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09-04-2009, 07:23 PM
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Wow, I'm sorry for leaving this hanging for so long. Anyway, I have taste test results from two people, one of whom is a long-time homebrewer. I think the other is just a friend of his. I wasn't around for the test, but we exchange beers once in a while and I included the control and experimental with the last six-pack I gave him.
Here's his exact response:
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We both came to the same conclusion about the fact that 6a [the control] was nice and sweet and mellow throughout. be [I assume he means 6b, the experimental] was smooth in the beginning and then went to a bitter or a harsh type finish. There was definitely a difference between the two. In the latest BYO magazine, in the Mr. Wizard section he addresses a question regarding whether or not to squeeze the sack after steeping. He said definitely not because of the tannin release that you talked about.
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And the interesting bit is that he told me that back when he was doing extract plus steeping grains, he would always squeeze the bag, since you get so much more sugar and color that way. So he was really coming at this from the other side.
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09-04-2009, 07:43 PM
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Did he know that 6a was the control?
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09-04-2009, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Hegh
Wow, I'm sorry for leaving this hanging for so long. Anyway, I have taste test results from two people, one of whom is a long-time homebrewer. I think the other is just a friend of his. I wasn't around for the test, but we exchange beers once in a while and I included the control and experimental with the last six-pack I gave him.
Here's his exact response:
And the interesting bit is that he told me that back when he was doing extract plus steeping grains, he would always squeeze the bag, since you get so much more sugar and color that way. So he was really coming at this from the other side.
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What did the other guy say? (and this was blind right, they didn't know which one was the control?)?
Super cool idea by the way... 
Last edited by shortyjacobs; 09-04-2009 at 08:27 PM.
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09-07-2009, 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Synovia
Did he know that 6a was the control?
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Yes, he knew. I don't know if he told his buddy, though.
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What did the other guy say? (and this was blind right, they didn't know which one was the control?)?
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This was not the blind taste testing that I was planning on. I had a full six-pack of each, so I figured I'd give a couple to him because I trust his opinion. The quote I posted was the only thing he said about it. I'll try to do the real taste test sometime soon, but I've been really busy lately (sister-in-law is getting married in a month). |
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12-16-2010, 11:23 AM
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Bumping this in the interests of science, did you ever get a finish on this which matched your enthusiastic beginning?
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12-17-2010, 01:58 AM
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Bumping this in the interests of science, did you ever get a finish on this which matched your enthusiastic beginning?
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Although I haven't done an "official" type tasting, the general consensus is that the squeezed beer is kind of dry and harsh tasting in a way that the non-squeezed isn't.
Not that either was very good, the recipe just wasn't particularly special  But you could tell which was which, and the squeezed did definitely have some off flavors that most people expected would be there.
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