10-01-10
Bottled the DARK CIDER yesterday. couple things with this.
1- I was sorta expecting to have a different tase to this than just cider. I guess that happened, but you really , and I mean really need to be in there looking for them.
2- its way better than any cider I have made before. Its more appley and a better mouthfeel than the normal thin cider.
3- its more sweet than I thought it should be, but I didnt use champange yeast or US -05 like normal, the yeast cake was from a stout with Windsor yeast. that may have been a part of it
4- I do not see how this will improve with age,, its great right now, right out of the fermenter.
I did not prime this batch as it tastes to great to mess with
I am delclaring this a success and procede with batch 2 but maybe add some black patent to it.
****review****
10-04-10 New Glarus Brewing co.
Staghorn Octoberfest.- By the lable I guess its supposed to be a Red. yep I’d call it red. Almost no head what so ever. And little if any smell to it, something there though. like watered down bread maybe.
Uh oh its got that “organic” taste to it. I dont know what it is,, but every organic beer I’ve ever had has this one taste to it. lemme look at the bottle. well it doesnt say nothing about organic on it
Thin. really need to look hard to find tastes. not much flavor of anykind. like budlight with a bit of crystal 60 added to it.
Maybe I have a cold or something, but I am getting no taste and no smells from this at all.
Must be high alc though as I can feel it on the tongue. I’m not sure flat is the correct term here,, but the carbonation seems fairly low,
Even after all of that I still kinda like it,, but will reserve my rating for another day to see if I can taste or smell it.
10-19-10 Crop circles2
kinda cool out here to day low 50s.
strike water to 160. try to get a mash of 148-151
4 gallons strike.
160 was just a smidge to low I got about 145 coulda left it, but added a bit more boiling water ended at 152. pretty thin though.
collected 3 gall from first
3 gallon of sparge water to 170
1 oz of saaz hops split into 3 piles
1-60
1-15
1-0
at the 15 also put in irish moss. this stuff is so light you really need to clear it.
everything went good.
watched hitchcocks the lady vanishes, listen to ACDC Highwayto hell
**update**12-15-10 that kinda coconut taste that I keep getting inthis batch and the last batch i found out is yeast. the guys from the club think this recipie has to much rice and corn for the barley to convert. gonna try and add some 6 row to it next time. for what ever reason i did not starch test these batches.
**update** 2 1-8-11 I found some baltica brewing lager. a nice 8% beer that tastes exactly the same as my beer. exactly. same thickness, same slight haze same coconut taste same color. I am going to start litigation right now. hah. but i wonder if my beer is really a fault then? after all it did ferment down to 1.010 from around 1.052ish. so something had to convert. still gonna 6 row it.
Bottled the DARK CIDER yesterday. couple things with this.
1- I was sorta expecting to have a different tase to this than just cider. I guess that happened, but you really , and I mean really need to be in there looking for them.
2- its way better than any cider I have made before. Its more appley and a better mouthfeel than the normal thin cider.
3- its more sweet than I thought it should be, but I didnt use champange yeast or US -05 like normal, the yeast cake was from a stout with Windsor yeast. that may have been a part of it
4- I do not see how this will improve with age,, its great right now, right out of the fermenter.
I did not prime this batch as it tastes to great to mess with
I am delclaring this a success and procede with batch 2 but maybe add some black patent to it.
****review****
10-04-10 New Glarus Brewing co.
Staghorn Octoberfest.- By the lable I guess its supposed to be a Red. yep I’d call it red. Almost no head what so ever. And little if any smell to it, something there though. like watered down bread maybe.
Uh oh its got that “organic” taste to it. I dont know what it is,, but every organic beer I’ve ever had has this one taste to it. lemme look at the bottle. well it doesnt say nothing about organic on it
Thin. really need to look hard to find tastes. not much flavor of anykind. like budlight with a bit of crystal 60 added to it.
Maybe I have a cold or something, but I am getting no taste and no smells from this at all.
Must be high alc though as I can feel it on the tongue. I’m not sure flat is the correct term here,, but the carbonation seems fairly low,
Even after all of that I still kinda like it,, but will reserve my rating for another day to see if I can taste or smell it.
10-19-10 Crop circles2
kinda cool out here to day low 50s.
strike water to 160. try to get a mash of 148-151
4 gallons strike.
160 was just a smidge to low I got about 145 coulda left it, but added a bit more boiling water ended at 152. pretty thin though.
collected 3 gall from first
3 gallon of sparge water to 170
1 oz of saaz hops split into 3 piles
1-60
1-15
1-0
at the 15 also put in irish moss. this stuff is so light you really need to clear it.
everything went good.
watched hitchcocks the lady vanishes, listen to ACDC Highwayto hell
**update**12-15-10 that kinda coconut taste that I keep getting inthis batch and the last batch i found out is yeast. the guys from the club think this recipie has to much rice and corn for the barley to convert. gonna try and add some 6 row to it next time. for what ever reason i did not starch test these batches.
**update** 2 1-8-11 I found some baltica brewing lager. a nice 8% beer that tastes exactly the same as my beer. exactly. same thickness, same slight haze same coconut taste same color. I am going to start litigation right now. hah. but i wonder if my beer is really a fault then? after all it did ferment down to 1.010 from around 1.052ish. so something had to convert. still gonna 6 row it.
