The bottle says that this is a straight up American Amber Ale, and it is exactly that – a truly terrific amber ale. Appearance: A nice white fluffy head with sticky lacing. The color is orange-amber. Aroma: Just the slightest hint of citrus and floral tones Taste: Resin followed by floral hints. Nice malt backbone
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Tonight, it was my great pleasure to have the Imperial Ale from the Lang Creek Brewery of Marion, Montana. This beer is really good, and worth anyones attention. Appearence: Poured with a thin, white head with clingy lacing. The color was cloudy yellow (thanks Vida). Aroma: I swear to God, the aroma was the same
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Today, I fired up the propane burner and brewed up a new beer, the HOP to IT. It’s an experimental pale ale with flaked oats and honey. The oats should add a creamy mouth feel and the honey will lend it’s floral elements to the fermentation. The recipe particulars are below. malt and fermentables
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Today we made a leap of faith…making dandelion wine. This beverage is a traditional springtime preparation. The recipe I had called for sugar – plain, old suger – and I hate fermentation with just sugar, so I replaced it with organic honey. Is it now dandelion mead? Recipe for 2 gallons (actually came out at
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The Saison DuPont is from Brasserie Dupont in Belgium, and to say that this beer as some earth notes would be a gross underestimate. Appearence: Pale golden orange. A white fluffy headwith great retention settles into chunky lacings. Aroma: Lots of earthiness Taste: Sweet up front followed by a great tartiness. Mouth: LIght to medium
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Appearance: Poured a clean, golden color with a clean white head about 1/2”. Very weak lacing Aroma: Clean – almost no aroma at all Mouth: Very clean throughout the palette with a weak hop bitterness. Overall: Notice the repeating words, clean and weak. This is one of the most uninteresting beers I have ever tasted.
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