A little trick I found is hit the keg with 35psi for a week and then bleed down to a normal serving pressure. The beer will pour better and will be spritzy like a good bottled condition beer.
alright Houblon, now that you've conquered this...what about:
tripel karmeliet!?
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The man who intoxicates himself on bad whisky is sometimes moved to kill his wife and set his house on fire, but the victim of applejack is capable of blowing up a whole town with dynamite and of reciting original poetry to every surviving inhabitant.
– “A Wicked Beverage,” New York Times, April 10, 1894
Sorry can't help you there as I never liked Karmeliet, always thought is was too sweet. Some time ago I did a side by side tasting of a handful of triples and the sweetness was too much for my taste.
yes, i agree it is sweet, but in a fruit kind of sweet, like apple/pear.
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The man who intoxicates himself on bad whisky is sometimes moved to kill his wife and set his house on fire, but the victim of applejack is capable of blowing up a whole town with dynamite and of reciting original poetry to every surviving inhabitant.
– “A Wicked Beverage,” New York Times, April 10, 1894
Just brewed this Thursday night. Used a blend of the Wyeast and White Labs. OG came in at 1.083, so a little high, but I can't wait to taste this sucker. Aquarium heater holding fermentation at 75 and the airlock is bubbling away. This was the first beer that my wife helped me brew. Thanks for the recipe Houblon!
Any chance you'll ever post that Gnome Houblon recipe?
The man who intoxicates himself on bad whisky is sometimes moved to kill his wife and set his house on fire, but the victim of applejack is capable of blowing up a whole town with dynamite and of reciting original poetry to every surviving inhabitant.
– “A Wicked Beverage,” New York Times, April 10, 1894
Wanted to update after lagering period... This is one hell of a beer! The interplay between the yeast and hops is perfect, with both showing up but neither one overpowering the other.
I will be brewing this again and am also interested in knocking back the recipe to a more moderate strength. I'm interested if anyone on this thread has had success with a smaller houblon beer.
I would guess right off the bat that eliminating the sugar addition would be the first step and subsequently lowering the bittering addition by a small amount to keep the malt/hop balance in check would be second.
I wouldn't just cut all the sugar out in an effort to make this a lower ABV beer. You need the sugar in order to make this as dry as it needs to be. Plug everything into your software and cut back on the base malt as well as the sugar, proportionally, until you get to your desired OG.
As far as hops, I would just make a note of what the OG:BU ratio of the original recipe and target that same ratio once you've removed some base malt and sugar.
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