An Exchange With JPSherman from our RCE

[Brewbirds]

So you've seen the RCE JPS and the Brewbirds did and he sent us a couple of others which we shared on Sunday; here is my review (BB2 kept talking chemistry stuff ):

F Amber - 11/14

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Pours with small head and some lacing.

Very dark with red opaque hue but with no chocolate or roasty notes curious if early extract addition of Amber extract (this is BB2's chemistry class thinking Malliard reaction on color).

Mild and pleasant aroma that we think might be stone fruit.

Crisp, slightly dry and refreshing mouthfeel though lightly carbed.

Very balanced with mild bittering and some stone fruit tones.

Think Session Porter (BB2)

Mouthfeel seemed to have thinned as head deminished (?)


L A A 10 - 28

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Pours with small off whit head and some lacing.

Bright amber orange slightly opaque color,

Aroma is fruity citrus reminding of tangerine.

Balance is close leaning to sweet maltiness but with lingering bitterness but getting citrus/tangerine notes in the flavor.

Lightly carbed and slightly thin mouthfeel.

Overall impression is that JP is putting together very good recipes for extract beers that taste great but maybe up the Carapils for head retention/improve on thinness.

JP you sure know how to mix and match your ingredients to come up with some pretty awesome brews sir.

[FedoraDave]

They sure LOOK mighty tasty. I especially like the appearance of the second one. Very inviting color.

[jpsherman]

Thanks for the reviews!

I have a tendency to slightly undercarb because I am afraid of bottle-bombs. I typically shoot for a 2.5 CO2 volume thingy.

My pipeline has been a bit thin for a while thanks to work stress, so I went with the two best beers I had that were ready to drink.

Both beers are actually BREWDEMON mods!!!!

"F Amber"

2.8 oz CaraPils (the last bit of the bag)
4 oz C60
1.2 oz Chocolate malt
.55# MrB Robust LME
1.21# American Prophecy HME
1.21#Hellfire Red Ale HME
1968 London ESB smackpack (MrB had it discounted and was expired when I got it so I tossed in a 2g BREWDEMON packet after there was little activity for 2 days)

"LAA"

1.21# Cult Classic American Ale HME
1.21# Pale Export LME
14.6 oz Amber DME
.25 oz Liberty for 15 min
.25 oz Liberty for 5 min

Its funny how the beer without CaraPils has better head and lacing (not a fluke, I noticed too). My steep temp dropped down into the 140's with the F Amber, could that account for thinner beer?

[Brewbirds]

Its funny how the beer without CaraPils has better head and lacing (not a fluke, I noticed too). My steep temp dropped down into the 140's with the F Amber, could that account for thinner beer?

Interesting observation on the Carapils. Maybe there was some in the HME. I don't think the steep temp would it; if it was a pm you would have gottem more fermentables but the crystal and chocolate were mostly for color but would add a few gravity points.

We usually add 4 to 6 ounces of Carapils to an LBK sized batch.