fury_tea
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@HalsteadMills @Pennine
These 2 were mine
, I had a breakfast cereal theme for my xmas present beers this year, hence the labels. My idea was to brew a Shreddies wheat beer as well but life got in the way and having a heavily pregnant wife meant brewing time was not a priority in my household!
Shame about the head retention issue you had on this one, I sent it to 6 people and nobody else had that problem, sorry about that! It didn't quite come out how I expected it to, the slight sourness you mention is a bit odd isn't it but it's not unenjoyable I don't think. It's not a session beer by any means but it's quite nice to sip one and it's a nice respite after the hop monsters I've been drinking recently. Thanks for the comments and happy new year!
Wow, glad you liked it, Pennine! Steve gave me a heads up about my SS being vegan. My wife's vegan so I often do vegan beers anyway. I very nearly sent you the Golden Grahams one above, but remembered last minute it has lactose in it, after letting the wife have a taste (oops). Shame that the first one I sent got broken though, hope it didn't ruin anyone else's Xmas presents! The recipe is quite simple:
19L batch
4.6kg Maris Otter Extra Pale
0.5kg Wheat malt
0.3kg Flaked oats
0.1kg Caramel 80
No bittering hops but at 80c I whirlpooled:
100g CTZ
100g El Dorado
100g Ekuanot
Then at day 3:
75g CTZ
75g El Dorado
150g Fuggles (this was supposed to be Ekuanot but I accidentally picked up the Fuggles bag. I only noticed when I was putting the bags back in the freezer. It works really well though I think, with a bit more interesting earthier and almost minty undertones from the Fuggles working with the dankness of the CTZ well in my opinion).
I really liked this beer, it's right up my street, it has gone down an absolute treat and I would 100% make it again even with the Fuggles mistake. It's up there with my favourite beers I didn't call it an NEIPA due to the Fuggles and the addition of caramel 80 which aren't in the style guidelines but I do agree it falls within the realms.
Glad you enjoyed it though and happy new year to you!
These 2 were mine
, I had a breakfast cereal theme for my xmas present beers this year, hence the labels. My idea was to brew a Shreddies wheat beer as well but life got in the way and having a heavily pregnant wife meant brewing time was not a priority in my household!Shame about the head retention issue you had on this one, I sent it to 6 people and nobody else had that problem, sorry about that! It didn't quite come out how I expected it to, the slight sourness you mention is a bit odd isn't it but it's not unenjoyable I don't think. It's not a session beer by any means but it's quite nice to sip one and it's a nice respite after the hop monsters I've been drinking recently. Thanks for the comments and happy new year!
Wow, glad you liked it, Pennine! Steve gave me a heads up about my SS being vegan. My wife's vegan so I often do vegan beers anyway. I very nearly sent you the Golden Grahams one above, but remembered last minute it has lactose in it, after letting the wife have a taste (oops). Shame that the first one I sent got broken though, hope it didn't ruin anyone else's Xmas presents! The recipe is quite simple:
19L batch
4.6kg Maris Otter Extra Pale
0.5kg Wheat malt
0.3kg Flaked oats
0.1kg Caramel 80
No bittering hops but at 80c I whirlpooled:
100g CTZ
100g El Dorado
100g Ekuanot
Then at day 3:
75g CTZ
75g El Dorado
150g Fuggles (this was supposed to be Ekuanot but I accidentally picked up the Fuggles bag. I only noticed when I was putting the bags back in the freezer. It works really well though I think, with a bit more interesting earthier and almost minty undertones from the Fuggles working with the dankness of the CTZ well in my opinion).
I really liked this beer, it's right up my street, it has gone down an absolute treat and I would 100% make it again even with the Fuggles mistake. It's up there with my favourite beers I didn't call it an NEIPA due to the Fuggles and the addition of caramel 80 which aren't in the style guidelines but I do agree it falls within the realms.
Glad you enjoyed it though and happy new year to you!
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