Just opened doglet's American Brown and wondered why there was no fizz.
Then I noticed the bottling date was 17/12/06.
Please nobody else do this.
From what I can taste there's nice caramel sweetness and gentle roasted notes. There's probably also some priming sugar that adds to the sweetness.
I'm disappointed in myself. It's a style that I'm just getting into and I was really looking forward to it.
Other's on tonight's "American Night".
SteveSA's APA. Like most I've drunk so far, I overchilled it. Fridge malfunction.
Once I let it warm a little there's nice fruity notes rather than overt citrus and especially some nice stone fruit in particular a nice early hit of apricot on the nose. Solid bittering. Nice beer. Pity there's only one.
RussTaylor's APA. I drank this one while preparing dinner, so the tasting notes are a bit light on. A nice easy drinking APA. Good bittering. You'll have to excuse my beer-addled memory for detail but it went very nicely with the preparation and consumption of the Ginger-Soy Schnapper.
Adamt's American IPA. I was expecting - even looking forward to - a throat ripper but the bitterness and the hopping are somewhat muted, I suspect by some maltiness I wasn't really expecting and some underattenuation. I felt the hops more than tasted them through the hop oiliness which I like in heavily hopped beers. I'm no expert on the style but I would have thought it could take some more assertive hopping. More like an American Amber for mine.
Last night was "Wheat Night - Part I"
wee stu's Amarillo Wheat - My first experience with the American Wheat style. I liked it a lot. Like most of the case I've tried so far I over chilled it and got a real citrus kick after the Amarillo fruit nose. Sharp bitterness reminiscent of grapefruit when overchilled but the fruit punch started when I allowed it to warm. Passionfruit and even a late hint of banana. I wanted another at the end. Great little beer stu.
Dr Gonzo's Weizenbock. We were warned. It is a little overcarbonated :excl: The fruity nose still shines through. Plummy fruits and rich caramel. The bubbles did get in the way of taste initially and I had to leave it a while for the carbonation to recede. It probably got a little warmer than ideal in the process so I could taste it's full 7% with some sherry alcohol tones. I love this style 'cos it first taught me that wheat's could be great beers. There's a lot reminiscent of some of the good ones I've tried so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. I'll just have to find another opportunity to try your famous wheats
Cheers.
