Archive for August, 2009

brew #007: failed romance chocolate cherry stout

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Immediately after cranking out #006 Solanka Stout I decided it would be cool to do one more big fruity beer on my Wyeast Irish Ale yeast cake. The original plan was to do chocolate raspberry but prices at my grocery store moved me over to the equally appealing cherry. I bought two pounds of fresh [...]

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tasting #005 bad bad brown

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

Appearance: Extremely pleased how the body looks; dark amber that’s more than adequately clear for homebrew. My only regret is that the head – although colored and ‘structured’ well – doesn’t last long due to being undercarbonated. Aroma: A strong fruity and estery nose. Complex clove-like spice (I’ve noticed this is characteristic of the Irish [...]

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