I know I can't send people samples, but I was hoping for some feedback on how to brew my next version of the beer I am trying to clone, Clown Shoes Galactica.
I email the brewery and they were kind enough to send me some helpful tips and grain bill and hops and while my first edition is very drinkable it's not on target.
1. Color. According to the brewery they use "mainly 2-row malt and a small amount of Crystal 2". I did 16.75# 2-row and 1.1# C20 and the color was way lighter.
2. Flavor (bitterness). Out of inventory I used Columbus to bitter though the brewery said to use Nugget or Magnum. If I substituted 1:1 by IBU does the bittering hop used make impart an actual flavor? I guess I've always thought of bittering as a more generic term and maybe that's my problem.
3. Danky?? There's a middle note that I am missing. It's not bitter, it's not floral or piney.... that I think is that dankyness. They said to use Galaxy and Cascade at flame out (which I did) and a mix of Galaxy, Citra, Casdade and Ella (I couldn't find Ella so I doubled up on Galaxy) for dry hop. So what does Ella add? If that is my missing element.
The beer I made it good, surprisingly my wife enen said so (she usually does a spit take when she tastes it) but I missed the mark, maybe by 40%, 30%.
So how do I change my recipe to try and get closer on the next iteration?
I wish I could send you all a pint but in the absence of that, what do you try to do to get a recipe closer to some target?
Cheers.
I email the brewery and they were kind enough to send me some helpful tips and grain bill and hops and while my first edition is very drinkable it's not on target.
1. Color. According to the brewery they use "mainly 2-row malt and a small amount of Crystal 2". I did 16.75# 2-row and 1.1# C20 and the color was way lighter.
2. Flavor (bitterness). Out of inventory I used Columbus to bitter though the brewery said to use Nugget or Magnum. If I substituted 1:1 by IBU does the bittering hop used make impart an actual flavor? I guess I've always thought of bittering as a more generic term and maybe that's my problem.
3. Danky?? There's a middle note that I am missing. It's not bitter, it's not floral or piney.... that I think is that dankyness. They said to use Galaxy and Cascade at flame out (which I did) and a mix of Galaxy, Citra, Casdade and Ella (I couldn't find Ella so I doubled up on Galaxy) for dry hop. So what does Ella add? If that is my missing element.
The beer I made it good, surprisingly my wife enen said so (she usually does a spit take when she tastes it) but I missed the mark, maybe by 40%, 30%.
So how do I change my recipe to try and get closer on the next iteration?
I wish I could send you all a pint but in the absence of that, what do you try to do to get a recipe closer to some target?
Cheers.