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Adams Amber Ale Brew day

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Brew day has came and gone and the amber is now in the fermenter getting busy with the yeast for a while.  The process stayed the same as previous day with the addition of filtered spring water to see if I cant get some different flavors.

 

Adam’s Amber Ale Recipe

5gal Batch extract Ready in about 5-6weeks ish:

 

Grain:

0.5lbsVictoryMalt

0.5lbsBriessCaramel60

6lbs Munich malt LME

1oz German Perle(60min)

– 1oz Hersbrucker(15min)

– WYEAST1762BELGIANABBEYII

I boiled at all for 60min less the late hop addition, I guess we will see in a few weeks how it is doing.

Epic Brewing Barley Wine

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Epic Brewing Barley Wine, originally uploaded by adambarhan.

A= Pours a deep brown color. The haziness was odd in this style but turned out OK. The head is a finger and a half high with some sticky spotty lacing and the retention is pretty nice.

S= The smell is pretty typical barleywine was well. A touch of hops and a lot of toffee malt. A schoge of booze and a hint of caramel. A little quiet for a barley wine.

T= The taste is about what I expected. A touch of malty sweetness and a nice hop bitterness. The toffee malt character plays a little tango with the hops leaving a sort of overripe tropical fruit taste. Again however I notice that the flavors are a bit muted for a barleywine.

M= The mouth is very good for a barleywine. Just enough carbonation. The flavors still don’t last though.

O= This is a good intro to barleywines. It has all the components of a good barleywine but it just seems a little quiet. Worth checking out and maybe it will develop nicely into a sweeter treat with time but for now this is just an average barleywine that is a nice intro to the style.

Crooked Stave

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Crooked Stave, originally uploaded by adambarhan.

The Wild West Brett Series by Crooked Stave in CO. I very good beer would strongly recommended trying there beers if you come across one.

Green. As with all CS beers, time will change this beer, they are too new to judge age.

A medium dark golden pour with medium white fluffy head. Lacing is slim

Fantastic aroma of fresh Galaxy hops; some passion fruit, tropicals and flowers. Very juicy smelling. A tinge of sour Jolly Rancher lingers.

The taste isn’t as robust or definitive as the aroma, as far as hops go. The passion fruit is gone, and more subtle tropical characteristic emerges. The dryness is apparent but not biting. Some notes of grass and taffy come about. I would like to see how this one ages….good thing I bought two