What Is In Your Opinion The Best Beer You Have Brewed..

[clean brewer]

Hello all,

Well since In got home from work, ive been having a few of my latest beer that has been kegged, its Trough Lollys Yankee Doodle Amber Ale and its only my 5th AG beer and I reckon its probably the nicest beer I have brewed to date..

Whats the best beer you have brewed to date in your opinion??

:icon_chickcheers: CB

 

[Josh]

I made a Sparkling Ale for the 2006 NSW Xmas Case Swap that received a few good reports. I really liked it.

I'm hoping the Oktoberfest currently fermenting is my favourite beer. Cos I'd like to make a few more batches of it and let them lager in bottle until I get home from Europe in a few months.

 

[mje1980]

My porter, hands down. I think its in the recipe section, but i'll check.

EDIT, yep, its called husky porter

 

[technocat]

Would have to be T/L's SNPA. Keep going back to it every third or so brew

 

[warra48]

My Twisted Gut APA.
It's in the database.

It's a variation on TL's original SNPA recipe.

I'm currently drinking another identical batch. It seems to take 2 to 3 months to all come together, but then the very typical Cascade character comes through in the aroma, and the beer is clear and balanced, and tastes delicious.

 

[matti]

Yet to brew my best ever.

 

[MVZOOM]

Would have to be T/L's SNPA. Keep going back to it every third or so brew

Same - it's a ripper recipe.

 

[bconnery]

For a long time, even into AG, the best beer I had brewed by far, even compared to some prize winners, was a flanders red-ish beer made with a variety of sour orange.
I boiled it for 6 hours and caramelized the brown sugar and orange zest and juice...
It had an amazing depth of flavours with the caramel aspects up front and the sourness at the back.
It took me a few attempts to come close to this beer with AG, mainly I think due to the 6 hour boil...

Ross and Screwtop tasted the original and can attest to the taste of that first one.

3kg LME. 30g Chocolate Malt.70g Crystal. 100g Carapils. 100g Dark Brown Sugar. 50g Styrian Goldings. Zest of 5 sour oranges, juice of 7. T58 yeast
Steep chocolate, crystal and carapils. Slightly caramelize sugar with zest of 2 oranges and juice of 1. boil all wort for 6 hours. 30g Goldings @45. juice & rind for 15. 20g Goldings @0

Just recently I finally have gotten two that come close, both the sour orange again, and I think my favourite is this one:
The finish from the saison yeast makes it really dry and works well with the tartness of the sour orange.
This one finished at 1005
Batch Size: 25.00 L
Boil Size: 35.00 L
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated Color: 23.9 EBC
Estimated IBU: 20.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 70 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
2000.00 gm Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC) Grain 33.90 %
1500.00 gm Pale Malt, Galaxy (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EGrain 25.42 %
1500.00 gm Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 25.42 %
200.00 gm Caramunich II (Weyermann) (124.1 EBC) Grain 3.39 %
175.00 gm Melanoidin (Weyermann) (70.0 EBC) Grain 2.97 %
75.00 gm Amber Malt (85.0 EBC) Grain 1.27 %
50.00 gm Caraaroma (Weyermann) (350.7 EBC) Grain 0.85 %
30.00 gm Northern Brewer [6.60 %] (60 min) Hops 20.1 IBU
15.00 gm D Saaz [4.40 %] (2 min) Hops 0.6 IBU
10.00 items Sour Orange Rind (Boil 60.0 min) Misc
600.00 ml Sour Orange Juice (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
900.00 ml Sour Orange Juice (Boil 60.0 min) Misc
200.00 gm Brown Sugar, Dark (98.5 EBC) Sugar 3.39 %
200.00 gm Palm Sugar (98.5 EBC) Sugar 3.39 %
small starter French Saison (Seasonal) (Wyeast Labs #371Yeast-Ale
1 Pkgs SafBrew Specialty Ale (DCL Yeast #T-58) Yeast-Ale

Caramelized 200g brown sugar and 200g brown sugar with some of the juice and all the rind. Added about 5L of first runnings and the remainder of 900ml juice and boiled down in a separate pot while the boil was taking place.
Caremlized for approx 60 mins.
Added 600ml of juice for 5 mins.
Added rest @end.

 

[Swinging Beef]

Actually, despite being quite happy with all my beers (infections aside), the only one i have thought completely perfect was a 6% Belgian Golden Ale I made late last year.
To my mind, it was the perfect balance of hops, yeast character and mouth feel, while looking beautiful and golden.

My own perfect beer.

 

[Screwtop]

For a long time, even into AG, the best beer I had brewed by far, even compared to some prize winners, was a flanders red-ish beer made with a variety of sour orange.
I boiled it for 6 hours and caramelized the brown sugar and orange zest and juice...
It had an amazing depth of flavours with the caramel aspects up front and the sourness at the back.
It took me a few attempts to come close to this beer with AG, mainly I think due to the 6 hour boil...

Ross and Screwtop tasted the original and can attest to the taste of that first one.

Don't good brewers give ya the *****, that was a very special beer, wish it had been the magic pudding of beers Ben :icon_cheers:

 

[Screwtop]

By far an ESB made about 12 months ago.

Screwy

 

[np1962]

Just racked my first AG, the SG sample was the best beer I've brewed.
SO FAR!

Nige

 

[jayse]

every time I brew a new style the first ones are crackers and all follow ups are not as good, how does that work? I really don't know. I have brewed many ALTs but still the first was the best, same with 80/ same with oatmeal stout same with many styles.
my first 80/, thought yeah chuck it in a comp pouring flat as a tack but hey, still scored 43 but the ******* didn't even place! highest scoring section in any comp ever I am sure, JSB the prick got a 48, now that is just unheard and I am still sore about it :lol:
Anyway the most grin factor beer was possibly this demon of a ale

 

[Effect]

who is TL? and is the recipe for his SNPA clone in the database?

Cheers
Phil

 

[warra48]

TL = Trough Lolly.
Do a search in the recipe database, click on the member name little tag at the top, and they'll get sorted by name in alpha order.
Then just go to the right page to find it.

 

[Effect]

TL's SNPA Clone

Thanks Warra...should have done that in the first place - makes sense now!

 

[Fourstar]

Best 'All-Grain' to date would have to be my Caramel APA based on Jamils Recipe from BCS which has just hit the keg. AWESOME cascase on the nose, flavour and dry crisp bitterness whcih is balanced by the slight sweetness of the crystal and breadyness of the munich addition. Simply awesome.

second to that woudl have been my Cream ale i made. that was also a cracker on a hot summers day!

 

[DiscoStu]

Best to date would be my 5th AG batch, Belgian Dubbel 7.5%, been in the bottle 3months and maturing nicely.

 

[Online Brewing Supplies]

I brew a Munich Dunkle which kiks ***.Constant winner.Got one in secondary right now. :icon_cheers:
GB

 

[Nick JD]

Double Caramel Peach Ale.

2kg Morgans liquid Caramalt
1kg LDME
300g Carapils steeped
200g Caramalt steeped
30g Nelson Sauvin @60
20g Nelson Sauvin @20
15g Nelson Sauvin @00
US-04 @ 23

Aroma is very peachy/apricoty and aftertaste is all caramel.