Reverend JC
2500 gallons year to date
What are your thoughts on one? I would use rauch malt but would that still lend to phenolic tastes?
Smoked IPA
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Reverend JC
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Anyone? Bird, i heard you have made something like this in the past, how was it?
Anyone? Bird, i heard you have made something like this in the past, how was it?
I made one. It turned out pretty awesome. yes, you have to use multiple late hop additions to help "mask" that phenol that you'll get with the smoke.
I dunno if this link will work, but the Basicbrewing guys did a video podcast about 3 ways to get smoke into your beers...
http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbv01-24-07.mov
If that doesn't work, go here http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?page=video and scroll down to Jan. 27, 2007
http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbv01-24-07.mov
If that doesn't work, go here http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?page=video and scroll down to Jan. 27, 2007
I had Dude's beer, I liked it. I haven't made one myself, though. It's a balance, if I were doing one myself, I might even think about trying more of an English-style IPA than an American IPA.
This is one I don't know if I'd do again. it was good, but out there.
Smoke goes better with a darker, and maltier beer, IMHO. The hops don't cater to the smoke as well as darker malts do.
Smoke goes better with a darker, and maltier beer, IMHO. The hops don't cater to the smoke as well as darker malts do.
Dude said:
That's why I'd think about doing it in the context of an English IPA, with a bit more pure-malt character. I had an English-style IPA not too long ago that almost had a bit (very subtle) of a roasted character to it that was complementary. I'm also thinking the earthy-type hops (as well as not being quite as over-the-top with flavor and aroma additions) common to the English style IPAs would be more complementary than the citrus/pine character of most domestic IPAs.
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Reverend JC
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I was thinking an English style as well bird. If i stick to the low end of the IBU scale for style (40) i think it could be interesting.
Not sure if i am brave enough to waste all of that grain and EKGs though.
Not sure if i am brave enough to waste all of that grain and EKGs though.
You know what might be nice?
An Old Ale with a bit of smoked flavor, something that would be kinda reminiscent of a beer that was made with malt that had been dried over a wood fire. I'm pretty sure that by the time the IPA was invented, they had developed means of drying malt without using fire directly, but I bet an Old Ale would have had a modest amount of smoke character. Might be complementary to some of the bigger malt flavors. Maybe not even doing a full-bore old ale (which are too sweet for me, personally), but something like a toned down version of that, maybe like an ESB but without quite as much bitterness or hop flavor, but with some smoke. Maybe like a smoked Hobgoblin.
An Old Ale with a bit of smoked flavor, something that would be kinda reminiscent of a beer that was made with malt that had been dried over a wood fire. I'm pretty sure that by the time the IPA was invented, they had developed means of drying malt without using fire directly, but I bet an Old Ale would have had a modest amount of smoke character. Might be complementary to some of the bigger malt flavors. Maybe not even doing a full-bore old ale (which are too sweet for me, personally), but something like a toned down version of that, maybe like an ESB but without quite as much bitterness or hop flavor, but with some smoke. Maybe like a smoked Hobgoblin.
the_bird said:
Sounds a little like 06.06.06.
I never had a chance to sample that.... 
I should probably just buy myself a sack of rauchmalt. I'm going to do a classic rauchbier; the local pub has one that is absolutely phenomenal, it's something I can absolutely see myself keeping as a permanant fixture on draft.
I should probably just buy myself a sack of rauchmalt. I'm going to do a classic rauchbier; the local pub has one that is absolutely phenomenal, it's something I can absolutely see myself keeping as a permanant fixture on draft.
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