Here's the recipe and some picture of my homebrewing 1st year anniversary beer. It's a chocolate/blueberries russian imperial stout. I brewed it this weekend and plan to serve it on tap at the june meeting. One failed step however, it's fermenting at 25-26c actually. I still have to find a way to "fetch" the fridge I bought at the March meeting :).
On a final note, this beer was my test bed for my upgraded system.

La Perle Noire
Russian Imperial Stout

Type: All Grain
Date: 2009-03-21
Batch Size: 23,00 L
Brewer: Épique ou rien
Boil Size: 31,77 L
Boil Time: 80 min

Mike Ward visit me on my second brewed batch on my very new RIG. We actually brewed the batch together and split.

We modified a recipe named "Angry Ogre Ale" from BeerSmith recipes package and fitted it with a Amarillo we got from Benoit just a week before. It's a ~1.080 OG sporting a ~90ish IBU. It is supposed to reach close to 8% ABV.

We haven't correctly account for this massive whole/leaf hop volume and got way less cool wort than expected. Photos says it all...

Brine the brisket:
In 4 litres of water dissolve 450 grams of Kosher salt, 100 grams of sugar, then added 3 cloves of galrlic sliced, 2 tablespoons of home made pickling spice (see below) and 1.5 tbsps of Salt Petre (sometimes I don't add it - this time I did).
- Wait until brine is cold then put the brisket in and refrigerate for 10 days. Make sure the brisket is fully submerged in the brine. Weigh it down with a plate if you have to.

- Every other day, turn the brisket to ensure it gets well- brined.

Here is the beer list that I made since october 2006. I will try to update as much as i can.

35)Belgian Dubbel 8%
40)Belgian sour cherry dubbel 8%
37)Barbados rhum black strap mollasses, oak age stout 7%
41)Belgian Quadruple 9%
42)Dry super saison with wheat 8%
43)Purple Haze, black berry, blue berry and rasberry 6%
44)Imperial pale ale galena chinook and centenial for dry hoping 8%
45)Wheat Grand Cru 12% no carbonation possibly infected
46)Strawberry Feild Forever 6%
47)souther brown ale 6%
48)Northern Brown ale 5%
49)Extra special bitter 6%
50)Pale ale 5%
51)Alt 5%

I just wanted to share with all of you what happenned to me 2 weeks ago. I was visiting my girlfriend who lives in Quebec city and she was working all weekend so I was free to roam around for the afternoon.

This is thread is for people who are interested in to exchange there beers in bottle.
This is at the experiment stage so feel free to mail me if you dont like how its done or have a better way of doing this.

Rules are as is
1) before a meting you state your name and what kind of beer you have to trade.
2) Beer should be listed has type, percentage and age at least (estimated expiration date in month should be mentioned).
3) bottle conditioned is standard otherwise you have to mention.
4) 341 ml is the standard otherwise you have to mention.

Nathan would like to know who's more than 50% committed at this point. Details for the final arrangements will be posted later.

I enjoyed the July meeting on the terrace at Ale-X's place in Laval. Alex served two Mild's. It was the first time I had tasted Alex's beer. Based on his reputation I was half expecting something resembling blue cheese in a beer glass, but his beers were normal and quite nice.

Second Thursday of July, meeting in Laval (as long as it doesn't rain).
Ale-X