I jumped the gun on the title of this post, which is, in the end, a good thing. See, when I was pulling this recipe from the spreadsheet I thought that I had mixed things up, again, and in a fit of pique I titled the post and then left it. You know how it is with certain screw ups: leave it alone and come back to it the next day, maybe it’ll all seem better.
And it totally did, because I didn’t mix up the recipes! I just needed a day to figure that out.
This ale is a Mirror Pond clone-ish. I had a lot of Centennial hops and I had an idea of the color I was going for, so: ta-da! And it’s not bad at all! It is not as clear as Mirror Pond and has a little more sweetness in the middle but it’s as very solid beer with a nice hoppy, pine influenced nose and a solid bite.
I needed a win, and I got one: This beer is quite good.
Brew Day: 5.11.14
Steeping Grains:
3 lb Munich
2 lb C40
2 lb Maris Otter
Fermentables: 4 lb LME
Hops:
1 oz Centennial @60
1.5 oz Centennial @ 30
1. Oz Centennial @ 5
Yeast:
White Labs California Common WLP001
(2nd use)
OG: 1.075
FG: 1.018
ABV: 7.7%
Put into secondary on 5.17
Bottled 5.24
