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Recipe: 8 lb 2-row pale malt 8 oz Crystal 60° 7 AAU Apollo (11g @ 17.8% AA) @ 60 5 AAU Apollo (8g @ 17.8% AA) @ 20 17.8 AAU Apollo (28g @ 17.8% AA) @ 5 Danstar Nottingham Ale yeast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tasting Notes: Tasting notes taken 8 June 2016, 9 days after kegging. Dispensed from kegerator into a dimpled mug. Appearance: medium golden hue with a light haze and a light effervescence. Head poured a thin layer of frothy ivory foam; carbonation is a bit low but otherwise it's not bad. (3.75) Smell: toasty malt with relatively light, grassy hops. It's pretty clean; I'd like to try this Nottingham yeast again in an IPA or something. (3.75) Taste: like the aroma, the malt is forward and relatively toasty. Hops are grassy and perhaps a little bit herbal/minty. Bitterness turned out relatively high due to the low gravity, so this drinks a little more like an English bitter than a pale ale, but still relatively nice. (3.75) Mouthfeel: medium body with a well-integrated carbonation and a very good creaminess. This part turned out well. (4) Drinkability: the low ABV and relative cleanliness of the flavor make this a very drinkable beer indeed. I'm pretty happy with this aspect of it. (4) Overall score 3.8 (B+). Not bad for returning to the fold after a year of not brewing. I'm happy with how this came together, and while it's more of an English bitter than a standard pale ale, I think it goes down very easily. The late hopping with the Apollo didn't seem to add a ton of hop character, but the bitterness I have here is smooth and not rasping or anything, so maybe that's the late addition doing the work. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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