General homebrew discussion, tips and help on kit and malt extract brewing, and talk about equipment. Queries on sourcing supplies and equipment should go in The Store.
FOF
Posts: 21 Joined: Thursday Sep 07, 2006 6:46 pmLocation: Broken Hill
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by FOF Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 9:32 am
What alcohol percentage do you brew.
Stuart
Posts: 13 Joined: Thursday Aug 31, 2006 1:32 pmLocation: Ballarat
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by Stuart Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 9:42 am
Mid-range for me.... with the occasional high octane belgian in the mix
drtom
Posts: 311 Joined: Thursday Mar 16, 2006 2:53 pmLocation: Preston, Melbourne
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by drtom Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 9:51 am
I don't think I know how to do low alcohol - any time I think about it, I find myself wanting to put more malt in.
T.
Dogger Dan
Posts: 3168 Joined: Thursday Aug 26, 2004 10:43 amLocation: Lucan, Ontario, Canada
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by Dogger Dan Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 10:31 am
I like session beers
"Listening to someone who brews their own beer is like listening to a religous fanatic talk about the day he saw the light" Ross Murray, Montreal Gazette
Ash
Posts: 485 Joined: Saturday May 06, 2006 9:59 pmLocation: Townsville, Australia
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by Ash Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 10:38 am
mid range for me - made one brew each either side of it, rest approx 5%.
gregb
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Posts: 2620 Joined: Saturday Sep 25, 2004 9:12 amLocation: Sydney
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by gregb Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 11:17 am
Really like my big beers, but I am also a fan of my 4.5%ish session beers.
blandy
Posts: 520 Joined: Saturday Jun 17, 2006 9:43 amLocation: Melbourne, Australia
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by blandy Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 11:42 am
Most of mine are around 4.5-6%, although I'm not going to skip on malt just to get the alcohol down. Neither am I going to add more fermentables just for the sake of getting the alcohol up.
I left my fermenter in my other pants
gregb
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Posts: 2620 Joined: Saturday Sep 25, 2004 9:12 amLocation: Sydney
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by gregb Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 11:50 am
You can have a session on the big beers, just not a long session.
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Try one, see what you think. Try two, see if you can think.
Cheers,
Greg
Trizza
Posts: 248 Joined: Tuesday Sep 12, 2006 5:02 pmLocation: Luxembourg
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by Trizza Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 12:11 pm
My 10 brews range from 4-7.5%, and the ones around 5-5.5 taste the best, easiest to drink down.
Drink a big one, brain half head. Drink another one brain nearly dead.
If i wanted to get wasted then I'll just drink 4 session beers, rather than 2 big beers.
Summer will see all these beers disappear though
Got Malt?
Boonie
Posts: 1760 Joined: Friday Jul 21, 2006 6:41 pmLocation: Lake Macquarie
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by Boonie Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 12:26 pm
FOF wrote: What alcohol percentage do you brew.
I mainly do 4.5-5.5 for my regular beers and 5.5 - 8.5 for special taste testing sessions.
Boonie
A homebrew is like a fart, only the brewer thinks it's great.
lethaldog
Posts: 2716 Joined: Wednesday Jul 19, 2006 11:13 amLocation: Victoria
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by lethaldog Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 3:09 pm
Mostly mid range for me but i do the odd one at 8-9%
ACTbrewer
Posts: 273 Joined: Monday May 08, 2006 5:08 pmLocation: ACT
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by ACTbrewer Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 4:31 pm
Mid range. Big ones like the bock and dopplebocks sneak up on you. They don't taste shtonkering!
Schooner
Posts: 112 Joined: Saturday Sep 09, 2006 10:58 pm
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by Schooner Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 5:06 pm
I brew for flavour and it seam's to be at the 6 and over mark , have tried mid range and under but it just doesn't cut it - to watery.
NTRabbit
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Posts: 767 Joined: Tuesday May 24, 2005 12:41 amLocation: Adelaide
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by NTRabbit Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 6:20 pm
Most of my brews end up from 5-6.5%, sometimes over, never under
Het Witte Konijn
gregb
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Posts: 2620 Joined: Saturday Sep 25, 2004 9:12 amLocation: Sydney
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by gregb Tuesday Sep 19, 2006 7:22 pm
ACTbrewer wrote: Big ones like the bock and dopplebocks sneak up on you. They don't taste shtonkering!
Yeah, aint it cool.
Cheers,
Greg
