Grain: 80% belgian pilsner malt for base, 10% aromatic for malt flavor, 5% Special B for raisin flavor
Hops: Bravo for bittering, Hallertau for flavor, Saaz for aroma
Yeast: Going for a DuPont and French saison blend as I have it on hand
Water Profile: Amber Dry
5.7pH during ferulic acid rest. 5.35pH sacc rest. No airlock, just foil until primary fermentation is complete
Pours half a finger of foam that dissipates slowly. Color is dark orange and a bit hazy due to stirred up yeast as I side primed these. Aroma is spicy/fruity yeast and a bit of malty sweetness. Flavor starts with spicy/fruity yeast and clove, carries that flavor through and adds some very slight malt sweetness, finishing with a light booziness and clove on the breath. The beer is quite light in body, crisp finish, and some sharpness due to nucleation. I like this beer quite a lot, but the malt presence isn't pronounced as I was hoping for a dubbel. This needs more Special B to improve malt complexity in the taste, so I will try again and bump up 5%. Good drinking beer that, on its own merits, is a 4.5/5 for me but it is not what I was shooting for so 3/5.
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Scored 22/50 due to being out of style, not enough dark fruit character and too light of color
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Scored 22/50 due to being out of style, not enough dark fruit character and too light of color
5/17/2018 11:09:26 PM