Gonefishing
Someday I'll stop procrastinating
You're a tall one!
My point to this long diatribe is, RDWHAHB. Some times weird flavors show up when the beer is really green, then go away and we never do understand what caused them. It might end up being the best beer that you've ever made.
Yeah...I'm relaxed about it...I'm sort of the king of that around here...Remember the sixer of my crappy too high temp amber ale that we found in the bottom of your keezer and everybody raved about ?(Oh maybe not, I think you might have been passed out by them )
Dunno Revvy.
I've never heard anything good about Argentinian Cascades to make me want to try them and you're not doing them any favors.
+1 from everything others have said, and now what you've said, and what I smelled in the bag that I used......
I think Arg. Cascades are the first hop that I'm going to put on my "ban" list. BANNED. Citronella isn't exactly what I'd call an appetizing flavor.
And this is coming from the "Guru of Weirdness" too. How often do you see a dude who will brew with mint tea, catnip, pecans, apple juice concentrate, yadda yadda anything that will ferment or flavor --- but he gets all miffed about a certain HOP?!?!?
Was reading another thread referencing this one. Glad you only made 2.5 gallons! Any updates on tasting after it was fully carbed and aged?
I swear to god I have never had a homebrew this perfectly clear and I have gotten reviews on the clarity of my HBs by Bjcp judges.....but this is amazing...commercial clear and without ANY chill haze!!!!
ANd there was no need to "pour to the shoulder" to leave the yeast behind...I upended the bottles....and NONE OF THE SEDIMENT MOVED.....
Here is the amber spoke of
4.60 lb Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 53.5 %
2.00 lb Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 23.3 %
1.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 11.6 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 5.8 %
0.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.8 %
1.00 oz Argentine Cascades [3.25%] (60 min) Hops 14.5 IBU
1.50 oz Argentine Cascades [3.25%] (30 min) Hops 11.1 IBU
0.50 oz Argentine Cascades [3.25%] (5 min) Hops 1.2 IBU
1.058 and 26.8 IBUs
Now I know that doesn't sound bitter but up until it was about 6 months in the bottle, it was unbalanced, nothing to go with the sharp bitterness. Now, I guess it was the extract but it is pretty thin. I have been wanting to try this again (AG).
It is pretty good now but still leaves me looking for some more malt profile. <--- BS. I'm a liar.
Edit: The more I think about it that beer was in no way 26 IBUs..I don't know if the hops had higher AA than reported (although they couldn't be that high)....I don't know
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