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Mynx's Stout recipe....sort of !

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I figure, once one beer is bottled, it’s nice to start another one…It makes the weighting game a little easier…If you have some to drink! As for tasting don’t ‘they’ recommend about 3 weeks then 3 months then 6 months? I heard darker beers benefit from aging a bit more then the lighter beers, so im guessing your brew will only get better with age….Unless it’s all gone already lol..

My first beer was over carbonated…Dang gone instructions you get with kit beer…Horrid things….Horrid…They have you adding sugar to each bottle individually…Horrid!

Sounds like you made a nice beer!

Mu. ;D
 
Even with the modified hops schedule it came out really, really good! I am bottling a batch on Monday so the fermentor will be available....I', thinking about a white Belgian beer next.

Cheers,
Ted
 
BB, please do post that recipe. I'm all about sharing good things :D
 
Just a quick update,
Almost one month after bottling and the stout kick major a$$!!!! One of my friends that claims he hates dark beers actually liked it. Go figure, I thought I'd have to drink it all by myself, noe they come aknockin'

Cheers,
Brewbear
 
Since I started brewing years ago I’ve heard the same three responses over and over again when I offer people homebrew. “No thanks, I don’t drink dark beer”, “No thanks, I don’t like homebrews”, and “No thanks, I knew someone that got really sick drinking homebrew”. I find that most people who aren’t educated about beer consider anything darker than the color of their own urine to be “dark beer” and have a prejudice against it. Its also very difficult to dispel the myths about the safety of homemade beverages. Oh well, more for me!
 
Another problem being too many people think dark beer = Guinness. No offense to the fine folks at Guinness but the kind of Guinness we get down here is brewed in Canada and was affectionately refered to as "black water" at my brewclub's Porter & Stout meeting last February. It was dark, that much is certain, but seems so thin and lacking in body and flavor when compared to virtually every other of the 40-50 commercial and homebrewed porters and stouts sampled.


Brewbear,
If at all possible, save some for about 3 or 4 months. In my experience stouts age more slowly than lighter beers, and even if you don't think it can get any better, it does!!
 
Yeah i used to get very very frustrated when people used to turn their noses up at my beers because they were "too dark" or because they were homebrewed. I've also had people tell me that they dont like mead and when i ask where they’ve tried it, it turns out they never have, they just have a preconceived notion that they wont like it. But i gave up these fights a long time ago, and instead just enjoy the things i make with those that are close to me (sorry if this is a bit of a rant).

But anyway...i agree with by byathread that beers like stouts and porters continue to improve with age. You may be surprised by he positive change that a good stout can go through if allowed to age for a good 6-8 months.
 
I too love to share my homebrew, but I also just save it for those that are really interested.
I once hated "beer" too (domestic mass-market swill), but, luckily I've since discovered the whole wide world of choices and varieties and history.

Close-mindedness blows. ;) At least try something before you knock it! Alas, it leaves more for us.

My winter stout is still waiting to be bottled :P
Next year I'd like to brew it in late summer so its already got a few months on it before my favorite stout-drinking season.
 
I usually start my stouts in Aug...everyone thinks i'm insane, but by starting them then they are perfect by the time Dec rolls around.
 
Just to bring you all to date!!!
The dang thing got better, a whole lot better!! I only wish I saved more of it :'(
Last week-end i took one of the last remaining bottles to my LHBS and had the manager have a taste! The sneak told me afterwards that he just passed his test and now he is a certified beer judge. According to him, the beer will be to style since the stous cover a fairly broad range, it is crisp, flawless and he reccomends I should keep doing what I'm doing ;D

Cheers,
Brewbear
 
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