Monday, November 26, 2007

Weizenbock Bottled

I bottled the weizenbock yesterday. I think it came out pretty good- the sourness that I had noted previously has smoothed out a little and is now acceptable to my (crappy) palate. Michele had a sip as well and liked it, which I was pleasantly surprised about. Now we wait...

What's next fellas?

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

On dirty beer names

Ok, I noticed that Dickens and Buff have named their barleywine "Donkey Punch Barley Wine". That got me thinking about other dirty beer names. Here's a few. Most of them have to do with fecal matter.

Cleveland Steam (er) Ale
Dirty Sanchez Mexican Cerveza
Dubbel Entry
Phil McKriekin

You guys got anything?

Monday, November 12, 2007

transferred...

Since this is a beer blog, I just wanted to note that I transferred the weizenbock last night. FG was 1.018, which will give a alcohol of about 7%... very respectable.

As for taste: its still a bit "sharp". There's obviously the familiar banana and clove, with a slight bready maltiness and roasted undertones. A little alcohol warmth finishes the sip. But there's also a slight tartness/sourness that I hope will dissipate with either a) time, b) not drinking it at room temperature, or c) carbonation. I think that the sourness is most likely due to the wheat malt ( I had a Schwelmer hefe yesterday with the same flavor) but I'm still not a big fan of it. Hopefully it will have mellowed in a few weeks or more.