Yesterday I meet up with Jocke from Good Morning Beer Lovers and exchanged some homemade beer. He got two bottles of Death By Hops 2 and I got one bottle of Angusa Grumpy Lion Belgian Ale and a bottle of an unnamed Swedish Pale Ale. Here is a picture of the bottles:
I got to say that sticker looks pretty damn good.
By the way I still have some Death By Hops 2 if anybody is interested in a switch. Would be fun to get more people tasting it so we can make improvements for the next time we brew it.
While waiting (waiting might be the wrong word, I went straight for the taps) for Jocke I tried one of Monks newer brews:
Monks Café Angie Brown (Tap) 5%
The beertap sticker said it was a brown ale and I was quite suprised when I got a beer that looked more like a pale ale. I was expecting something allot darker, but I might have missunderstood the type.
Anyway, it poured a hazy dark golden-orange liquid with a medium sized foam that had allot of craters in it. Looked pretty nice, like an american pale ale.
It had a fresh smell of citrus, oranges, peaches, passion fruit and hops. Very fruity and when I check the sticker I see they have Simcoe in it so that explains several of the flavours.
It had a light body which made it feel a bit watery. The mouthfeel was smooth with just a little bit of carbonation. The taste wasn't as strong as the smell but there where fruity hops.
A pretty decent beer but I'm still suprised by the looks and the smell. Was expecting something different. Something darker and maybe with tastes that drew more towards caramell and chocolate.
Total: 3,3/5
Öl i Sussex del I-Solig sandstrand
2 days ago
I'd love to try a bottle or two of Death by Hops. Got a few homebrews to trade.
ReplyDeleteSounds good contact me on stefan.frovi@telia.com and we can sort out some kind of arrengement. Always fun to try home brews :D
ReplyDeleteTack för bytet! Börjar få en fin samling med hembryggt och snart blir det provning av dem alla. Skriv ett mail om ni vill komma på provningen så organiserar vi det!
ReplyDeleteTack själv, synd att det var så mycket folk. Men vi får snacka lite vid något annat tillfälle.
ReplyDeleteGlömde nämna en grej om ölen. Det vi försökt fixa till i denna version av DBH var att få ett större skum för att få ett trevligare utseende. Tyvärr har jag märkt att vissa flaskor tappat kolsyra (problem vid tappningen) och i dessa får man ett litet skum och en mer avslagen dryck. Personligen har jag inget emot det, men om flaskan är som den ska så kommer ni få ett skum som är ungefär 3-4 fingrar högt. Detta gjorde vi genom att tillsätta mer vetemalt.
Vi har också försökt få till en längre smak då den första DBH dog snabbt i munnen. Detta gjorde vi genom att byta ut några humlesorter, bytte bl.a. in Simcoe.
Samt få lite mer maltig karaktär. Vilket vi gjorde genom att byta till Wiener malt.
Ska bli kul att höra vad ni tycker om ölen. Kom gärna med konstruktiv kritik ifall att vi brygger en DBH3 i framtiden.