Bottled yesterday.
#1 Bootmaker/Mosaic. Smells unbelievable. Like a juicy NEIPA. But very bitter. Hopefully will settle down in the bottle.
#2 Amber Oak/Northdown. Smells and tastes foul. Earthy. Like licking mud. Hopefully will come good. In a few months.
#3 Wheat/Stricklebract. Nice. Light...
As you'd expect from basically the Dr Smurto recipe this turned out fantastic. The Bohemian Pils added a really nice but of body. I had a 6 pack of JSGA last week to remember what it tastes like and this is better.
This is amazing after 10 days in the bottle. Beautiful head and tasty with the tiniest hint if toasty notes coming through. Definitely not red but a fantastic beer yum yum
I didn't taste it going in but I'll taste it in the morning. I have 100g of Northdown which I'll take your advice and throw in 2-3 days before bottling. Should be an interesting experiment.
Would you still drink this? I put this down yesterday.....
3kg Dark Dry Malt Extract
250g Caraamber
200g Carapils
200g Crystal
20 mins
Northdown 25g
Chinook 10g
15 mins
Chinook 10g
10 mins
Northdown 25g
Chinook 10g
5 mins
Northdown 25g
Chinook 10g
0 mins
Chinook 10 mins
Using Danstar...
4 weeks in the bottle and its awesome. Everyone likes it. Head lasts forever and laces down the glass. See my other post for my trial variations on this, but this one is a keeper.
So I really like my Simply Sunmer (see other post). 4 weeks in the bottle and it's delicious. I'm looking to make a house brew, something I can order in bulk and make over and over again and enjoy while I experiment with other stuff. The Simply Summer is ahead but I wanted to play around with a...