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Encino, CA
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44 years old
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STATISTICS
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Join Date: 05-05-2007 |
Total Posts: 3057
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Last Activity 08-20-2008 |
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GROUP MEMBERSHIPS |
Joined: 07/17/2008
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Joined: 07/17/2008
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Joined: 07/31/2008
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Future Brews
Cold Shot ESB, BlackCatBone Oatmeal Stout |
Primary
Little Wing Pale Ale, EdWort's Apfelwein |
Secondary
Gave em' up for lent. :-) |
Bottled
Orfy's Old Speckled Hen, BlackCatBone Oatmeal Stout, Apfelwein |
Kegged
Cold In Hand Cream Ale, Squeeze My Lemon Summer Blonde, Little Wing Pale Ale, EdWort's Apfelwein |
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I brewed regularly in my early twenties,
and have taken it up again (with a
vengeance!) after a twenty year break. I'm
having a blast this time around! I'm a lot
better at it now too.
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FORUM SIGNATURE |
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FERMENTING:
BlackCatBone Oatmeal Stout, EdWort's
Apfelwein
KEGGED /
BOTTLED: Little Wing Pale Ale,
Orfy's Old Speckled Hen, Cold In Hand
Cream Ale, BlackCatBone Oatmeal
Stout
ON TAP: Cold Shot ESB, Squeeze
My Lemon Summer Blonde, EdWort's
Apfelwein
ON
DECK: Cold Shot ESB, Hellhound
Helles, Little Wing Pale Ale
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LATEST BLOG ENTRY
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07/23/2008
Okay, this past Sunday I was waiting for my pork butt
to smoke (17 hours!!) and I realized my OSH had been
conditioning for 3 weeks. So I busted out a bottle and
my can of the real deal, and did a comparison.
First off, Orfy really NAILED the color with his
recipe. Of course the can has the nitro widget so it's
easy to distinguish the two, but the color itself is
spot on. Mine (on the right, if you haven't already
figured that out!) has a touch of chill haze, which
actually clears up quite a bit ten minutes after
pouring. (Warm in the bottle, it's crystal clear.)
When it comes to drinking, the differences are far more
apparent. Due to the cream head created by the widget,
the first sip of the commercial product has a wonderful
mouthfeel, but it quickly dissipates and subsequently
feels rather watery and thin. There is a pronounced but
simple sweetness and a minimal hop presence. While
refreshing, the flavor is rather muted and again,
watery.
Orfy's OTOH, has a much fuller mouthfeel and a rich,
malty sweetness that lingers and seems to spread to the
side of your tongue. The hops are quite pronounced,
with a flowery/fruity character that I assume is from
the EKG. There is also a slight touch of yeastiness,
which I'm guessing will all but disappear with
time...it's still a very young beer. Overall, it seems
to be closer to an ESB than what I would consider a
classic bitter. I over-carbed a bit for the style, next
time I'll use less priming sugar.
The best part of this comparison is that I was
obligated to drink two nice pints of beer! While it's
not a perfect match to the Morland product, I enjoyed
Orfy's quite a bit more, and feel it's a better beer.
It's certainly more to my taste anyhow. I'll be brewing
it again, perhaps I'll alternate it in the rotation
with my own ESB recipe.
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/...
peckledhen.jpg...
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BLINDLEMONLARS'S COMMENTS |
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| TxBrew 07/20/2008 Normal. We coded it that way. |
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| | BlindLemonLars 07/20/2008 Hmmnn...you can leave a comment to
yourself? TxBrew, is that a bug,
or normal operation? |
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| | McKBrew 07/19/2008 Thanks. Have a great day. |
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