Maybe this was just a bad year?I like it. It does age well too. We have a guy in our club who has it going back 10 years or so. I brew barleywine usually once a year and this is the model I aspire to.
T'was quite the khadarvis indeed,let me tell ya! Simmered the saurkraut with some HB.DAMMIT..!! I almost blew Spotted Cow out my nose when I saw that Voldemort meme.!!
It’s not just for breakfast anymore.
A very simple recipe, I guess a blonde ale really, just to try the hops and the Lallemand Koln yeast.Sounds intriguing. Mind shooting a quick recipe?
A very simple recipe, I guess a blonde ale really, just to try the hops and the Lallemand Koln yeast.
8# Bairds Maris Otter
.5# Briess C10
60m mash single infusion BIAB full volume 25.5qt, starting temp 150.6, ending temp 147.4, opened once at 30m to stir and take pH sample, cooled reading 5.54 (wanted 5.4)
Water treated to 50Ca 4Mg 17 Na 49 Cl 100 SO4
OG 1.048, FG 1.009, 5.0gal into fermenter, 40IBU, 30m boil
.25oz ea Azacca & Cashmere at 30m, .50oz ea at 15m, Whirlfloc and 2oz ea at 1m
.5oz Galaxy at 1m (I added this as the first time I made this it was too fruity-ish-sweet-fruit and I wanted to get some pine).
1 packet Lallemand Koln pitched in 1.9 L starter days before, crashed and decanted, saving 1/3 (~100b) pitching about 180b. Ferment in bucket at 61, temp controlled, 3 days until exotherm seen and finished, ramp 61-68 over 48hr then hold 4d, then set in ambient 60-62F basement two weeks due to getting busy, then keg day 28, normally would have kegged day 12-14. Aroma is fruity, pear/mango; flavor piney, sweet fruity.
Thanks for that! Always curious on other's brews. Never tried Koln before.
Latest HB Kolsch. Probably my favorite so far Wyeast 2565View attachment 761220
It was from @TwistedGray in a beer swap!!Nice glass.. don't see it on their website.
My HB ESB-ish that refuses to clear. View attachment 761261
Curious as to what the water looked like. American levels or British? Ca ~100 or 150+?
Bigfoot. Awful! Perhaps Sierra should have named this Bigtaint instead.
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Edit: First time trying this.. I REALLY wanted to like it. I really did. Truth is, I don't. I don't like this one bit. The reason I don't is that it is SO alcohol-forward that that is all that you taste. No complexity like you'd find with a Belgian Quad or Doppelbock. The experience of drinking this is not too dissimilar to what you would have drinking MD 20/20. Disappointing. I'd much rather drink whiskey. Wormwood, black pepper and not much else here. In addition, this is WAYYYY too hop-bitter for the ABV, and that is what ruins this for me. It makes the raw ethanol bite punch you straight in the face. Unpleasant. This tastes like when you accidentally get some deep woods off in your mouth while treating your face. Think what Jeppson's Malort would be like if it were an ale. I hate this. I want my $6 back!
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I'll just let Unpopular Opinion Puffin speak some "trufe"
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