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Ceetar Jan 11 2011 10:03 AM

I've created a recipe for a Chocolate Strawberry Ale that i want to try, but the problem is the estimated drink date is now looking to be May if I were to brew it soon. A sweeter beer is probably less appropriate for summer. So now I've got a decision to make, go ahead with the beer, summer be damned, or think of something else fun and more summer-appropriate? Any suggestions for interesting summer flavors? (picture is of the last beer i made, Wedtoberfest)

Edgy MD Jan 11 2011 10:13 AM Re: MAD Brewery

I don't know if it will be good or not but I wish you luck. But I realize that a license to print money would be to get a license from whoever holds the MAD magazine business interests and use their brand on your brews. "Lighter Side Ale" and "Don Adams' SHTOINK! Lager" would fly off the shelves. Fly! I'm thirsty for some Al Jaffee Amber (with the fold-in label) right NOW!!!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 11 2011 10:20 AM Re: MAD Brewery

Whip up a batch of FONEBONE for me.

Edgy MD Jan 11 2011 10:28 AM Re: MAD Brewery

Hey, you have the connections to make this happen. If I'm going to retire at 45, you're the man to get me there.

Ceetar Jan 11 2011 10:29 AM Re: MAD Brewery

Edgy DC wrote: I don't know if it will be good or not but I wish you luck. But I realize that a license to print money would be to get a license from whoever holds the MAD magazine business interests and use their brand on your brews. "Lighter Side Ale" and "Don Adams' SHTOINK! Lager" would fly off the shelves. Fly! I'm thirsty for some Al Jaffee Amber (with the fold-in label) right NOW!!! It's all in the name right? (I never really read much MAD magazine) I'd probably need a more dedicated space for that. Right now I brew in my parents basement (I'm the homebrew equivilent of a blogger!) in small 5gallon batches. Hmm, maybe a Sangria Pale Ale.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 11 2011 10:32 AM Re: MAD Brewery

Possible slogan: "Snappy Pilsners to Stupid Marzens"? Possible summer beers: blackberry/blueberry and wheat, honey, "daiquiri" (fruit melange, say, of strawberry and something more tropical like banana or mango), "fresh tomato"?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 11 2011 10:58 AM Re: MAD Brewery

Something made out of (or recalling) grass clippings and honeysuckle always give me that summer fresh feeling.

soupcan Jan 11 2011 12:54 PM Re: MAD Brewery

No offense but chocolate-strawberry beer sounds disgusting. Why don't you just make some soda?

batmagadanleadoff Jan 11 2011 01:08 PM Re: MAD Brewery

I can't listen to The Sting Movie Soundtrack without sipping some chocolate-strawberry beer.

soupcan Jan 11 2011 01:16 PM Re: MAD Brewery

I was being serious about The Sting music! I love that Joplin shit.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 11 2011 01:22 PM Re: MAD Brewery

I wasn't kidding, either.

soupcan Jan 11 2011 01:26 PM Re: MAD Brewery

Oh. Uh. Okay, then.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 11 2011 01:33 PM Re: MAD Brewery

Actually, what I meant to write was that Sting once told me that his favorite album was:

Edgy MD Jan 11 2011 01:48 PM Re: MAD Brewery

Three great things about that cover: 1) Have you ever seen the featured artist's name present so un-prominently on a sleeve? 2) They completely left out (by force?) the highest profile guests on that recording, Run-DMC. 3) That photo of Darryl placed on top of the illustration --- what TRS-80 desktop publishing system did they use for that? And that's just three!

