i second this one. its good to see you make something drinkable mate.Fatz Vienna ale.
Clear light copper, good lasting head. Clean malt flavour with just enough hops to balance the malt. Simple but delightful beer. In a beer world full of triple IPAs it's a pleasure to enjoy a simple but well put together beer. Cheers Ian.
11. shacked - Dunkelryeizen, 5.8%
This beer is very well made.
Carbonation spot on. Nice white fluffy head. Dark to ruby amber in colour. Happy phenolics in the aroma, slight acidity on the nose too but not bad at all.
Wasn't too cloudy until I tried to get as much extras from the bottle into my 2nd glass as I type this... I was a bit aggressive and overpoured. That said, significantly less sedimate than I normally see in a bottle conditioned beer.
I'm rambling again... great beer. Thankyou for this.
Question... how much focus to ph and water chemistry are you applying? Reason I ask is I often get a bit of soapiness/alkalinity in the aftertaste from wheat/rye beers (the few I drink) in the mouthfeel and yours is not at all soapy. Quite bright in comparison and very enjoyable
Thanks.9. n87 - Stinkin' Pom IPA
This is an outstanding beer. I was lucky to have tried this beer in a club meeting a few weeks ago and the case swap entry I had today didn't disappoint. It's got a lovely hop aroma that really gets its groove on. The flavour initially gives up the malt/caramel/toffee flavours which is a nice counterpoint to a decidedly bitter, hoppy finish. It's a very well made beer that I would like to make myself one day.
I'd argue that it's not an IPA, at least that's the impression I get from the balance of malt & bitterness. If I had to guess I'd say it was around 35 IBU, well short of the 55 IBU that was calculated, but it could be a case of the strong malty backbone you got there (it is a 7.2% beer). Maybe it's a great XPA rather than IPA. Having said all that, my idea of an IPA has probably gone waaaaayyyyy of scale from hanging around AHB for too long!
Anyway, a great effort. Thanks for sharing.
8. Contrarian red IPA
Pours a dark golden with good persistent head
Some citrus and toffee on the nose
Citrus and toffee follows into the taste. Hops upfront with some toffee, malt comes through as they fade, and backed up with a strong bitterness.
Really enjoying this one, still got half the bottle left!
Glad you're enjoying it mate. Just had my keg of what was left blow the other night so the swap beers out there are the last in existence. Enjoy the second half!
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Anyone know what this is?
Light straw colour. Fruity on the nose. Slightly sweet and tropical fruit on the palate. A very enjoyable beer.
That's one of mine mate. Believe it or not but it's an American pilsner that I massively overshot my gravity on. Turned out around 7%. Pils, melanoidin and sugar with piles and piles of saaz. Mexican lager yeast at 10C.
Awesome, Whatever you are doing... Keep doing it. Very niceHi mate, thanks and I'm glad you enjoyed it!!
I guess I focus a little bit on water chemistry but don't feel I understand it all that well.
For this batch I added 100g of acid malt + 5g of cal chloride for a full volume mash with Illawarra water. I tried to get the residual Ca to ~50ppm and the mash pH into the 5.4 to 5.6 at room temp. Now, having said all that, I don't measure anything, just go on the EZ water calculator. I also don't know what the distilled water pH is of rye malt, so I added it as "other" - 5.7 pH
Here are my numbers:
Mash pH: 5.59
Resulting Profile:
Ca: 51
Mg: 2
Na: 10
Cl: 89
SO4: 4
Well all of my legs have blown so these swap beers are a godsend
Hi All,
For those who have had mine [#9-Stinkin' Pom IPA], Would you class it as an AIPA or EIPA?
putting it in a comp tonight
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