Reviews of Member's Homebrew

[Uncle Joshua]

would benefit from more maltiness, but tasty nonetheless.

Thanks for the review. I agree re the maltiness. Its brewed as per Saltaire's grain bill but does lack something.

[seymour]

would benefit from more maltiness, but tasty nonetheless.

Thanks for the review. I agree re the maltiness. Its brewed as per Saltaire's grain bill but does lack something.

You could simply increase the mash temp by 1 or 2 degrees.

[simple one]

would benefit from more maltiness, but tasty nonetheless.

Thanks for the review. I agree re the maltiness. Its brewed as per Saltaire's grain bill but does lack something.

You could simply increase the mash temp by 1 or 2 degrees.

I find it hard to believe that you would increase maltyness by increasing mash temps. Maybe it would increase body or sweetness.
Malt flavours are there throughout and are generally not fermentable, no matter how many enzymes get at it.

Maybe add more low colour malts to sneak some more maltiness in without adjusting the colour to much.

[WishboneBrewery]

I think its to do with Presenting the Maltiness, a bit like adding Chloride to your Liquor to bring out flavour and add to the Mouthfeel, the increased sweetness & body help to show off the Maltiness.

I bet there is a fair bit of confusion with regards to Malt character & Sweetness.... Can you small sweetness??? (I don't think you can) But you can definitely smell Maltiness.
You could have a Sweet & Malty beer, and you could also have a Malty Beer, sounds like another Experiment for you Matt An All Munich Mash with varying amounts of Steeped Crystal??

[Geezah]

Monkeybrew's Tripple A



Very fruity, grapefruit almost on the nose as soon as it was poured.
Nice bronze - red clolouring, not too carbonated as a pale ale should be, but a nice thin lacey head to the beer.

First mouthfull, definitive grapefruit notes followed up by a nice sharp bittering.

Second mouthfull, a more rounded flavour but strong flavours of grapefruit and bittering a bit more subtle.

Sweet flavour subsiding as the bittering takes over your taste buds.

Head clinging to the glass nicely as the glass empties.



I'd be happy if I payed £3 for a pint of this in the local.

[Monkeybrew]

Monkeybrew's Tripple A



Very fruity, grapefruit almost on the nose as soon as it was poured.
Nice bronze - red clolouring, not too carbonated as a pale ale should be, but a nice thin lacey head to the beer.

First mouthfull, definitive grapefruit notes followed up by a nice sharp bittering.
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Second mouthfull, a more rounded flavour but strong flavours of grapefruit and bittering a bit more subtle.

Sweet flavour subsiding as the bittering takes over your taste buds.

Head clinging to the glass nicely as the glass empties.



I'd be happy if I payed £3 for a pint of this in the local.

Cheers for the review Geezah!

I really liked using Apollo hops and will have to get some more at some point.

I received your bottle yesterday and it's currently settling out waiting to be tasted

Thanks

MB

[Geezah]

I have just ordered 200g of Apollo based upon that bottle.... can't wait to use them myself now.

[bigdave]

I have just ordered 200g of Apollo based upon that bottle.... can't wait to use them myself now.

An all Apollo brew is a special thing!!

[Monkeybrew]

Drinking a 330ml bottle of Stomach's Brewferm Abdij that was bottled back in August 2012.

Slightly underprimed for a Belgian style beer, but the low carbonation has created a very smooth tasting brew that is sweet and fruity with subtle liquorice flavours. I think that it was brewed with golden syrup and it certainly hasn't suffered from it.

At 8.5% it has a lovely warming effect

Yum.

MB

[Stomach]

Monkeybrew's Tripple A



Very fruity, grapefruit almost on the nose as soon as it was poured.
Nice bronze - red clolouring, not too carbonated as a pale ale should be, but a nice thin lacey head to the beer.

First mouthfull, definitive grapefruit notes followed up by a nice sharp bittering.

Second mouthfull, a more rounded flavour but strong flavours of grapefruit and bittering a bit more subtle.

Sweet flavour subsiding as the bittering takes over your taste buds.

Head clinging to the glass nicely as the glass empties.



I'd be happy if I payed £3 for a pint of this in the local.

I couldnt write it better myself! Another superb beer from Monkeybrew!!

[Stomach]

Drinking a 330ml bottle of Stomach's Brewferm Abdij that was bottled back in August 2012.

Slightly underprimed for a Belgian style beer, but the low carbonation has created a very smooth tasting brew that is sweet and fruity with subtle liquorice flavours. I think that it was brewed with golden syrup and it certainly hasn't suffered from it.

At 8.5% it has a lovely warming effect

Yum.

MB

Cheers Matey!

They certainly enjoy a long maturing process. And yes, it was made with golden syrup!

I dont seem to get the carbonation perfectly correct with bottles, I may up the priming a bit in future!

Its certainly warming though!

[WishboneBrewery]

PantsMachine's - Bennachie brewery Scottish steampunk IPA mk2

Oooo, ay!!!
Brilliant, fooking ace beer, the Brett steals it with the nice tartness, it kind of has the Belgian character but without being mega-belgian, its really nice and very more-ish

[scuppeteer]

Deanrpwaacs - Spitfire clone

Good body to it, more bitter than a S&N which was nice but quite a bit darker than the original. Very nice drop though. If Sheps tasted like this they would have a lot more people drinking their beer!

Got any more Dean?

[Monkeybrew]

Geezah's Elderflower APA

According to the label that was on the bottle, this brew is made up from a Coopers APA kit, DME, Munich Malt, Aurora, EKG, Cascade & Elderflowers. It didn't actually state the strength of the brew, but I certainly knew that I had drunk it, so I assume it was around the 5% ABV mark?

The appearance was paler than my camera phone picture will have you believe, it was nearer to the colour right at the base of the glass I am not sure if this brew was a little over-primed, or it hadn't taken kindly to it's postal journey because it was very lively when I popped the crown cap off and almost escaped from the bottle.

It had a nice fragrant aroma and taste, that must come partly from the Elderflower and from the mix of hops. In a good way it almost had a white wine aroma to it. I always judge a brew, by how long it's in my glass, and this didn't last long

Anyway cheers Geezah, and just to let you know that you were soley responsable for getting me into adapting kits with hops, with your APA adaptation posts

MB

[Geezah]

Thanks for the review.
The bottles may have been a little over primed as another friend commented that it was a little lively when he opened a bottle.

My Apollo x3 knocks the socks off that 1 .. props to you for introducing me to these wonderful citrussy apollo hops