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| By David Ankenbrant on Mar 3rd 2006, 3:28 pm | Permalink |
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It's about time I add another journal entry... I had a couple people try my saison to get some feedback and get ideas of how to make better beer. Different people had different opinions. I know that I would of added more bittering hops, but my boss at work said he thought it was a tad too bitter. My other co worker said that all in all it was good, but it wasn't his favorite as he likes a more maltier, more bitter, and more roastier flavor to beers. The lady I work with said she definitely didn't like it, but she isn't a beer drinker, she said. I am begining to see how to tweak beers to be exactly a certain way. I am understanding how much hops to add for bitterness in relation to the OG, type of beer, etc. I have fine tuned my mash tun, strike water to exactly what temps I need to hit my masah temps, my efficiency so I can predict how much grain I need in my recipes to hit a certain OG, and etc with my mashing procedures. I am sure I will more fine tune things the more I make beer, but I am happy that I am understanding things finally, lol. I definitely know that I like more bitterness in beer than I originally thought. I am begining to be able to taste different things in beer too. I went to the cheeseburger in paradise restaurant and had the Island Ale...and it was pretty good. I was able to taste the maltiness, and the hop bitterness, and the arome and flavors. My next brew I want to make is a brown porter in the idea of Yuengling Porter, but maybe a bit more roasty tasting.I just made my "david's Amber' recipe given to my from Denny. It is in the fermenter 5 days now, and this sunday I will rack into the secondary. This is the beer that I have gotten closer to zeroing in on my efficiency...The OG on the recipe called for 1.057 but I hit 1.044-So I should of added more grains to the mash. The efficiency on the recipe from promash was 73% so I figure I am about somewhere 65% to 69% efficiency. AS long as the beer that I make turns out good, that is all that matters! After I make my porter, I think I want to try a pale ale, something for the summer, something like a Pale aAle with a hint of orange, call it Roasted Orange Pale Ale, who knows.  Anyway, I guess that is it for this entry, and on to more reading my DGB book and onto more brewing! |
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