I spend some of my Saturdays doing something I love and find it as a great hobby at the same time. I’m talking about homebrewing. Yes, I brew my own beer at home, and I really enjoy it! And today is a day to taste my last beer made a few months ago.
In this case, I was trying to reproduce the recipe of the Scottish brewery BrewDog and their beer named Punk IPA. I assumed that the effect won’t be the same since they are brewing commercially and I’m doing it at home. And I wasn’t wrong. But was I far away from the role model? Let’s find out.
Let’s start with short characteristics and parameters.
Style: India Pale Ale
BLG: 13°
ABV: 5,5%
IBU: 70-80
Malts: Pale Ale, Caramel
Hops: Chinnok (USA), Ahtanum (USA), Simcoe (USA), Nelson Sauvin (NZ), Cascade (USA)
Yeast: Wyeast - American Ale
The label was designed by my brother. It contains all needed information and no complicated graphics. The design was made before Steemit logo changed, that is why there is an old one there.
The first thing that can be noticed when the beer is poured into a glass is high saturation. This causes a beer head to be big, thick and surprisingly very lasting. But it leaves only small lacing on the glass. The color of the beer is copper-amber and it looks great. However, it should be a little bit lighter. The beer is very clear, which is good.
The aroma is a little bit neuter - I can small malts and citrus fruits and almost imperceptible notes of yeast. I was expecting a little bit more considering the used hops.
The taste is however very interesting, but I have to admit that it is dominated by bitterness which is present from the beginning to the end. But this was intentional, so I'm very happy about that :) Besides that, I can taste some citrus fruits and malts. The general impression is more than satisfying. As I mentioned before, the saturation is high which makes this beer very refreshing.
To sum up, I must say that I wasn't able to "copy" the BrewDog's original beer, but the effect I gain is very cool. It's just tasty, drinkable beer.
There is one more thing that I want to show you. I won’t describe the whole process in this article, there will be time for that in the future. But I will share some photos just to give you a brief look at how this work looks like.
So, how was your #BeerSaturday? Mine was great! I hope I encouraged you to read more about homebrewing or even to try it by yourself. Cheers!
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