Anything you dont do?

[KaijuSoul]

So i had a curious subject tussle going on in my head. Theres so many styles of making things, styles of beer (as a general blanket term). Its common as well to run into wine making, cider making etc. Personally i dont like wine at all, so i dont believe id ever attempt at making it, even out of curiosity. nothing against those that do. My curiosity really is, was there anything in the realm of homebrewing that you knew you wouldnt ever do at the beginning, and maybe ended up trying anyway?

like me, i just find wine smelly and never like the taste, ive tried many different varieties, i never like the odors they get for whatever reason. the tastes always are very off to me. so for me its kind of personal.

so just to re-state my curious point more in full. Did you have something you really really didnt like, thought you wouldnt ever brew, but one day changed your mind, just to see if you could make it more pallatable? and im talking in the realm of something you really just couldnt like, as in my example of wine.

 

[Sandy Feet]

I didn't think I would do a lager...until I found places that made really good ones that were not crappy like Budweiser, Coors, and Miller. A place down the road that has since closed made a Pre-Prohibition Lager that I fell in love with. Another place made me fall in love with a Vienna Lager. Another with Dortmunders, well you get the picture.
Once I got the keg and regulator, I learned how to do them, and I actually have one fermenting now.
I loved my Pre-Pro. I loved my Vienna. I loved my dark lager. I loved my Festbier, so I didn't do too badly.

 

[Zambi]

Brew very hoppy beers or do any dry hopping and then Ben posted a recipe for his Bunyip. I gave it a try and actually did enjoy it.

I'm still not brewing stout, barley wine or dubbels though
Just disliked every single one I've ever had

 

[KaijuSoul]

Brew very hoppy beers or do any dry hopping and then Ben posted a recipe for his Bunyip. I gave it a try and actually did enjoy it.

I'm still not brewing stout, barley wine or dubbels though
Just disliked every single one I've ever had

Barley wine is something on my list of things to brew, but thats not really wine. I am not a huge hops fan either, although my best experiences with anything commercial hopped have been sam addams.

although i have to ask, stouts and dubbels arent similar to barley wine, what makes you dislike them and barley wine? ive heard a ton of opinions that people dont like sweeter beers/ales/etc. same thing goes that plenty of people dont like the tastes of hops.

 

[Sandy Feet]

Brew very hoppy beers or do any dry hopping and then Ben posted a recipe for his Bunyip. I gave it a try and actually did enjoy it.

I'm still not brewing stout, barley wine or dubbels though
Just disliked every single one I've ever had

I like Stouts, but ones that have a normal or sessionable alcohol level. I do like an Irish Dry Stout. My wife used to like the sweet ones. I can't handle that.
I liked the Dubbel that I made, but I brought the alcohol down toward the bottom of the style. I think mine was 6.4%. I used to like one they made in Ocala. They brought that down below style into the 5s.

 

[Minbari]

Mead..... it seems like it would be similar to beer making, but it really isn't. Whole different cat

 

[Zambi]

Barley wine is something on my list of things to brew, but thats not really wine. I am not a huge hops fan either, although my best experiences with anything commercial hopped have been sam addams.

although i have to ask, stouts and dubbels arent similar to barley wine, what makes you dislike them and barley wine? ive heard a ton of opinions that people dont like sweeter beers/ales/etc. same thing goes that plenty of people dont like the tastes of hops.

I don't like the taste of caramel.
So yes to blondes & tripels
No to dubbels & quadruppels.
Stout/barley wine: can't really tell you.
But there is something about the darker beers I don't like

 

[dmtaylor]

I never disliked any alcoholic beverages, other than say Scotch whiskey. I'll probably never distill, even though I know how, but maybe someday, we'll see.

When I began brewing in the 1990s, kombucha and gruit ale were completely unknown to me. I soon discovered them, brewed them, and love both.

I'll still never ever make a seltzer. No thanks.

 

[HighVoltageMan!]

I'm the opposite. When I first tried brewing, I made anything and everything. Then I realized I really don't like the stuff I was trying to make. So I started brewing what I liked.

I understand it, I like it and I know what it should taste like. It ended up making me a better brewer. Now I don't make Belgians, sours, seltzers, hazy IPA's. Rarely make stouts, English beers or meads. I stick with American and German lagers, Pale Ales and West Coast type IPA's. Boring, I know. But I'm having fun.

 

[BarbarianBrewer]

I didn't think I would ever brew a beer with smoked malt until @Nosybear offered a Piwo Grodziskie recipe when his name was drawn for the quarterly brew. It had a light/medium smoke flavor or aroma and was really good.

 

[KaijuSoul]

Mead..... it seems like it would be similar to beer making, but it really isn't. Whole different cat

Lol mead similar to beer, thats funny. for me im probably gonna do a bunch of meads, its a cultural background thing. so its important to me that i try and do it and try to make an great mead.

I never disliked any alcoholic beverages, other than say Scotch whiskey. I'll probably never distill, even though I know how, but maybe someday, we'll see.

When I began brewing in the 1990s, kombucha and gruit ale were completely unknown to me. I soon discovered them, brewed them, and love both.