TheOldMole Jan 11 2011 02:02 PM Re: MAD Brewery

What? Me Worry? Malt Liquor

Ceetar Jan 11 2011 02:51 PM Re: MAD Brewery

Actually, what I meant to write was that Sting once told me that his favorite album was: I'm now obligated to use that as my logo and call it Darryl's Strawberry Chocolate beer right? When I tell people my plan they're either intrigued or disgusted. It definitely could be an overly sweet nasty concoction, but I'm hoping to have it properly balanced so that it's not. we'll see. "Possible summer beers: blackberry/blueberry and wheat, honey, "daiquiri" (fruit melange, say, of strawberry and something more tropical like banana or mango), "fresh tomato"?" This could be interesting. A Sangria style melange of fruit, maybe even a little wine in there. Wonder what type of beer that'd be best with. maybe a wheat, or just a standard pale ale. Tomato..now that's thinking outside the box. I could call it Spaghetti beer! hmm... I wonder if I boiled a bit of tomato sauce with the beer when I made it..

Ceetar Jan 11 2011 02:59 PM Re: MAD Brewery

Not that foreign either, before someone responds "eww tomato" [url]http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-brews/collaborations/portamarillo.htm

Ceetar Jan 12 2011 10:19 AM Re: MAD Brewery

I'm leaning towards Root Beer Beer now. And bonus points for making it a beer instead of a soda, is not having bottles explode all over the place like last time.

metirish Jan 12 2011 10:24 AM Re: MAD Brewery

Ah root beer....my first days in county I was on the building sites and being sent to get the lunch , one auld fella from Galway asking for root beer....I thought , Jesus he's drinking at lunch times and no one cares....

A Boy Named Seo Jan 12 2011 12:59 PM Re: MAD Brewery

Ceetar, how long have you been making beers? do you use kits or do you 'freestyle that shit'?

Ceetar Jan 12 2011 01:11 PM Re: MAD Brewery

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Ceetar, how long have you been making beers? do you use kits or do you 'freestyle that shit'? Probably 4-5 years now. Not that frequently as I have to brew at my parents (and I now live 30 miles away) because it's tough to brew in an apartment due to temperature. So I've made..I think 7 batches now, which probably still classifies me as a newbie. the last 2 I created the recipe myself and the one before that I borrowed a 'real' recipe. The last one came out really well so I'm into the 'experimental' stage where I do zany things like put wintergreen in beer to try to make it taste like root beer.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 12 2011 01:16 PM Re: MAD Brewery

Cool. What kinda beers have you made so far?

Ceetar Jan 12 2011 01:28 PM Re: MAD Brewery

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Cool. What kinda beers have you made so far? Since the kits I made a Chocolate Oatmeal stout, which I screwed up with carbonating so that some bottles turned out icky, and others were tasty. Then I made a Witbier, which I thought was pretty tasty, but a little overly hopped for a witbier, more of a pale ale. but still good. Then I made the same beer twice(and the first one I labeled, as in the first post on this thread) , refining the recipe for the second batch (that I brewed twice) and gave away as wedding favors. Wedtoberfest was, as expected, an Oktoberfest and was easily the best beer I've brewed and many of the "That's interesting" type reviews became "Oooh, that's good." (Ofcourse, since I made it as favors, I only have a handful of bottles for myself) I'm hoping to pick out a recipe for the root beer beer (And a cooler name) tonight so i can order the ingridents and brew 1/23. and have it all set to drink for the summer.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 12 2011 06:54 PM Re: MAD Brewery

"Root Bier."

Ceetar Jan 12 2011 07:29 PM Re: MAD Brewery

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: "Root Bier." Why not Route Bier?

Frayed Knot Jan 12 2011 08:07 PM Re: MAD Brewery

Ceetar wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: "Root Bier." Why not Route Bier? Because you shouldn't drink and drive.

Ceetar Jan 21 2011 08:35 AM Re: MAD Brewery

Brewday is Sunday for the root beer beer (still need a name I look..maybe something nerdy about square roots. Root of MADness? hmm). After I finalize the wedding albums and pick up the cd with all our pictures on it anyway. Root of MADness. I think I like that. I should design a quirky logo too.

metsmarathon Jan 21 2011 09:09 AM Re: MAD Brewery

mushroom cloud (or two), with roots. i see MAD, i think mutually assured destruction. you could go with drunkenness.

