Oatmeal Pale Ale Update

Sampled a bottle after 2/1/1(day).
Can't really say that the oatmeal added anything to the taste, but the aroma is nice. The hops need some time to tone down. No off flavors other than that though.

Oatmeal Pale Ale

1 can classic american blonde
1 can pale export UME
2 cups oatmeal
1/4 oz argentinian cascades

boiled 2 cups of oatmeal in a muslin sack with 4 cups of water for five minutes. Turned off heat and added the cans of malt extract, plus the hops in a second muslin sack. Will leave to ferment/carb/condition for 2/1/4 weeks.

Beers I want to brew

Just a list of beers I want to try and brew:
Neapolitan Stout/Porter
Green Tea Beer v2.0
Chamomile wheat
Honey Wheat
Kiwit
Chai tea wheat
green tea ipa

octoberfest vienna lager

2x mr.beer octoberfest vienna lager
1x booster
1x liquid lager yeast

added the yeast from one can of vienna lager as yeast nutrient in the wort

Hard Apple Cider...FAIL

so my cider didn't come out. Too much sediment, completely my fault for forgetting to strain. Also sat for too long (damn you work/school). I think it could have worked with more care and handling

Hard Apple Cider...

more like hard apple sauce. I did not realize before, how much solid made it into the fermenter. we'll have to see how this turns out. If it ever finishes transferring that is.

The best part of making beer...

That's right, the best part of making beer is tasting the beer. Right now I'm sampling linebacker dopplebock and blue lightning. Both beers are by mr.beer, but that doesn't discredit them in any way. Since I'm working on two beers right now, lets start with the dopplebock.

The dopplebock came out a nice dark brown, just barely opaque. At first sip, I was a bit of overwhelmed by the bitterness, but as i continue it is starting to grow on me. Once past the bitterness the malt is more noticeable.

The blue lightning is a little too sweet. The sweetness however is not any fault of the recipe, but rather the honey used. Rather than use the standard fair of clover honey, I decided to use an organic wildflower honey, which also contributed to the beer being a bit darker than expected. While darker than expected, the beer is still a nice amber color. My only complaint is that the sweetness of the honey overwhelms any hint of blueberry taste.

In the next few days, I will hopefully have an update on my apple cider. I'm going to try and get that in the secondary fermenter tomorrow.