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At bottling time - Looked a gorgeous mahogany with lovely malty taste - Definitely yeasty Mar 5, 2005 - Not all yeasty, caramel and slightly fruity.... cloudy when cool...a little sweet for my taste - no noticeable amount of carbonation Peak flavor aft

Notes

After the extract is thoroughly mixed in, steep crushed grains in large muslin bag for 30 minutes at 150C Starter made with 1/2 Cup Extract and 2 cups of water boiled for 10 minutes cooled to 70F and the yeast was added (15 hours in advance) After boiling, the wort was cooled in a bath tub with 3 bags of ice (Colled to about 70F in about 1 hour) When pouring wort to fermenter used cheese cloth to catch a lot of the floating protein strands. Fermentation started in about 10 hours and is running OK 2 days later - plan to bottle this Sunday Feb 20. Wed 2/16/2005 - Fermentation is down to a bubble about every 7 minutes - On target to bottle Sunday Feb 20, 2005 (Topped off Vodka in airlock, was getting low...) Notes: 1. Prepare starter 2 days in advance if possible. 2. Cool wort to 80F if adding store bought water 3. Put cheese cloth in collander to support it. For next time: a. some lighter extract b. some more aromatic hops for 5 minute boil Bottled on Feb 26, 2004 24 bottles of 22 Ozs each - Using Coopers Carbonation Drops 12 with 1 drop and other 12 with 2 drops At bottling time - Looked a gorgeous mahogany with lovely malty taste seemed a little too sweet for my taste Definitely tasted yeasty Mar 5, 2005 Tasted 1 bottle with 2 Cooper's Drops - No noticeable amount of carbonation. Not yeasty at all, when the beer was cool it had some haze... :0) As the beer warmed could smell caramel and ... slightly watery No aroma of hops and little sweet for my taste ... a little more hop aroma and bitterness would help balance the maltiness Apr 4, 2005 - Opened a bottle with 2 drops of carbonation - Tasted great with lovely flavors and a hint of hops - I guess a good try for my first brew. Lesson learned: It is best to age the beer fro 4-5 weeks before it reaches full flavor Apr 9, 2005 - 6 weeks after bottling - just fabulous lovely malt profile. no yeast flavors. Lovely colour and and good bitterness almost to style Almost all of it is gone - down to the last 2 bottles - Definitely will brew it again.