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| By Jim Edelstein on Mar 16th 2005, 5:57 am | Permalink |
Debuted my first brew (a simple stout) to the wider public this weekend with much satisfaction. One of the guys at the dinner party was actually an ex-homebrewer himself, and he really liked it, drank all that I brought. I've found that although it's a stout, when served cold the mild off flavor (I think tannins due to the way I manhandled the grainsack during steeping) isn't noticable, and it's really smooth and heady. I guess if the brew doesn't come out exactly how you want, but close, you can always serve it cold  . I'm going to run out before my next batch is ready, damn.I also got to bottling the Roasted Brown. FG 1.023, a bit higher than expected, and it's color is more like a porter than a brown. I had a hard time getting a handle on the flavor, its definately unique, but for some reason all the beer I drank that night, including the taste of the hydrometer sample, tasted strangly too sweet, so I'm not trusting my impressions. I've decided on my next recipe and hope to brew it this week, or beginning of next if that doesn't work out. Going away this weekend or I'd make a party out of it, the two dads at the dinner party I went to this weekend want to help (read: drink a lot of homebrew and puff down) with the next batch. Still have to deal with the f'ed up brew kettle hopefully tomorrow. |
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