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Recipe: 10 lb 7 oz 2-row pale malt 8 oz Crystal 60° 15 AAU (24g @ 17.8% AA) Apollo @ 60 10 AAU (29g @ 9.6% AA) Amarillo @ 20 10 AAU (29g @ 9.6% AA) Amarillo @ 5 10 AAU (16g @ 17.8% AA) Apollo @ 5 19.2 AAU (56g @ 9.6% AA) Amarillo @ 0 (dry-hop) Wyeast 1056 - American Ale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General Notes: Dry hops added 11 days into fermentation. Left this in the primary 416 days (for real). Not my finest hour. Availability was truncated due to a kegerator disaster and subsequent cleanup; the remainder of this beer was dumped. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tasting Notes: Tasting notes taken 9 June 2016, 22 days after kegging. Dispensed from kegerator into a dimpled mug. Appearance: rich, dark orange hue with a light haze. Head is a thin layer of frothy ivory foam -- surprise, surprise, I screwed up the carbonation on this one as well. Truly an accursed beer. (3.75) Smell: sweet and oxidized with just a dash of hops. You know, it's not terrible, it's just not very good. (2.5) Taste: oxidized, sweet, perhaps a little bit buttery. Bitterness of the hops is fine, but there's no hop flavor left. I have had worse commercial beers, but not many. (2.5) Mouthfeel: medium body with a low level of carbonation. Not creamy, but there's a nice smoothness here. Despite my carbonation problems, it's really quite decent. (3.5) Drinkability: I can power it down; it's my "penance beer". (2.75) Overall score 2.88 (C). I have made worse beers, and I have drunk worse beers, but not a whole lot of either. I have nobody to blame but myself for abusing this beer the way I did. That said, it is still beer, it hasn't poisoned me yet, and really what more can you ask of a beverage. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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