The Aleuminati-the not so secret society of better beer drinkers

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Josh Brown joined Reuben's group
India Pale Ales
A group for the discussion of all things IPA. This is a meager attempt to learn about everyone's adventures with this great style of beer. Let me know which breweries make the best IPAs!
October 29
Josh Brown joined Matt Peters's group
DC Beer Geeks!
A group for everyone in the Washington DC area, from inside the city, to Maryland, and Northern VA
October 29
Josh Brown replied to Josh Brown's discussion 'Dryhopping things not hops' in the group Aleuminati Alechemists
Awesome, good advice allround, I'll try toasting some coconut flakes and see where that gets me. As far as coconut milk and sugars are concerned, I'm not sure what's in it BUT I added some lactose so that should keep the sweetness that I'm looking…
September 30
Shawn, the Beer Philosopher replied to Josh Brown's discussion 'Dryhopping things not hops' in the group Aleuminati Alechemists
Hmmm ... I'll defer to the more experienced among us, but it would seem to me that the coconut milk is gonna add additional fermentables to the wort. What kind of sugar is in the coconut milk, do you know? Unless it's an unfermentable sugar - like l…
September 30
A discussion started by Josh Brown was featured
Dryhopping things not hops
Alright so I'm relatively new to experimenting with my homebrew recipes and I'm trying to make a coconut milk stout and added 15oz of coconut milk to the end of the boil for a sweet stout recipe. Unfortunately I'm getting little to no coconut aroma…
September 30
Ray Grace replied to Josh Brown's discussion 'Dryhopping things not hops' in the group Aleuminati Alechemists
The two coconut beers I know of are the coconut porters from Maui Brewing and Stone/Maui/ Ken Schmidt, I believe they use toasted coconut flakes. The collaboration has a huge coconut aroma. My guess is that it's added late in the boil or even "dryho…
September 30
Josh Brown replied to Josh Brown's discussion 'Dryhopping things not hops' in the group Aleuminati Alechemists
Also if anyone has any ideas or experience throwing weird things into the fermenter i'd be interested in hearing about it. :)
September 30
Josh Brown added a discussion to the group Aleuminati Alechemists
Dryhopping things not hops
Alright so I'm relatively new to experimenting with my homebrew recipes and I'm trying to make a coconut milk stout and added 15oz of coconut milk to the end of the boil for a sweet stout recipe. Unfortunately I'm getting little to no coconut aroma…
September 30
Josh Brown joined Rob DeNunzio's group
Belgian Beer Luv
A gathering place for inclined Aleums to shamelessly gush about all things Belgian.
September 30
Josh Brown commented on Matt Peters's group 'Beer Bloggers'
Hi all I'm running www.hopcircles.com and I'm looking to get a beer related web comic up in addition to a blog but right now I'm learning my way around wordpress. Located out of DC so if anyone knows any happenings out thataway I'm more than interes…
August 15
Josh Brown joined Matt Peters's group
Beer Bloggers
Do you have a blog? Is it about beer? Stand up and be counted!
August 15
Josh Brown joined Rob DeNunzio's group
Aleuminati Alechemists
For those inquisitive Aleuminati who strive to unlock the mysteries of zymurgy within the confines of their own home - more accurately, the garage or kitchen, typically.
August 12
Josh Brown joined Chipper Dave's group
The Dark Side
A group focused on the enjoyment of darker brews. Porters, Stouts, Browns, etc. Share your favorite beer from the dark side! Darth Vader would be proud.
August 11
Josh Brown is now a member of The Aleuminati-the not so secret society of better beer drinkers
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August 11

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At 7:39pm on August 11, 2009, Ty Jones said…
Did you find the future wifey on here yet?
At 1:28pm on August 11, 2009, Ray Grace said…
Welcome Josh, be sure and check out the Alechemists group.
At 11:12am on August 11, 2009, Jason Pierce said…
Yeah man, this looks pretty awesome, thinking about all these beers is kinda making me thirsty tho...

Profile Information

Favorite beer style(s) of the moment:
Browns, Stouts, Porters, IPAs, lambics
Who am I?:
I'm a DC resident, homebrewer, and wanna be beer blogger. I love how beer brings people together and reflects local flavor. I've made more friends with beer than I have with honey.
Do you have a website? If so, what's the URL?
www.hopcircles.com
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