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The beer turned out well. I used a Briess pale ale as a base with small amounts of Carapils, C20, toasted pale, and wheat. I dry-hopped with 4 ounces of Pacific Gem. I definitely agree with the dark berry and woodsy qualities. I also picked up some melon and oddly enough nutmeg. This hop has...

This is an old thread, but I'm curious if you can tell me what to expect for flavor and aroma from pacific gem. I've read about melon and earthy notes. I've got a single hop ipa in the fermenter w pacific gem and the curiosity is killing me. Cheers.

I would also recommend making multiple dry hop additions. A rep for Bell's made a vague comment about Two-Hearted having a specific multiple addition dry hop schedule to get what they wanted out of Centennial. I recently experimented with 1oz for 7 days, 1/2oz for 3 days, and 1/2oz for 1 day. It...

As it has been explained to me, melanoidins, formed as a result of the Maillard reaction (think bread crust), are best extracted from malt especially kilned malts (Vienna, Munich, victory, biscuit) by decoction mashing. Double and triple decoctions assumably achieve even better results in big...

So, John McDonald, founder and owner of Boulevard gave a presentation last night here in St. Louis. Among many interesting stories and tidbits, he mentioned visiting Westmalle and meeting their head brewer, Gomer (pronounced go-mare). He confided that with their particular copper kettle system...

So, here's what I'm planning: A Belgian stout with a milder roast component, aged on roasted cocoa nibs in the secondary, then blended w cold pressed coffee at bottling time. I know this is going to be a lot of potentially competing elements, but I don't know if I'll be able to resist trying...

Hi. New guy here who's been lurking for too long without posting. I want to capture that intense sweet dark fruit quality that many dark Belgian ales have, but I can't seem to figure it out. My research so far seems to indicate that it would come from a moderate/heavy use of c120 or...