Due to fairly low alcohol it's also easy drinking and refreshing as the humidity and heat of East Coast Summer is setting in. It was a good decision to deviate away from the original recipe's 6.3% ABV.
Really happy that I still have more than half this batch left after a month and a half.
Tasting Notes:
- Aroma:
- The beer is not very aromatic at this point. Much of the hop aroma has faded to a slight grassy smell. I also get some sweet malt aroma. When it was fresher the hop aroma was bold - it was clear that it was the major contributor to my favorite IPA: Four Peaks Hop Knot.
- Appearance:
- It is a copper color. The various bottles that I've tried have had variable levels of carbonation. Early bottles were highly carbonated but some of the later bottles were fairly low carbonation - I suspect that there was an issue with mixing in the priming sugar. The bottles used for this tasting were both well carbonated. The head quickly settles down to a thin layer. The beer is very clear but there is some hop particulate matter floating that got through even with a gentle pour.
- Flavor:
- Up front, the beer has a nice mix of sweet and toasty malt with a fruity hop character. The finish has an assertive bitterness which is balanced by a fairly substantial malt flavor. Not much contribution from the alcohol or yeast from a flavor standpoint that I'm able to pick out.
- Mouthfeel:
- The beer is medium bodied. The carbonation level is fairly after the pour so it's not very spritzy. It is a pretty smooth beer - no astringency.
- Overall:
- It's a nicely balanced beer (SN Pale Ale like). It was good when the dry hops were still a major contributor but I prefer the more balanced flavor it has now (which is really what I was hoping for with this beer). I has nice refreshment value with the fairly low alcohol level. It's a nice, flavorful, summer beer.
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