JacktheKnife
Well-Known Member
Gentlemen,
I am drinking one of the best tasting ales I have ever brewed.
And I owe it to the hop shortage.
After I started slacking off on hop useage
I noticed a better flavor to my ale.
My recipe is 8 Lbs of DME with speciality grains steeped in,
6 3/4% alcohol.
And whereas I used to use 3/4 oz or 1 oz
of 12%-13% alpha acid hops in the boil,
and 1/2 oz each flavor and aroma hops.
this batch was made with 1 oz of 7.5% Cascade,
and 1/2 oz each flavor and aroma hops.
And at half as much bitterness it is just right.
It is perfectly balanced for my tastes
and not too sweet or too dry.
Not over carbinated and clean good tasting stuff.
I may just drink me another one and then back to work
out in the knife shop.
I am sanding blades and I am fighting rust more than the steel.
The year I spent looking for a lawyer may not have been spent in vain.
But the knives are fine.
I have to sand a little deeper thats all.
Caio Ya'll,
J. Knife
I am drinking one of the best tasting ales I have ever brewed.
And I owe it to the hop shortage.
After I started slacking off on hop useage
I noticed a better flavor to my ale.
My recipe is 8 Lbs of DME with speciality grains steeped in,
6 3/4% alcohol.
And whereas I used to use 3/4 oz or 1 oz
of 12%-13% alpha acid hops in the boil,
and 1/2 oz each flavor and aroma hops.
this batch was made with 1 oz of 7.5% Cascade,
and 1/2 oz each flavor and aroma hops.
And at half as much bitterness it is just right.
It is perfectly balanced for my tastes
and not too sweet or too dry.
Not over carbinated and clean good tasting stuff.
I may just drink me another one and then back to work
out in the knife shop.
I am sanding blades and I am fighting rust more than the steel.
The year I spent looking for a lawyer may not have been spent in vain.
But the knives are fine.
I have to sand a little deeper thats all.
Caio Ya'll,
J. Knife