Hey Everyone, Thanks for all the posts i've started to receive them and the mail room bloke at work is already looking at me funny.
Planning and doing a proper taste test and feedback for anyone who wants it. having said that im no bjcp judge and the length of the feedback might depend on A: how many i've had and B: how many i have to write feedback for that night. Planning on doing feedback for every beer and will post publicly unless you message me to say you would prefer private. Bit of a task and it might take a while to go through them all but im not about to crack every beer just to rush back feedback, i want to enjoy them.
Having said that here's the first of the feedback due to me receiving this personally and the beer hasn't been through the washing machine called Aust Post:
Manticle: Belgian Golden Strong:
First i went and Brought Red hill temptation to have a golden strong to go against as i haven't had much of the style, read the bit in brewing classic styles about Golden Strong:
Report:
Fking Cracker!
Colour is i reckon about 5-6 Srm against the How to BREW Colour guide. Real straw yellow against the light. Only thing is it's hazy. maybe i should have left it in the fridge longer but i didn't travel far and kept it upright. Stayed hazy even after i let it warm up. (spent about an hour drinking the bottle (longneck).
Held a head for a good amount of time, left a nice bit of lacing on the glass. High- medium-high carb just right.
Smell: just like the red hill temptation, nice spicy delicate. Phenolic and Esters Characters all that.
Taste: Bang on the money again. Smells carry through into the taste, Hint of bitterness in the back of the mouth but really balanced.
Not thin not cloying, Nothing at all i can pick out of this beer taste wise and say that's "oh that tastes off". Touch of alcohol but i reckon less alcohol than the red hill. Finished Nice and Dry.
Overall: Fking Good! Really fking Good. If i was brewing this style and this was the result i wouldn't change a thing except for the Clarity issue.
Top notch start to the tasting, tried not to smoke manticle's pole too much but i reckon this is one of the best homebrews i've had.
Can i have the recipe please?