Ceetar Jan 21 2011 09:20 AM Re: MAD Brewery

metsmarathon wrote: mushroom cloud (or two), with roots. i see MAD, i think mutually assured destruction. you could go with drunkenness. oooh. fitting too, because when I tried to make regular root beer back in September, the bottles literally exploded all over the place. oops. MAD is actually my initials. and I am synonomous with mutually assured drunkenness. or something.

Ceetar Feb 11 2011 01:45 PM Re: MAD Brewery

Transferred the beer into a secondary fermenter last weekend. Wanted to get it off all the roots and yeast muck. Specific Gravity dropped from 1.074 to 1.020, which is about 7.1% ABV and will probably inch up a little bit still. Gave it a quick taste, and it does actually taste likes it's going to be pretty good. Possibly a little darker looking than I originally hoped.

Ceetar Mar 28 2011 07:33 AM Re: MAD Brewery

Tasted the final product yesterday. Tasted pretty good,better than I expected. I think the wintergreen is a wee bit overpowered in the aroma, and the beer itself is a tad bitter for what you'd think of a "root beer" but that may mellow over a little more time. I'm bad at describing tastes. especially the next day, but it's good. I submitted it to Sam Adams Longshot competition, now I just have to mail them 4 bottles in mid-May.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 28 2011 07:36 AM Re: MAD Brewery

Feel free also to send a case to the Lunchbucket Beer Tasting Institute.

Ceetar Mar 28 2011 07:43 AM Re: MAD Brewery

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Feel free also to send a case to the Lunchbucket Beer Tasting Institute. I'll send you a pair if you want. (It'd be a week or two, I store my beer out of state. Parents' basement. rest assured, I store my beer there, I don't blog from there)

Ceetar May 09 2011 12:34 PM Re: MAD Brewery

Moved my Oktoberfest 2011 to secondary fermentation for a month long lagering period. I initially planned on 10 gallons, splitting 3.5 to a smaller container for blueberrization and 6.5 in my other container, but apparently I made 11 gallons and had to scramble to find something for the last gallon.

Ceetar Jul 25 2011 10:00 AM Re: MAD Brewery

My "Wedtoberfest: year 1" and "Something Blue" oktoberfest and blueberry oktoberfest beers are now ready, although it's nto quite the right season yet. I tried Something Blue, and while the beer tastes pretty good, there is little to no blueberry taste in it. I had 3 pounds of blueberries sitting in the beer for 5 weeks during it's lagering phase, but I'll have to try something different next year.

Ceetar Sep 20 2011 01:28 PM Re: MAD Brewery

I submitted my Root of MADness to Sam Adam's Long Shot competition. I didn't win, but they sent me back my scorecard. I scored a 33/50, in the "very good" range. also, got a free t-shirt.

Ceetar Nov 08 2011 01:10 PM Re: MAD Brewery

Ordered the ingredients to make a Toasted Coconut Brown Ale. a semi-clone of the Kona Brewing Companies Koko brown ale that was delicious.

Ceetar Nov 19 2011 02:58 PM Re: MAD Brewery

brewing, burning Captain America: the first Avenger, and watching The Waitress. I bet no one's ever done those three things at once before.

Ceetar Jan 10 2012 07:22 AM Re: MAD Brewery

My Toasted Coconut Brown Ale, inspired by Kona Brewing Company's Koko Brown and named MADhouse Coco-Nutz is done, and it's delicious.

Ceetar Feb 15 2012 02:25 PM Re: MAD Brewery

Bottled my Home Run Apfelwein and brewed my Mexican Blond, which I'm thinking of double branding as a Mike Piazza Blond.

Ceetar May 23 2012 01:15 PM Re: MAD Brewery

people like the Mexican Blond. I'm behind on my now-annual Oktoberfest though. Need to get on that. Thinking of brewing a Weiss the same day and calling it NieuwenWeiss.

Ceetar Aug 01 2012 06:34 PM Re: MAD Brewery

I brewed a Strawberry Weiss that's really yummy and ready in about a week. I wanted to call it Strawberry NieuwenWeiss but since his demotion I'm not sure I should. Jeremy HefnerWeizen? Darryl Strawberry Weiss?