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Recipe: 6 lb 2-row pale malt 1 lb, 7⅜ oz blackberry honey, added at about 10 minutes 4 AAU (8g @ 14.2% AA) Citra @ 60 5.5 AAU (14g @ 11% AA) Centennial @ 5 7.1 AAU (14g @ 14.2% AA) Citra @ 5 Whirlfloc tablet @ 15 Wyeast 1007 - German Ale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tasting Notes: Tasting notes taken 25 February 2013, 18 days after kegging. Dispensed from tap into a glass mug. Appearance: lightly hazy golden-yellow hue with a moderate effervescence and two fingers of white foam head upon pouring. The head has pretty bad retention, unfortunately; there is a little bit of white lace left on the glass, though. Color is stylistically accurate, but the head is just not great. (3.5) Smell: aroma starts off with a light, acidic tartness; I then get a distinct honey character. Hops add a lightly fruity note of pear and citrus. There is an interesting almost-too-sweet aroma, although I know this beer to be super dry. Perhaps that is just the honey character at work? Overall I like it, but the tartness is just a little bit unwelcome. (3.75) Taste: malt has a nice balance between maltiness and raw graininess. The honey is not as pronounced in the flavor as in the aroma, although that light fruitiness persists. As a blond ale, I quite like it, although overall its flavors are subtle. (3.75) Mouthfeel: light body with a good carbonation and a light but enjoyable creaminess. Could use a little more body; in the future I will try and mash higher. (3.75) Drinkability: this is a pretty highly drinkable beer; its ABV is high in the session range but it doesn't taste particularly alcoholic. The flavor and aroma aren't perfect, though, so that brings down drinkability a hair. (3.75) Overall score 3.70 (B). This was a good experiment; I got a lot more honey character in this one than I could discern in the Honey Saison. I think in the future I'll just have to be careful about the cleanliness and daintyness of the flavor in any brew in which honey plays a major role. This beer also is piquing my interest in doing some kind of honey hefeweizen. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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