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Recipe: 6 lb Skagit Valley Copeland 2-row pale 8 oz Skagit Valley triticale malt 8 oz Great Western rye malt 4 oz flaked rye 2 AAU (7g @ 8.4% AA) Amarillo @ 60 25.2 AAU (84g @ 8.4% AA) Amarillo @ 2 25.2 AAU (84g @ 8.4% AA) Amarillo @ 0 (dry-hop in primary) White Labs WLP518 Opshaug Kveik Ale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General Notes: This was a half-batch. Brewed for ATG Oktoberfest 2019. My first kveik beer! The SV triticale malt is a wheat/rye hybrid. The Amarillos were about 2 years old at this point, but kept sealed and frozen, so I compensated by adding a little more. Dry hops added 4 days into fermentation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tasting Notes: Dispensed from keg into snifter. Tasting notes 10/17/19. Appearance: pale golden hue with a pretty prominent haze. It didn't have a crash period, so obviously lots of oils and whatnot still in suspension. Head was a thin layer of white foam. I think it looks quite good. 3.75 Smell: a light farmhouse funk with just a touch of fruitiness and a bit of a citrusy hop character. It's both mild and interesting; I really like the subtle complexity here. 4 Taste: light maltiness; a berry-like quality I'm mentally attributing to the rye, and a bit of a refreshing wheatiness. Bitterness is pretty low, and hop flavor is green and citrusy, but mild. The amarillos are really good here, although something like citra or galaxy would really pop. 4 Mouthfeel: medium body with a low carbonation and a decent enough creaminess. I didn't give this guy really long enough to carbonate, but overall it's not bad. 3.5 Drinkability: I love this beer. I could house a gallon of it right now. So overall, it ended up really to my taste, despite some minor imperfections. 4.5 Overall score 3.95 (B+). Like I said, I might try this with a more exotic hop, and possibly without a 60 minute addition (or, an even more token one of like 1g or something). Really enjoyable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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