RockTKaz
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Has anyone tried the California Common recipe from this book?
I did this about 8 months ago, loved it!
Has anyone tried the California Common recipe from this book?
Yes, and the first time with this style. I bottled it yesterday and it tasted really, really good. I don’t normally drain the sample jar! Came out at 5% abv and am looking forward to it.I did this about 8 months ago, loved it!
Definitely in the list to do again in the new yearYes, and the first time with this style. I bottled it yesterday and it tasted really, really good. I don’t normally drain the sample jar! Came out at 5% abv and am looking forward to it.
Nope. Looked at the recipe and it left me cold. I see such glowing reports, though, that I'm going to have another look.Has anyone tried the California Common recipe from this book?
Not yet - but it's one I have bookmarked, along with the Coffee Vanilla Maple Imperial StoutHas anyone done the oaked brown ale by the way?
... not done that GH Oaked Brown Ale, but have brewed the Meantime London Porter based on the recipe provided in a Can You Brew It podcast episode (as there (link)) ... and based on that experience I'd say, when it comes to brown, malt-forward beers, complexity of grainbill can only add to the finished resultHas anyone done the oaked brown ale by the way? Ridiculously complex grain bill
No idea, CC. I happened to have ordered some medium toast French oak chips out of curiosity and never got round to using them The recipe calls for light smoked American! I think we're trying to extract the vanillin from oak to get the same kind of flavour noticeable in some of the Innis and Gunn beers, but that's just a guess. i've no idea whether other woods would work. Sorry.AA
Do you use flavoured oak chips or plain? Also can I use wood from my apple tree or beech chips for my smoker?
MerciNo idea, CC. I happened to have ordered some medium toast French oak chips out of curiosity and never got round to using them The recipe calls for light smoked American! I think we're trying to extract the vanillin from oak to get the same kind of flavour noticeable in some of the Innis and Gunn beers, but that's just a guess. i've no idea whether other woods would work. Sorry.
I don't use "flavoured" oak chips. I think it's about trying to simulate barrel ageing.
I made that a few weeks ago and dropped in 2kg of passion fruit puree. Turned out fantastic. Really strong aroma and taste. Have also done it with rasberries. Again, it made a decent drop; certainly a decent base to experiment with.I brewed the American Wheat beer and was gutted I didn’t add more hops, decent although underhopped imo
In the FV, 3 days into fermentation.@Furry Shark Brewery did you put the passion fruit puree in the boil or the FV?
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