Sensory Methods
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Sensory Methods

Adapted from an article “Brew your Own Magazine” July-August 2018. Techniques by Aaron Hyde. Tasting Malt: most of the time I taste along the way during the brew and also I’ve tasted raw grains, malts etc. There’s a quick liking to a sweet wort as a beverage and sometimes some refrigerated wort is a pleasant … Continue reading

Triple berry Melomel
fermentation / fruit / Mead / tasting

Triple berry Melomel

  Tasting a triple berry Melomel, Thanksgiving dinner . Fruit nose, dry but not overly dry, fruit taste. Nice tasting, wine like , warm alcohol finish. …….. Made from frozen fruit and wine yeast. BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout – http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: Triple Berry Melomel #32A Brewery: Peabody Pico Senior Master Chief Brewmaster Peter F. Metro … Continue reading

Beer Tasting
beer / tasting

Beer Tasting

Brewing one gallon recipes periodically, it’s not often I have more than one type of beer. I happen to have 2 SMaSH ales and a bottle of braggot. .So recently when an out of town relative visited, ready were the brews for a tasting. How can anyone refuse just a taste? A long ago gift … Continue reading

Beer Tasting
beer / tasting

Beer Tasting

Tasting Schofferhofer, just enough for a taste, grapefruit, very fruity, a beer blend, the grapefruit flavor not overwhelming, fresh, not artificial, but not really what I’d be looking for in a beer unless maybe there was a shot of vodka in it. Makes a good accompaniment with a morning brunch or perhaps a base for … Continue reading

SMOAT , Smoked Stoat #016
beer / tasting

SMOAT , Smoked Stoat #016

16th brew, an Oat beer with a hint of peat smoked malts. Dry hopping. UPDATED TASTING 08,31.2013,(see notes) Happy Labor Day ! Good by August ! UPDATED Notes and pictures 09/14/2013 Smoked Stoat 016 Other Smoked Beer Type: All Grain Date: 7/22/2013 Batch Size (fermenter): 1.00 gal Brewer: Peabody Pico Boil Size: 1.50 gal Asst … Continue reading