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It's the first sample forced carbed in a PET bottle. I bottled the rest of it. It's really tasty. Next batch, I'll need more dragon fruit.
 
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Even with the backboard sheetrock gets some hit. Paul and Robert got some as well like in the movie.
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Ward Chillington said:
you want an alcoholic cream soda not a cream ale. Cream ale is really a huge misnomer if you ask me...yeah it's creamy but that's mouth feel not taste and sweet but not lactate - ie like a milk stout....the advertising department guys need to answer for this American original style!
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Well, yeah, there's nothing really 'creamy' about a Barq's cream soda either, but that's what it's called. Most times I can't figure out why things get the names they have, but they do, so I just roll with it.

IIRC, it's cracked/ground corn that gives it the mouth-feel and perhaps a little bit of the sweetness. I was doing a version of Bulin's 3-day Weekend, and when I picked up the ingredients, the LHBS guy called it a cream ale. Well, OK, if you say so. I just wanted to see what the difference using corn in an ale was all about. I liked it. That might be my next brew when I get back into it, and perhaps tap it with some vanilla extract to see what happens. I need to get some small fermenters and do small batches for more forays into the unknowns.
 
RoadRoach said:
Well, yeah, there's nothing really 'creamy' about a Barq's cream soda either, but that's what it's called. Most times I can't figure out why things get the names they have, but they do, so I just roll with it.

IIRC, it's cracked/ground corn that gives it the mouth-feel and perhaps a little bit of the sweetness. I was doing a version of Bulin's 3-day Weekend, and when I picked up the ingredients, the LHBS guy called it a cream ale. Well, OK, if you say so. I just wanted to see what the difference using corn in an ale was all about. I liked it. That might be my next brew when I get back into it, and perhaps tap it with some vanilla extract to see what happens. I need to get some small fermenters and do small batches for more forays into the unknowns.
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Yes, the corn adds a level of sweetness.....probably why it was the southern New Jersey teenagers' beverage of choice back in the 70s!
 
RoadRoach said:
Well, yeah, there's nothing really 'creamy' about a Barq's cream soda either, but that's what it's called. Most times I can't figure out why things get the names they have, but they do, so I just roll with it.

IIRC, it's cracked/ground corn that gives it the mouth-feel and perhaps a little bit of the sweetness. I was doing a version of Bulin's 3-day Weekend, and when I picked up the ingredients, the LHBS guy called it a cream ale. Well, OK, if you say so. I just wanted to see what the difference using corn in an ale was all about. I liked it. That might be my next brew when I get back into it, and perhaps tap it with some vanilla extract to see what happens. I need to get some small fermenters and do small batches for more forays into the unknowns.
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There is one locally that uses vanilla. I think it is a little sweet. Flaked Corn in a lager is awesome. That would make it a Cream Ale or a Pre-Pro Lager most likely using 2 row or 6 row. It would probably work well as an ale too.
 
Brew Cat said:
Well If I'm buying my beer in Costco because Im on a tight budget, which is the only reason I'd buy beer from Costco maybe under $1 a can
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what's Costco's fizzy yellow beer taste like? Does it have a catchy name? Costco Creame?? Kirkland Kolsch???
 
$10/6pack is cheap these days if the beer is halfway decent. Unless it is on sale, All Day IPA is like $22/12 pack.
If the store keeps it within dates/somewhat fresh, sells it for a reasonable price, you like the store, and it is good beer, who gives a damn what the store is called? Costco, Publix, ABC, Total Wine? Who cares?
Many, many moons ago, I used to get Gator beer at the bar downstairs from the hotel when I worked on the beach for a few months. It was cheap and it worked at the time LOL. I believe that place also served a pitcher in a sand pale with a shovel:)
 
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Sandy Feet said:
$10/6pack is cheap these days if the beer is halfway decent. Unless it is on sale, All Day IPA is like $22/12 pack.
If the store keeps it within dates/somewhat fresh, sells it for a reasonable price, you like the store, and it is good beer, who gives a damn what the store is called? Costco, Publix, ABC, Total Wine? Who cares?
Many, many moons ago, I used to get Gator beer at the bar downstairs from the hotel when I worked on the beach for a few months. It was cheap and it worked at the time LOL. I believe that place also served a pitcher in a sand pale with a shovel:)
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Well i think it matters. Id much rather keep the local breweries in business. Actually Costco around here aren't allowed to sell beer or wine. Grocery stores can't sell wine but can sell beer. Keeps the little guys open. Heck my small town has three or four little package stores and 2 breweries. Only 1 gas station and one grocery store. If we had a Costco they would all close. So yeah it matters. 9.99 for six packs 18 for twelve. Less tax here on that stuff. Property tax is higher though. Gas still under $3 but creeping up. Eggs just broke $7 but I have plenty friends that give me eggs.
 
Ward Chillington said:
you want an alcoholic cream soda not a cream ale. Cream ale is really a huge misnomer if you ask me...yeah it's creamy but that's mouth feel not taste and sweet but not lactate - ie like a milk stout....the advertising department guys need to answer for this American original style!
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Yes I used to make a cream ale before I brewed lagers. Now I brew the Pre Pro instead. It always reminds taste and smell of the beer my dad would give me a taste of his in the 60s before all the NY breweries closed and all you could get was mass market crap.
 
Brew Cat said:
Well i think it matters. Id much rather keep the local breweries in business. Actually Costco around here aren't allowed to sell beer or wine. Grocery stores can't sell wine but can sell beer. Keeps the little guys open. Heck my small town has three or four little package stores and 2 breweries. Only 1 gas station and one grocery store. If we had a Costco they would all close. So yeah it matters. 9.99 for six packs 18 for twelve. Less tax here on that stuff. Property tax is higher though. Gas still under $3 but creeping up. Eggs just broke $7 but I have plenty friends that give me eggs.
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Trust me, I try to keep the breweries in business too when I go out. If I want a six or twelve of something in the house, and I don't have anything made, guess what? It comes from Publix, ABC, or Total Wine:) I guess I'm not the only one.
 
I get from Market 32 sometimes. They have quite a section of beer from local breweries in CT MA VT and NY. They also have plenty of the 30 pack stuff. I don't generally have need to buy bit I will peruse the aisle. One side beer one side snacks.
 
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