re: ***Official Auburn Board Craft Beer Thread***

Homebrewers--looking for something different that is an all-around crowd-pleaser- girly-ladies included?

My husband and I found this recipe for German Apple Wine LINK and were intrigued- the more you read the thread, the more you want to give it a try. It is a super easy beginner brewing recipe. No boiling/straining/cooling: just add bottled apple juice (we get ours from Sam's) yeast, yeast nutrient, and dextrose to a sterilized carboy and let it ferment 4+ weeks.

Long story short: This stuff is fantastic. We are huge beer snobs, but this stuff is so good. When it is young it is like a apply hefeweizen, but when it ages, oh man, it is a dry, crisp white wine (or champagne if you carb it). NOT SWEET like commercial ciders. It finishes at about 8% ABV.

The stuff we just kegged has been ageing/fermenting about 5 weeks, and It will keep-on ageing in the keg. It settles out after about week 3 and clears up.

We bottled some in 24oz swing-top bottles and let them age about 12 weeks, it just keeps getting better. We have kept a 4 carboy rotation of the stuff going since November, I think we are on the 12th 6-gallon carboy.

Had some Monkeynaut for lunch. Picked up some Snake Handler a little while ago. I've been on an IPA and DIPA kick lately despite not being the biggest IPA fan.

I would swing by Straight to Ale. Most of their stuff is very good but I'm partial to Monkeynaut and Brother Joseph's.

Celebrating new job opps

So far tonight:

Creature Comforts Brettomatic, Bell's 30th Anniversary, 3F Zombie Dust

Next up is a Speedway Stout, then sleep

I've had a Monkeynaut, Snake Handler, and about 4 whiskey and waters... I'm turnt

I have friends who hate me and keep getting talking me into more drinks

I had largely laid off of craft beer recently due to an early starting time for my job and general health, but I have to admit that after having a snakehandler early last week I'm back in the habit. Since then I've had Thomas Creek's Without a Paddle, Monkeynaut, SN Torpedo, SN Pale, and a couple of other IPAs I can't recall. I had just about gotten to where a couple of rolling rocks weren't that bad.