Bright tangerine, fruity aroma. Smooth sweetness with no bitterness. Full flavor of hop sweetness with slight tang. Finishes very smooth with little aftertaste.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Weldwerks Juicy Bits
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Homebrew British Bitter #6
This is about my 10th brewing of a British Bitter. Bitter was the beer that started me on my homebrewing hobby years ago. I loved the bitters when we lived in England, and I couldn’t find that beer when we came back to the U.S., so I decided I should start brewing my own beers. This is the first iteration that actually reminds me of British bitter, so I’m happy to be on the right path now.
Faint mild malt aroma and a slightly spicy yeast aroma as well. First taste has an ever so slight crispness, then a mouthful of malt flavor intermixed with a slightly roast flavor and the presence of characteristic British yeast. Barely noticeable aftertaste of mild malt.
Brewed: 8/4/2023. Distributed: 2023.
ABV: 4.2%, IBU: 31
Malts: Maris Otter, Caramel 20L, Caramel 60L, Amber.
Hops: Cluster, Target, East Kent Goldings, Challenger.
Yeast: White Labs WLP002 English Ale.
Homebrew 44 Magnum Birthday IPA
I made this brew originally about 8 years ago, and called it 44 Magnum IPA. I tweaked the recipe over time a bit and then brewed it for my 44th birthday party (2015).
Slight sweet fruity hop aroma, plus some caramel malt aroma. Crisp hop bite, matched with a caramel malt sweetness. Quickly dries on the palate and leaves a slight residual hop bitterness. A little sweet in the aftertaste.
Brewed: 7/22/2023. Distributed: 2023.
ABV: 6.8%, IBU: 108
Malts: Brewer’s 2-row, Caramel 60L, Carapils,.
Hops: CTZ, Citra.
Yeast: White Labs WLP008 East Coast Ale.
Dark Horse Plead the 5th
Nice sweet aroma of dark malt and bourbon barrel in the background. Slightly sweet taste at first, then seems to have a brief hop bite that quickly fades, then a mild roast coffee flavor enters in and lingers. Wow, amazing assortment of flavors, all very nicely done. The beer seems to have zero carbonation, but maybe that help makes it so smooth on the palate.
5 out of 5 stars.
New Holland Dragon’s Milk Reserve 2021- Peanut Butter, Cocoa Nibs
Aroma of dark malt and hints of bourbon. Taste fairly smooth with a slight sweetness of peanut butter. Minor taste of bourbon throughout with slight lingering bourbon taste. A bit cloying sweet.
4 out of 5 stars.
Short’s Freedom of ’78
Packaged 4/26/2023, tasted on 5/26/2023.
Fresh aroma of flowery hops and smooth caramel malts. Flavor of hop bitterness is quickly squashed by a full-palate fruit flavor, that finishes slightly thick and sticky with some dry hop flavor lingering in the background. Your mouth recognizes it just had a full flavored beer, but there’s surprisingly little to no heaviness left in the mouth.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Warpigs Lazurite IPA
Packaged 2/15/2023, tasted 5/25/2023.
Aroma of sharp hops and a hint of yeast. Fairly crisp hop bite mixed with some malt sweetness and yeast tang. Leaves a mild aftertaste of hops, but overall quite clean.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Dark Horse Apricot Tree IPA
Sweet aroma of apricots/peaches. Taste is fairly smooth but has a little bitter edge just staying slightly in the background. Overall full palate of flavor that leaves mid fruit sweetness lingering. So delicious.
5 out of 5 stars.
Arbor Brewing Table Talk
Aroma of dark sweet malt. Crispness of malt with a slight yeast sweetness that comes in to push the malt flavor away. Slightly crisp hop bite can also be detected up front. Very clean, with lingering hints of dark malt sweetness.
5 out of 5 stars.
Ninkasi Dawn of the Red
Sweet aroma mix of caramel malts and crisp hops. Initial taste has a crispness that fades rapidly and then slowly builds a butter hop edge. Cleans the palate fairly well and leaves a slight lingering sweetness with a mix of malt, hops and yeast.
4.5 out of 5 stars.