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Thank you. The French Bouclier hops are calling to me too.

I really wasn't supposed to do this but a one week post bottling QC test is in progress.
I'm not surprised by no head yet, although there is a bit of carb bubbles rising.
But more important, I thought I had failed totally on the body since my OG and FG numbers were not matching well with the expected. It seems that may not be the case. There is a bit of a syrupy thickness to the body to stand up to the hopping rate. WOW!

Another QC test at 3 weeks carbing. One bottle thrown in the freezer for 30 minutes.

I'm tasting a slight fruit now. So I look at the "tasting notes" from the recipe:
Big, thick, right and bloody nasty! Spicy herbs and marmalade. Sweet and bitter with plenty of hop tannins...

Sounds about right.

Here's a pour pic:

That is beautiful! How does it taste?

LouieMacGoo wrote:That is beautiful! How does it taste?

It's wonderful. And you're right that the "marmalade" starts becoming stronger.

That looks great, not that I think I've ever seen an ugly beer....

Congrats on the successful partnership.

@The_Professor, just wondering if you ever tried the one I sent you? Sorry if you posted it somewhere else and I missed it.

LouieMacGoo wrote:@The_Professor, just wondering if you ever tried the one I sent you? Sorry if you posted it somewhere else and I missed it.

No you didn't miss it and no I haven't tried it yet.
The pic I posted of the BOTM award was taken yesterday with the bottle you sent me and a bottle of mine. I am not worried about trying it quickly since it will only get better with age. I will probably drink the one you sent me when I finally get one of mine on it's way to you.

Not sure where to report this, so may as well just do it here - but I am not seeing any pics that The Professor posts. It's no a browser thing, I've tried it in 4 different browsers now. But every post where he says here is a pic... I see nothing but blank space followed by his signature spoiler expandable things.

mashani wrote:Not sure where to report this, so may as well just do it here - but I am not seeing any pics that The Professor posts. It's no a browser thing, I've tried it in 4 different browsers now. But every post where he says here is a pic... I see nothing but blank space followed by his signature spoiler expandable things.

Is it just his picture or all pictures?

I see other people pictures. It seems to just be his. I do not know if it is related to his signatures or not (most other folks don't use the spoiler/expandable signatures). It's the only other thing "special" about his messages.

Nope, it's not as simple as the spoiler/expander thing. Dawg has a post of him in a kilt in the trip forum, and I see that - and he has one of those spoiler/expander things.

This is an example of what I see. This was in Chrome, but I see it in IE 11, Firefox, and also Edge too.

mashani wrote:This is an example of what I see. This was in Chrome, but I see it in IE 11, Firefox, and also Edge too.

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Does the pic show with a direct link?

EDIT: I didn't see it was just in Chrome at first.