Technically, it's a Munich Dunkel. I've only ever brewed one lager before (a Vienna lager) and was up for another challenge. This "lagered" (cold storage) for 10 weeks.

Overall, it's a nice beer. It's crisp, light, and easy drinking. It has a slightly caramel taste from the munich and darker malts I used. Beautiful clear brown color with reddish hues when looked at with light. It's really clear - so clear one can read through it. That's what a 10 week lager will do, I guess.

The only flaw I perceive is that it didn't carb as aggressively as I would have hoped. I erred on the side of caution for a number of reasons when adding the priming sugar. I slightly undershot but it's still fine. The carbonation is just a bit softer.

Any other beer brewing brahs here?

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Originally Posted By CougarP01⏩

how long did it take you to get the hang of brewing your own beer?? Absolutely mirin. Would love to make my own Cougar Light

edit: And how cost efficient is it??? Also love the idea of making my own Hef hhhhnnnngh say hello to my new hobby.

I brewed a hefe a few times. I went to Germany years ago and spent a lot of time in Bavaria and really fell in love with those styles. That experience is 100% what made me brew this dunkel. With the hefe, I wanted to brew something like I had had at schneider weisse. Some incredible brews there. My hefe wasn't super amazing but it was damn drinkable and a great sun beer. Here are some photos of the 2 hefes I brewed over the years:




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Originally Posted By tornister⏩

Not into brewing lagers (im brewing mostly ipa and apa) but mirin nonetheless.

My citra apa i brewed last year:

Been wanting to jump on the Hazy IPA bandwagon. Might go that route for my next one.

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Originally Posted By POTA⏩

That’s fukking awesome, OP. I almost only ever drink German beers. I got an Oktoberfest brewing kit for Christmas a couple years ago, but I haven’t attempted home brewing yet.

It's a lot of fun once you get into it. If you got a kit, it can be pretty simple making your first batch, and quite rewarding. If it's extract based all you really need is a large pot on the stove and you're good to go. Before getting a wort chiller, especially if it was winter, I used to capitalize on those Canadian winters and just put my pot right in the snow bank and stir constantly

Originally Posted By xxAchillesxx⏩

Homebrew brah checking in. Got a 4 tap keezer setup with a Nut Brown, a Hefeweizen, a Spiced Oktoberfest (ale version), and a Mango Habanero Amber. Not my best work with any of them as I had just moved into a new house and rushed everything to get the stock up. I need to brew another one soon, but time has been hard to come by recently.

That sounds really cool. When I bought my house a few years ago, the goal was to make the switch to kegging. I set up a modest brewery in my garage. I built a bar in my basement. I have all the glassware and space. However, I never pulled the trigger, and looking back, I'm glad I didn't invest. The thing is I'm pretty isolated out here and I only see friends a few times a year. Couple that with the fact that I don't really drink much anymore, and I don't know what the hell I would have done with 20 gallons of beer across 4 kegs.

I think I mostly brew for the creativity, the experience, and the challenge. It's a lot of fun. I've brewed some pretty wild beers. My last one last year was a chocolate coffee milk stout.

Originally Posted By tornister⏩

Not into brewing lagers (im brewing mostly ipa and apa) but mirin nonetheless.

My citra apa i brewed last year:

That's awesome. IPAs are my favorite beers to brew. I've brewed more pale ales and IPAs than anything. My best ones were iterations of the New England hazy style. One was a pretty straight forward hazy style IPA with tons of citra and mosaic hops that got silver in the IPA category of a pretty huge homebrew competition here, so that was fun. I distinctly remember it smelling like I had just opened a juice box of that Oasis passion fruit juice I used to bring to school as a kid. The other was a similar kind of hazy IPA brewed with copious amounts of guava and mango and fermented using a 'wild' Saccharomyces strain of yeast that produced pretty potent pineapple esters during fermentation. That one went really fast during that summer.

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