I was reading the archives of another forum and I came across the topic of a Community Brew, where members formulated a single, agreed upon recipe and everybody brewed it individually. They formulated it for all grain, mini mash and extract so anyone could participate. Once finished they exchanged a few bottles with a couple people to compare how they did.
Anyone interested in trying something like this? It'll take a bit of organization and commitment on the scale of a Secret Santa exchange.
I'm going to have a lager going for 6-8 weeks - but I have one more carboy that's lonely. Here's a question... How do we account for different alphas in the hop varieties available? I might be able to get 3.5% Willamette, when someone else gets 4.2%? Do we just specify a combination of variety, AAUs and addition time? Also, do we all use the same yeast? We probably have to pick a pretty hop simple recipie. How about a (non-imperial) dry stout?
