I edited my post ^Yes, he is still using the forum, unlike a few on the east coast that are just “gone”. My thinking is instead of public shaming perhaps a personal contact would get some answers.
I edited my post ^Yes, he is still using the forum, unlike a few on the east coast that are just “gone”. My thinking is instead of public shaming perhaps a personal contact would get some answers.
Any updates to the Weizenbock from @bradccook? Did anyone get that beer?
Crap, not good. I’ll call them on Thursday when they’re open. If it’s all bad, I’ll send you three more bottles of mine from a different batch, I split mine in two, that used a different yeast. It finished sweeter and I think better. The other was just done first and In time for shipment. I’ll also send some commercial beer for your troubles. I can’t speak for @gromitdj for any extra beer.
Any update on this? Did you get a chance to talk to FedEx?
Bad news. It looks like FedEx Pooped the bed on this one. It was a "total loss". Somehow in the hubbub of Christmas shipping they destroyed the entire package. I am submitting a claim now and will send you some replacement beer. Apologies for the delay.
@gromitdj
My understanding/experience is that their handling of alcohol shipments is inconsistent. In one case they returned a package to the sender, and in all other cases the packages were destroyed.
Bad news. It looks like FedEx Pooped the bed on this one. It was a "total loss". Somehow in the hubbub of Christmas shipping they destroyed the entire package. I am submitting a claim now and will send you some replacement beer. Apologies for the delay.
@gromitdj
Right. In fact, I was the recipient on one such package from you that they released to me, I had to go in and get lectured in person. In this case they said nothing about alcohol or contraband. Just that it was a "total loss". Not sure if that had anything to do with booze.
hence the lecture they gave me about it.Oh they knew!! I think I received a letter about it and thus began the departure from using Fedex.
@chrisgood1 : I'll see what I've got left that isn't promised to someone. I should be able to send a couple...
Well I hate to call a guy out, but it IS/(was) the 12 beers of "christmas" and we are now well into Jan 2020 and it seems that none of us have received anything from @bradccook. @bradccook, it appears that you log in regularly to this site, and have received all of our beers from the west coast group, would you care to share your status please?
I sent him a message about a week ago. Crickets.I just sent @bradccook an email asking what happened. Has anyone else from the West Coast group done that or messaged @bradccook within HomeBrewTalk?
I sent him a message about a week ago. Crickets.
Wow! I'm not a fan of IPAs, at all! This is seriously good, yum yum yum. The honey shines!! The ginger, mia. Or so very subtle. Well done
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Thanks! So glad you like it.
Your comment is surprising because I feel the opposite: that the ginger is too strong! In both the test batch and the final brew my issue was not getting enough hop flavor/aroma to overcome the ginger. (even though I upped the hops significantly for the final).
I like yours a lot, too. It actually inspired me to try to brew with anise. But that was based on the fact that I taste something unique in your beer, and since the only spice listed in the recipe that I'm not familiar with is anise, I figured that must be it. But after a chat with someone about it, I'm not so sure. Maybe it's the combination of spices that creates a unique flavor?
Let me ask you this: When you taste your BoC beer, what is the primary spice that comes out to you?
@fourfarthing,
I opened one of you cherry dubbels this afternoon. Really nice job. I think I like yours better than mine. I should have opened mine and yours at the same time to compare but already having one big beer this afternoon (see my earlier post), I thought I should limit myself. But I liked your beer so much I had to pop open one of mine to compare. It’s interesting that the cherry flavors in both are different. My perception is that your cherry aroma is more earthy, darker, deeper. The cherry in mine is maybe somewhat more bright and tart on the nose, which might be because my beer seems a bit more carbonated. Or did I use more sour cherries? Did you oak your beer with cubes or anything? I feel like I’m picking up something oaky and vinous that reminds me of the oak in a red wine. Really nice mouthfeel on yours too. The other thing I noticed is that your beer has a lighter red and mine is deeper red, which is neither here nor there -- just an observation. Thanks for suggesting the swap! I think I got the better end of the deal.
@anotherbeerplease,
I‘m enjoying a second bottle of your fruitcake old ale and thinking about what I’ll do when brewing it for West Coast 2020. I make my own “gourmet fruitcake” every few years, and the aroma of your ale was spot on IMHO. You veered way from the Randy Mosher recipe and did something a little different, right? Curious what you would do the same or different if you were brewing this again. Anything different with the grain bill or the dried fruit ratios?
Cheers!
That one without a label looks the most tasty.
The Spiced Dunkelweizen from @bradccook arrived a few minutes ago. The FedEx dude called me and said “I’m at the end of your driveway and I don’t think I can make it into your yard”. I was in the tractor, plowing snow, about 1/4 mile away, at the other end of the driveway. I drove down to the road in a pickup and got my box of beersicles.
It’s been way below 0°F all across MT for about a week; delivery vans aren’t insulated and barely have enough heat to keep the driver from developing frostbite, so it’s not too surprising the beer was frozen.
The ice popped the top on one bottle; the bag contained most of the liquid. The other two are still sealed, but have ice at the base of the necks. But, I have now collected the full set.
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Looking at all those pictures, the one that has a raven (or is it a craw) in the label must be real good...
Do you recall, did you include any sort of spices for the Abbey Weizen?
I’m currently 250 miles from my brewing notes at our farm. At my age, I’m lucky to remember what I had for breakfast, let alone what I was brewing 4 years ago. I did add some spice but nothing comes to mind at the moment. I’ll be back at the farm early next week and will go through my notes.Do you recall, did you include any sort of spices for the Abbey Weizen?
German Weizen, unlike a Wit or Weise would not (normally) include spices, and my understanding is that this brew is to express the yeast shift to Abbey from the usual wheat ale yeast. Did you do anything Chrismas-ey in your batch?
Edit: Upon re-reading the description, I now see that it says to optionally spice. I would still be interested in what you chose to do.
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