Hi all,
A few days ago I went into the homebrew shop in my new town with the intention of picking up the ingredients for my black ale, which is my favorite of all the beers I brew. (I was worried and I was correct in my worries). When I got there nothing was in a fridge (hops and yeast were in a relatively warm room), but I use pellets and dry yeast packets anyway, so I figured maybe it was a newer shipment so I would give it a go.
When I got there, he had none of what he said he did when I called on the phone. I wasn't able to get most of the ingredients for my black ale, but for fun, I decided to more or less buy him out of stock and brew with what he had. Now I have no clue what to call this beer.
Here are the ingredients:
-1lb unmalted black barley
-1lb Crystal malt 80L
-1lb Crystal malt 90L
-5lb Muntons Plain Light DME
-2lb Muntons Plain Extra Light DME
90min 1 oz Chinook
75 min 1oz nugget
60 min 1oz Northern Brewer
45 min 1oz Chinook
30 min 1oz German Hallertau
15 min 1oz German Hallertau
dry 1oz German Hallertau
Pitched one pack of Nottingham (I love nottingham, but think it was ridiculous that it was literally the only yeast he had.... like not even s-04 or us-05....I thought every hombrew shop was required by law or something to have an abundance or s-04 and us-05)
The beer is dark brown and pretty damn hoppy (obviously with all those hops) judging by the sample just before dryhopping after primary fermentation was done.
No clue what to call this other than a strong ale, but isn't that kind of a cheap way out? hahaha.
Thanks for your input ahead of time!
A few days ago I went into the homebrew shop in my new town with the intention of picking up the ingredients for my black ale, which is my favorite of all the beers I brew. (I was worried and I was correct in my worries). When I got there nothing was in a fridge (hops and yeast were in a relatively warm room), but I use pellets and dry yeast packets anyway, so I figured maybe it was a newer shipment so I would give it a go.
When I got there, he had none of what he said he did when I called on the phone. I wasn't able to get most of the ingredients for my black ale, but for fun, I decided to more or less buy him out of stock and brew with what he had. Now I have no clue what to call this beer.
Here are the ingredients:
-1lb unmalted black barley
-1lb Crystal malt 80L
-1lb Crystal malt 90L
-5lb Muntons Plain Light DME
-2lb Muntons Plain Extra Light DME
90min 1 oz Chinook
75 min 1oz nugget
60 min 1oz Northern Brewer
45 min 1oz Chinook
30 min 1oz German Hallertau
15 min 1oz German Hallertau
dry 1oz German Hallertau
Pitched one pack of Nottingham (I love nottingham, but think it was ridiculous that it was literally the only yeast he had.... like not even s-04 or us-05....I thought every hombrew shop was required by law or something to have an abundance or s-04 and us-05)
The beer is dark brown and pretty damn hoppy (obviously with all those hops) judging by the sample just before dryhopping after primary fermentation was done.
No clue what to call this other than a strong ale, but isn't that kind of a cheap way out? hahaha.
Thanks for your input ahead of time!