
To summarize Huntress 1.1:
The aroma smells like opening a bag of Amarillo hops and taking a whiff. (....well maybe not THAT strong) It tastes like a big juiced up Bell's Two Hearted IPA with heavy melon and citrus note4s. There is very little lingering bitterness and a very silky mouthfeel. The head retention isn't very good and that will be tweaked and could be a product of too much FermCap S used at the end of the boil. At 8.2% abv this tasty treat is sneaky after a fair amount of conditioning time.
This is certainly a recipe worth re-brewing and sharing with all of you fine folks. Here it is:
Batch Size: 5.5 Gallons Bottling Volume Target: 5 gallons
Targets: OG: 1.070 ABV 7.3% IBUs: 56 SRM: 5.4 Mash PH: 5.2
- The mash step temperature is 152 F for 60 minutes for a medium body
- Primary fermentation should be 65 F
- Dry hops are 5 days before bottling
- Bottling calculations are for 2.4 volumes of CO2
- Let this beer condition for a full 4 weeks and cold condition for at least 5 days
So far all of my bottles are a little darker than my gravity samples. I believe that they were slightly oxidized but that is a problem with my process and not the recipe. You folks with CO2 access and kegs shouldn't have that problem.
To see the grain to glass video visit our YouTube channel by clicking HERE. I should have waited another week before sampling the beer. If conditioned out some of the flaws that I was picking up during the tasting portion of the video.
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