Deciding on Fall beer style

[Bigbre04]

This stream has meandered out of it's banks many times over.

Starting with pondering a good style for fall season that's actually still full-on summer weather, we've touched on Hockey, reminisced about the early days of craft beer, taken a deep dive on which and how many flavors are appropriate for a sour and ended up nerding out on glycol, temp control and hot-weather brewing facilities.

Definitely an impressive degree of drift, even for this crowd.

Also to be fair the sour beer topic was on topic for this thread imo! the rest was def wandering.

 

[Sandy Feet]

That Kolsch sounds interesting. One of the places I go dry hopped their normal Kolsch, and that is damn good.

 

[Sandy Feet]

I'm not going too far the rest of the year. I'm going to spend a few days at the beach near St Pete next week, but I'm probably not going any further than that.

 

[Brew Cat]

The tangerine/blackberry sounds good as does the tangerine/cranberry those all make good kettle sours

 

[Bigbre04]

That Kolsch sounds interesting. One of the places I go dry hopped their normal Kolsch, and that is damn good.

its really really good. its my favorite so far of the stupid fruited kolsches that i have made. The blueberry is well balanced and fairly light. there is still a kolsch beer flavor in the finish.

@Brew Cat going for a mulled wine holiday flavor profile. subtle spices with the cran orange.

 

[J A]

Also to be fair the sour beer topic was on topic for this thread imo! the rest was def wandering.

Absolutely on topic.
...as for the drift vector, I'd expect nothing less from this forum. Keeps things interesting. The thread is showing signs of outlasting the keg of beer that I brewed as a result of the initial discussion.

 

[Bigbre04]

Shhh don't tell @Brew Cat that i am working up a chocolate raspberry stout! Might even toss a little salt in there!

This is where i am at for right now. Based off my oyster stout recipe.
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1594533

Gonna add raspberry and chocolate craft puree(4.5lbs mid-fermentation, 4.5 post), vanilla, and a small amount of salt. shooting for 6.4-6.6% might add some dextrose to up the abv if needed. shooting for a 151 mash temp.

 

[Brew Cat]

its really really good. its my favorite so far of the stupid fruited kolsches that i have made. The blueberry is well balanced and fairly light. there is still a kolsch beer flavor in the finish.

@Brew Cat going for a mulled wine holiday flavor profile. subtle spices with the cran orange.

I can see nutmeg and a bit maybe clove but cinnamon has ruined every beer I've used it in.
Actually speaking of spice my wife has made me a spice cake today with cream cheese frosting for my Bday. I'll pare it with my ESB

 

[Brew Cat]

Shhh don't tell @Brew Cat that i am working up a chocolate raspberry stout! Might even toss a little salt in there!

This is where i am at for right now. Based off my oyster stout recipe.
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1594533

Gonna add raspberry and chocolate craft puree(4.5lbs mid-fermentation, 4.5 post), vanilla, and a small amount of salt. shooting for 6.4-6.6% might add some dextrose to up the abv if needed. shooting for a 151 mash temp.

I've actually enjoyed a chocolate raspberry stout. I've always worried about using chocolate https://byo.com/articles/brewing-with-chocolate-tips-from-the-pros/
Not a fan of lactose in beer though

 

[Dave Y]

Shhh don't tell @Brew Cat that i am working up a chocolate raspberry stout! Might even toss a little salt in there!

This is where i am at for right now. Based off my oyster stout recipe.
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1594533

Gonna add raspberry and chocolate craft puree(4.5lbs mid-fermentation, 4.5 post), vanilla, and a small amount of salt. shooting for 6.4-6.6% might add some dextrose to up the abv if needed. shooting for a 151 mash temp.

Have you considered mashing in some cacao nibs?

 

[Craigerrr]

I can see nutmeg and a bit maybe clove but cinnamon has ruined every beer I've used it in.
Actually speaking of spice my wife has made me a spice cake today with cream cheese frosting for my Bday. I'll pare it with my ESB

Well happy birthday!

 

[Craigerrr]

Have you considered mashing in some cacao nibs?

I soak nibs in rum for a couple weeks before making my chocolate cranberry stout, I use 100% pure cranberry juice (a little goes a long way). It comes in at about 7.4%ABV