Vital Statistics:
|
Recipe: 9 lb 2-row pale malt 2.5 lb rauch malt 8 oz chocolate malt 4 oz black patent malt 8 AAU (20g @ 11.1% AA) Chinook @ 60 4 AAU (28g @ 4% AA) Fuggles @ 20 1 Irish Moss tablet @ 15 min Wyeast 1318 - London Ale III | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
General Notes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Tasting Notes: Tasting notes taken 1/1/2010. Appearance: almost-black amber with red highlights when held up to the light. One finger of light tan foam which dissipated rather quickly. Porter-like, that's for sure. (3.5) Smell: roasted aroma of chocolate and a hint of coffee. You can smell the smoke a little bit but it is not prominent. There's a hint of the tartness you sometimes get in porters. Not bad, overall. (3.5) Taste: a little bit of smooth chocolate flavor along with a little smoke. This trails out to some more bitter roast flavors. Hops are definitely there but they are subtle and their character is somewhat masked; earthy is what I'd call them. There is also a little tartness here. It's really a run-of-the-mill porter; not bad, not great. (3.5) Mouthfeel: body is on the light side for the style, and this bottle is somewhat heavily carbonated. The texture is somewhat creamy but what it really needs is more body -- to be mashed at 156°, maybe. (3) Drinkability: since the body is relatively light, this is an easy beer to swill down. I like it, so I'll say its drinkability tracks with its flavor. (3.5) Overall score 3.45 (B-). This beer is relatively tasty, but there's nothing to really distinguish it. I think more body, a couple more ounces of chocolate malt and a little back-off on bittering hops might all be worth investigating. Also, I seem to recall in weeks past there being more of a smoky character. I think this dies down a little bit the longer the beer rests in the bottle. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hops Table
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||