I'll still never ever make a seltzer. No thanks.

yeah i could never see myself distilling either, that looks like a whole different monster in brewing, and i dont like hard liqour. im not sure of kombucha, but the taste of hard seltzer is so nasty to me like drinking baking soda, but ill definetly be making gruit, cause im not a fan of hops. so i wonder, oh hey what might a gruit be like in such and such?

I'm the opposite. When I first tried brewing, I made anything and everything. Then I realized I really don't like the stuff I was trying to make. So I started brewing what I liked.

I understand it, I like it and I know what it should taste like. It ended up making me a better brewer. Now I don't make Belgians, sours, seltzers, hazy IPA's. Rarely make stouts, English beers or meads. I stick with American and German lagers, Pale Ales and West Coast type IPA's. Boring, I know. But I'm having fun.

i figure im not going to enjoy some of them, because yikes on the hops. but if done non commercially then maybe it might taste different. anyway, i have some i find very interesting even if they use hops heavily. so i want to actually taste and try them. i think ,you know, maybe theres something i can like about those. plus, one cant develop a palette without trying things.

the journey of discovery and creativity is always fun. Brewing is the amalgamation of both. something i love about it.

what im noticing is brewers are like snowflakes, no two are the same. that brewing no matter what, is a very personal craft, and that theres not a thing wrong with not doing this or that. well unless you want to learn it anyway.

oh then i came up with a solution. find me a friend who likes that stuff, so i can learn then dump the product on them. XD

 

[KaijuSoul]

I didn't think I would ever brew a beer with smoked malt until @Nosybear offered a Piwo Grodziskie recipe when his name was drawn for the quarterly brew. It had a light/medium smoke flavor or aroma and was really good.

neat! thats sounds like a delicious evening drink with smokey flavor and aroma to it. ill have to earmark that recipe to try for myself!

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

I don't do a lot that I did in my youth, I don't go crazy over stats or readings, whatever mistake I may make all I can say is "its beer " I trust the software and if I don’t forget something “knock on wood” it usually tastes good so why stress

 

[Sandy Feet]

Lol mead similar to beer, thats funny. for me im probably gonna do a bunch of meads, its a cultural background thing. so its important to me that i try and do it and try to make an great mead.

yeah i could never see myself distilling either, that looks like a whole different monster in brewing, and i dont like hard liqour. im not sure of kombucha, but the taste of hard seltzer is so nasty to me like drinking baking soda, but ill definetly be making gruit, cause im not a fan of hops. so i wonder, oh hey what might a gruit be like in such and such?

i figure im not going to enjoy some of them, because yikes on the hops. but if done non commercially then maybe it might taste different. anyway, i have some i find very interesting even if they use hops heavily. so i want to actually taste and try them. i think ,you know, maybe theres something i can like about those. plus, one cant develop a palette without trying things.

the journey of discovery and creativity is always fun. Brewing is the amalgamation of both. something i love about it.

what im noticing is brewers are like snowflakes, no two are the same. that brewing no matter what, is a very personal craft, and that theres not a thing wrong with not doing this or that. well unless you want to learn it anyway.

oh then i came up with a solution. find me a friend who likes that stuff, so i can learn then dump the product on them. XD

My Brother-In-Law made mead from his own honey. It tooks several months, and it takes A LOT of honey. I was able to have a bottle earlier on and right before Christmas. They were both damn good and very potent. Open fermentation is a different animal.

 

[Josh Hughes]

I didn't think I would ever brew a beer with smoked malt until @Nosybear offered a Piwo Grodziskie recipe when his name was drawn for the quarterly brew. It had a light/medium smoke flavor or aroma and was really good.

Same I would never have brewed that but glad I did.

 

[Josh Hughes]

When I started brewing my goal was British beers since I enjoyed those and could get easily. This past year I think of my 15 or so batches only 4 were styles from the British isles. Pretty much all German inspired lagers this year.

 

[KaijuSoul]

When I started brewing my goal was British beers since I enjoyed those and could get easily. This past year I think of my 15 or so batches only 4 were styles from the British isles. Pretty much all German inspired lagers this year.

ive seen your posts, that schwarzbier? i forgot how to spell it! lol either way, its had such beautiful color and depth to it. its that thing that i found myself admiring about certain styles that i thought i wouldnt get anywhere near.

The world of brewing is a fascinating thing.

 

[KaijuSoul]

I don't do a lot that I did in my youth, I don't go crazy over stats or readings, whatever mistake I may make all I can say is "its beer " I trust the software and if I don’t forget something “knock on wood” it usually tastes good so why stress

i get that entirely, i turn 40 in about a week( my brew equipment is a birthday gift to myself ). stress is the enemy, negativity can sod off.

 

[Josh Hughes]

ive seen your posts, that schwarzbier? i forgot how to spell it! lol either way, its had such beautiful color and depth to it. its that thing that i found myself admiring about certain styles that i thought i wouldnt get anywhere near.

The world of brewing is a fascinating thing.

The first Schwarzbier I tasted I brewed haha. Didn’t know if it was right but I loved it. Then I had a commercial one from Germany and mine had the right taste to be in the style.

 

[Daniel Parshley]

Don't think I'll ever do another fruit beer. The attempt at a pina colada demonstrated just how horrible a brew can be. The mango was at least drinkable but not great either. Noisy Bear wrote, "Keep it simple", and "Less is more". Best advice I've received on the BF forum.