Some friends were over on Friday, and I was convinced to throw one of the bottled experiments onto the porch, which becomes a beer garden as soon as the temperature drops below 40F. It was really good. The carbonation wasn't as strong, but that's understandable because it hasn't been in the bottle long enough.
It was very smooth, and had an excellent bitterness. The Cascade hops were very discernible, and definitely left that lingering bite which I'm trying to minimize. The two experiments currently fermenting were specifically designed to address this.
There are a few more experiments I want to do with hops to fine tune the profile, but I'm concerned that, once I start experimenting with grains, the flavors that result will sort of change how the hops come through. So maybe I should just keep it simple for now, and wait to do any tweaking. This means that, if one of the combos in the fermenter work, I will start the grains with the next batches in a little over two weeks.
I'm trying to get suggestions on how best to pull this off. Research time.
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