big-will 7 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Oh come on you are just being silly now! Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 They're just trying to be trendy and cool. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Where's those internet police when you need them! Actually I'm the other way, I don't get into Kohaku. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Funny, but now that you can buy Classic pretty much anywhere, anytime...it just doesn't taste as special. Not saying it's bad, just doesn't have that sitting in the onsen after a full day of knee-deep powder taste. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 Had some classic last night, and is indeed nice stuff. Also had bottle of this stuff too: A bit like a Japanese hoegaarden. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 What do we mean by "Classic"? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 What do we mean by "Classic"? It's a Monday morning... That's a crazy question to be asking. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Had some classic last night, and is indeed nice stuff. Also had bottle of this stuff too: A bit like a Japanese hoegaarden. Nice one that. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Running low on beer supplies. Any recent top tips? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 The Tohoku hops version of ichiban shibori is out and not a bad drop Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Still on the Aki-aji, although the local offy has some more Echigo beers coming through now. Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I want to buy a case of bottles, never have before. Deciding what my first case will be! Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Classic Kirin it is Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Got 12 AkiAji left. Any left in the shops I wonder. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Our local kaku yasu has run out Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 haven't seen it around for a while now. I'm really into the Tohoku Hops Ichiban Shibori right now Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Still got a case down in the garage. I'm sure you can find some on rakuten or online somewhere if you want. Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Place near here has a few left, picked up 12 cans Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 You can still find it, just need to look around - found some. And online. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 Hello, and good night. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Was it good? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 It was very nice stuff - bit malty mind, but still good. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 That looks nice. I dipped into the honey nut brown I brewed last month. Yummy yummy and 6.5% to boot! I'll update the homebrewing thread this weekend with some pics! Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 This may be a stupid question but... how do you know 6.5% BM? Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 There are two methods to determine alcohol by volume. The first one is really fun. You have to get together with one of your friends. Your friend is called the 'control variable' because you know that he can drink 10 pints of 5% beer before trying to hump everyone in the bar and singing karaoke with a lamp shade on his head. So while you casually sip your homebrew your friend starts plowing through the beers. Once he starts making a mess of his pick-up lines and starts dry humping a barstool you know that he has reached the 'saturation point'. You then count the number of empty pints he has littered the place with. In the case of the beer I brewed, Mr. Control Variable started running amok at 7.8 pints which gives you a 6.5% ABV. However, if you don't want to share your beer with your friend and have to watch him turn into a slobbering idiot you can use the second, not quite as fun method. You use a hydrometer to take readings when you've brewed the beer, called the 'original gravity', (before adding the yeast) and after fermentation is complete, called the 'final gravity'. A hydrometer basically measures the density of liquid and can tell you the difference between a sugary liquid (pre-fermentation) and a liquid with converted sugars, alcohol (post-fermentation). For example, when using a hydrometer, the density of water is 1.000. The original gravity of my beer before fermentation was 1.060 and the final gravity (once the yeast had eaten all of the sugar and pooped out alcohol) was 1.010. Then you have to use your brain and this equation: Alcohol by volume =(76.08 * (og-fg) / (1.775-og)) * (fg / 0.794). Or the slightly less confusing ABV = (og – fg) * 131.25 Hope that clears it up Link to post Share on other sites
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