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My Kentucky Common came out quite nice, btw. I think. However, I've never tasted one before, sooo... ;) "Easy to drink" summarizes it well, while it could also be described as a bit boring, depending on expectations. ;) Definitely on the lighter side, with some corn flavor.
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Seems like I'll give kegging and forced carbonation a go sooner rather than later! I will probably test this for my upcoming attempt at a Helles, comparing it to the usual secondary fermentation in the bottle. #WeuBräu #Homebrewing
Thanks again to everyone who participated in this birthday gift! :3

Feast🍻
Comm for @rakanhowls.bsky.social and his friends :)

@rakanhowls.bsky.social will get the second to last bottle of Maibock this weekend :)
And yeah, thank you so much for the awesome artwork!

Yeah, it's been awfully quiet here, sorry. :/
Anyways - quick #brewing update, as we've started a new year! I did some calculations and it seems like in 2025 my beer output quadrupled (to 106 litres!) compared to 2024, with 14 brews (7 in 2924).
Average ABV went down a bit though (6.4% vs. 7.1%) ^^

Military ration time again! Almost forgot about that main from a German EPa, plus some chocolate.
Well... Not great, not too terrible? Somewhat grainy texture, otherwise fine and slightly better / more complex than an ordinary can of soggy ravioli ;). Excellent beverage base and decent chocolate.

Cracker eher - sehr trocken und sehr spelzig ^^
Glaube ich hatte die auf MMC dabei... 2024?!

Nicht nochmal xD Zumindest nicht mit dem Rezept von damals ^^

No, brewing isn't the only thing happening in this kitchen - the Christmas baking has started as well by now ^^

Finally got around to bottle my version of a Kentucky Common! Already curious to see how it will develop.
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Oops, forgot to post this Kentucky Common I brewed up a whole ago! Never had one, did some research on recipes and came up with this one, containing 34 % flaked corn, a few percent of caramel and roast malts, and predominantly Cluster hops (plus a little Hallertau Mittelfrüh).
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Good news! Around 3 weeks after bottling I couldn't resist and had a little taste with friends: Less disgusting than expected - not even terrible! Smells almost like a nice smokey, peaty Islay Whiskey. Taste wise it could benefit from some more body and is almost a bit bland compared to the scent.

Decent yield - and I reckon once carbonated and matured for a bit, it won't be half bad!
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Seems like this peat-smoked experiment will be ready for bottling on the weekend! And from what I can tell at this point, it might be less off-putting than I've feared initially o,o
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Around 45 % peat smoked malt in the grist - what could possibly go wrong?!
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Guess I'm about to find out - and I'm already looking forward to it! XD
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I still lack the equipment to break that kind of stuff myself, so I have someone destroy it for me :3

Okay, this will be interesting... I can already smell faint peat smoke through the bag.

Oof... busy times were had.
Soooo... To catch up on two topics at the same time: I'd call this brew a huge success! ;)
Somewhere between a Festbier and a Märzen - and it was especially delightful to get it served at the location. The guests also seemed to enjoy it.

To continue: Crackers were pretty decent and still fresh, same goes for the jam and the tinned sausage. Nothing to complain about and it goes really well together. The vegetable broth isn't too salty, rather a tad on the bland side?
I haven't gotten around to trying the coffee or tea yet...

Danke dir! :)

PS: Some more pictures from our Zugspitze tour, because why not. ;)
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Now I'd kinda want to do this again, but probably via the Reintal route first, for variety. Let's see when time allows for it!

A hell of a trip! But as if that wasn't enough of an achievement:
He said yes / I said yes! ❤️
I don't think I've ever been so physically destroyed and happy at the same time ever in my life x3

Huge achievement unlocked yesterday: @ookami.cc and me made it all the way up to the Zugspitze, from Hammersbach via the Höllentalferner and the via ferrata. Weather forecast looked promising so we rented ice picks and crampons and set the alarm clock for 3 am. And succeeded this time!

The tuna... Well. I'd say the mentioning of some sort of salad dressing might be a bit misleading. ^^ There is some - just about enough to make it less dry than ordinary canned tuna sometimes is. Which isn't necessarily bad? I've had worse tuna products so this one seems pretty decent for what it is

Honestly this quote is so good:

“Beer can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be—that’s what made me fall in love with it. It’s something you can work to perfect forever”.

Of course we'd like his tens of millions of pounds, but would we take that at the expense of everyone in the world knowing we were pieces of shit? Yes. Yes we would. Please give us tens of millions of pounds.

Nothing wrong with chicken fricassee, one of the main entrees. Not spectacular, not bad, just what you'd expect from that kind of meal when bought canned. Good texture on the meat. A bit bland - salt is provided but some pepper would be nice. Beverage: Multivitamin-kinda flavor, not too thin @ 0,5l

Had to test a fairly young bottle of this experiment at the age of just about two weeks to start refining the recipe for the big batch with enough maturation time.
Still a tad too sweet and no foam whatsoever in two bottles! One week later, foam was present but still a tad too malty and sweet.

As expected, the canned rye meal bread (quite coarse) is still perfectly fresh, and so is the small tin chicken sausage. The spread is some kind of margarine product with a bit of black pepper, something you wouldn't really find in a supermarket like that. Not bad, adds a bit of moisture.

Military ration time again - before this thing gets any older! ^^
This time something almost mandatory for me, one could say: The classic cardboard-boxed German Einmannpackung! Some small items I'll probably keep as a snack for hiking and such, other things I'll try in the near future.