This newest addition to my recipe folder is just so smooth and nice. I checked on the new batch a bit ago and it is bubbling along nicely. So, from Kingwood, Texas, I wish all y’all a great New Year.
Drink Local and Drink Responsibly
Bishop
A couple of looks at the beer, nice lace and nice head, so dadburn good!
My Golden Wheat Red IPA is disappearing too quickly so I decided to brew another batch, albeit with a tweak to the hopping schedule.
Here is the link to the original post with the recipe;
https://bishopsbeerblog.com/2013/11/10/inspiration-comes-to-fruition/
My preliminary notes prior to cranking up the burner
The plan was to increase the hops, change the schedule up and see how it lands. There was a significant goof on my part, I was going to stay with the Amarillo and Cascade hops mix I used previously. I went to the Beer store in Humble(Backyard Homerbrewers and Education Centre) to pick up the ingredients from my pre-prepared list. Picked up the ingredients and headed home. If you look closely in the photo you will see a package of Centennial hops, not Cascade! The dummy at the store fouled up, or so I thought. My list was still in the bag so I looked at what I had written……Hmmmmm, where was my brain, I was thinking Cascade and wrote Centennial! I got what I wrote down – I guess I was the dummy.
Most everything stayed the same….except for the hops and the hopping schedule.
60 minutes – 1 oz Amarillo
30 minutes – 1 oz Amarillo and 1 oz Centennial
15 minutes – 1 oz Amarillo
At Flameout – 1 oz of Centennial
1 oz Centennial used for Dry hopping planned for the secondary – 5 days then crash to 34 degrees for a couple more.
The Original gravity of my first batch came in at 1.066, this one, using the same grain bill and extract is 1.040 – a significant difference. It could be I was shorted or I bought slightly different ingredients from my local store. The first batch ingredients were purchased from the cross town store Defalco’s.. The color is also notably lighter – may have to try brewing this again real soon!
The beer is in the fermenter at 62 deg. F for a week and will then be transferred to the secondary and dry hopped….
Is it true that there are no bad beers? Just some better than others?
Drink Local and Drink Responsibly
Bishop
Well the jury is now returning the verdict…..the beer is PDG! I benefitted by several weeks away from the temptation of sampling the beer too early. I have to admit that I did sample one before I left, I knew it was going to be too early and yes it was….In need of a few more weeks of conditioning……so, that is what I gave it!
December 19th, 2013, I tried the second bottle of the batch. Wow! Very nice head, the aroma was/is amazing and the Amarillo hops used for the dry hopping have left its signature citrus note! The color is a bit darker than I had anticipated. It is a darker red than planned, but is very clear and refreshing. My daughter Lisa was over when I poured that “second” first beer. Her comment was, “It tastes light, not dark like I thought it would be”. Nice lace on the glass so I sat back and enjoyed being home, looking forward to the Holidays and spending time with family!
The Beer, The Bottle and the Belch….not really!
I shared a few bottles with my buddy John. We sat and watched a little football yesterday enjoying my latest offering. He was highly pleased…..”it is a keeper recipe” was the proclamation. I had to agree with him but the wheels were already turning – it is good, but maybe I can tweak the hopping schedule and make it great!
Should I?????? Absolutely!
Drink Local and Drink Responsibly
Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year
Bishop
Oh, Thanks again to Lengthwise Brewery in Bakersfield for the inspiration!
I have been relatively quiet on the beer front for a few weeks. I am waiting patiently to let my latest bottling, the Golden Wheat Red Ale bottle condition a little longer. The temptation to sample is easy at the moment. I am about 12 time zones away from the beer and the temptation! Oman is a long ways from Texas. This quote from “The Wizard of Oz” comes to mind – “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas any more.” I stood on top of a sand dune last night, about 30 kilometers from the UAE border just inside of Oman and said this to my buddy Gary, “Gary, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Texas any more.”
Let me add, the Omani people are an absolute pleasure to work with, converse with and share with. Yes, we are guests in their country but I have never felt so welcome in a foreign country. The hosted a “BBQ”…..really a large grill filled with kabobs and fortunately for Gary the selection did not include goat. I haven’t convinced Gary that goat can be very tasty. As we sat around under the cabana, a young man named Ali spent 30 minutes showing us some of the beauty of his country…and yes it can be very beautiful! I am looking forward to a future visit with more time to explore!
YES – it is very dry here…..not much rain and in many places the beverage selection is pretty restricted! The hotels in Muscat do serve alcoholic beverages as they cater to a very diverse clientele in this country. A walk on the beach shows the diversity in the cultures and languages all around you. On one walk we heard, German, Italian, Hindi, English, some sort of a Scandinavian dialect, Lebanese and Arabic – probably a few more that I had no clues about. I am looking forward to a return trip with more time to explore the country and meet more of the wonderful people here!
Looking north-west from a top a dune adjacent to our humble camp of 7,000 people!
Drink Respectfully, Drink Local and Drink Responsibly
Bishop
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