There’s a lot for me to like in this beer. It looks really clear-so long as I don’t decant the yeast bits at the bottom of the bottle. That’s pretty cool, and something I’ve been hoping to achieve in my pale ales for awhile now.
It’s got a pleasantly grassy nose, with a touch of peaches in the flavor of the body. Although it might be a little too sweet in the middle, the bitterness is there to clean it all up. Appropriate strength bitterness, too: This isn’t an IPA scour, this is a solid dusting away of the fruitiness and preparing me for the next sip of beer.
I did pretty well on this one.
Brew date: 4/9/17
Steeping grains
4 lb Kolsh malt
2 lb Lamonta
1.5 lb Victory
Fermentables: 4 lb extra light malt extract
Hops
1 oz Millennium .5 oz Mosaic @60
.5 oz Millenium, .25 oz Mosaic @30
.5 oz Millenium, .25 oz Mosaic @5
Other: 1/4 tsp Gypsum
Yeast: Imperial Dieter 2nd use
OG: 1.07
FG: 1.01
Secondary on 5/16
1 oz Mosaic added to secondary
Bottled 5/20
ABV: 8.1%