Sunday, August 31, 2014

Brotherly Love to Baltimore Pale Ale [bottled]

Date: Aug. 6, 2014

Ingredients:
  • 114 g corn sugar
  • 1.5 c water
Desired CO2: 2.3 vol (5.5 gal @ 63F)

Appearance: Light marigold, very slight haze.
Aroma: Cascade citrus, chinook piney aroma.
Flavor: Good bitterness, but too much? Nice underlying citrus, resin flavor. Little alcohol strength. Could be a little sweeter.

Brotherly Love to Baltimore Pale Ale [dry hop]

Date: July 23, 2014

Ingredients:
  • 0.5 oz Chinook
  • 0.5 oz Cascade
Gravity: 1.012

Appearance: Very light orange color, very slight opaque.
Aroma: Light orange aroma, very light malt aroma.
Flavor: Light body, bread, then dry citrus, followed by moderate bitterness. Needs a bit more sweetness to balance the dry-bitter flavor.