found out (via jonKranked) that Guinness has oyster in it as well.
The oyster stout was delicious, and I freakin' hate oysters.
I haven't decided on a homebrew to make for Monkeyfest yet. I may try a brown sugar ale - I really like Lagunita's Brown Shugga'.
Make something totally out there... like guava or starfruit or something nuts.
I really want to get into home brewing one of these days. How hard is it to do?
I'll have to try that one...not one I am familiary with. I'd sample just about any beer that someone handed to me
It's not hard. It's just methodical. Part cooking, part chemistry - so there's some art to it, like cooking, but there's a lot of just careful methodical steps to take to make sure it'll come out well.
Sanitation is paramount. Keep your yeast happy. Don't be impatient. Most of the rest of the stuff is just finding what tastes best to you and what tips and tricks you like most.
Kind of like biking: there's no doubt about the best way to set up a drivetrain. It's scientific and mechanical and straightforward and there's a fixed, expected result. There are rules and processes for things like bleeding brakes and building wheels.
Whether you like your tire pressure soft, or the way you rig up your brake bleeding setup with four coat hangars, six rubber bands and a stuffed Wood Duck, though... that's up to you.
My homebrewer book states that if you can make mac and cheese, you can make beer. Now I don't know if I would go that far, but making beer ain't rocket science.
Mac and Cheese beer?
And I wonder if that would get you to drink knowing how much you love mac and cheese
Now the question is... what about a mac and cheese beer?And I wonder if that would get you to drink knowing how much you love mac and cheese
Could be epic.
Dude... Dairy and beer?
You must be new to monkeyfest.Dude... Dairy and beer?
Mac and cheese
ice cream
beer
Learn to love them.
OK, serious question here: Do you like milk stouts? I have never tried one. I'm actually scared to. Milk tends to destroy my insides.
Well, there is lactose in the wort but it gets fermented, I'd say give it a shot. I like a good milk stout every now and then.
This just solidifies the idea of a mac and cheese stout.
I like SOME milk stouts... it depends on the brewery. As far as lactose I don't know how bad it would be b/c I don't have to worry about that.
Vanilla soy milk stout.
I've tried a couple milk stouts and really am not a fan. I am always open to having my mind changed - I'll try them when I have the opportunity. But thus far, no, I don't like milk stouts.
Interesting! Are you going to tell me where I can get my hands on some of this?
I used to feel the same way. It seems a lot of brewers go overboard with the lactose to get the mouthfeel they're looking for and, since lactose isn't fermentable, end up with an overly sweet beer. We recently did a chocolate stout using oatmeal and lactose for body. The resulting sweetness really helped bring the chocolate out.
Now that's a beer I would try (despite the tummy ache I would get from the lactose)
I just made chocolate ice cream with Young's Double Chocolate Stout.
I don't really eat chocolate - this ice cream is so freakin rich, I can't eat it
I'm sure IAB will help the cause
I don't really eat chocolate - this ice cream is so freakin rich, I can't eat it
I'm sure IAB will help the cause
I may be bringing a (female) guest this year. Finally found a cool chick who rides bikes.
Still need to buy a headlamp, though.
Still need to buy a headlamp, though.
The more the merrier!!!
That sounds REALLY rich! I'd be able to have a taste but not a whole bowl!I just made chocolate ice cream with Young's Double Chocolate Stout.
I don't really eat chocolate - this ice cream is so freakin rich, I can't eat it
I'm sure IAB will help the cause
Updated the attendance on page 12, let us know it you're sure one way or the other and which day you're arriving.
Had some Fin du Monde last Thursday - very tasty!Could be Maudite... my fav is Fin Du Monde - both are unibroue beers which are all 100% tasty.
You guessed right. Friday's it.
Just came across this brewery here called Dieu du Ciel... similar to unibroue but different tastes. Really good stuff. Will bring some!
Their Corne du diable is the beer I was originally referring to.
Melou and me are still "maybe" as we have other things offer to us on that W-E... But for now it's more likelly to be MonkeyFest, arriving some time friday...