The Digital Beest » wishfull thinking http://blog.ajvanbeest.com AJ Van Beest's snark, vitriol, and naval gazing Thu, 27 May 2010 15:28:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Dissapointment Brown http://blog.ajvanbeest.com/archives/523 http://blog.ajvanbeest.com/archives/523#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:43:00 +0000 A.J. Van Beest http://blog.ajvanbeest.com/?p=523 I’ve got a keg full of brown ale. And it’s ok. But not great. I had high-ish hopes for this batch, but honestly, it tastes a whole lot like the red ale I made before. Heck, for that matter, it looks pretty similar, too. It’s got the same thin mouth feel, and occasionally, I get a whiff of wort (mostly the wet barley part) from my glass.

Of course, I did learn a little somethin’ somethin’ from this batch: The Brewer’s Best kits are pretty much crap. I mean, I kind of suspected, but this is just icing on the cake. And now I’ve got a keg full of the stuff, that I’m gonna have to suck down. *sigh* The things I do for my beer…

Of course, it’s not all bad new on the brew front: I also have a carboy of IPA made from a Northern Brewer kit that I’m really looking forward to. It’s sitting in the basement at about 55 degrees, (hopefully) clarifying and gaining a little character for the glass.

I’m thinking, though, that it’s time to move away from kits on to partial — or even full! — mash brews that I can control completely. Look out beerville; here I come!

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