I'm going to go against the grain and not post a photo. Why would I when Batz continually posts photos of beer on his verandah overlooking such amazing ******* landscape? Who wants to see my piling system?
Anyway I'm drinking Belgian beer in an English pint glass so it's all wrong. It looks like golden coloured beer with some lacing in a pint glass if you can imagine such a thing.
I made a Belgian Golden Strong (made the same recipe before successfully) but my step mashing was all over the shop due to a dead immersion element. One brewday from hell and several decoctions later, I made beer that went from about 1080 to 1030 and stopped dead as a doornail. Nothing I tried would shift it and the fast ferment test told me that was it. Presumably a mash temp issue.
Anyway, apart from being a scary idea to bottle something that high, it tasted weird. Whacked it in a 20 L glass demijohn, added the dregs of 2 Orval bottles and **** me if it didn't hit 1002 in a fortnight.
Long story short - drinking well, very high alc (added multiple additions of sugar solution to try and kickstart) and despite such a low FG, she's very very sweet. Very light brett character at this stage. Interested to see how it ages IF I can exercise the patience.
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