Tasting Mark's beer

[GAM]

Mark

Your Silver is a nice beer What was the score sheet. If I has my shit ready I would have had the judging discription and given it a go through.

The Pool side blond was a little sweet but as a summer beer it was nice.

Sandy

[GuingesRock]

Thanks for the feedback Sandy. I don't have the score sheets yet. Keely and Jimmy told me, when my beer got fucked up by some gone off hops someone sold me, to go back to square one, that was the one that got silver, except I used conan instead of 05. The 05 version got 37.3 at the Big Spruce. I think the Poolside is better, that's why I keep waiting for A.L.E.S results. It has my new chemistry.

[GAM]

Very good. Little Timmy and his wife were inpressed. The sweetness in the PSB was not an issue but noticable.

Thanks again.

Sandy

[GuingesRock]

The poolside blonde got a gold at M.A.L.T. I thought it would do ok. I take my beers Brian, the shoe shop guy in Wolfville and he reports back. He’s a craft beer fanatic and he said the poolside blonde would get a gold.

It’s my lucky numbers chemistry that I think did the trick. 7g Gypsum, 3g Epsom salts and 7mls of phosphoric acid. That, and I stopped using rotten hops that someone was selling me online. Note: smell your hops before you throw them in, and if they smell like toe cheese don’t use them. I have several competition scores back now that confirm bad hops …live and learn.

I Brewed the poolside blonde again and threw in some thawed and blended frozen raspberries on day 4 of my 6 day primary ferment in the brew kettle, then I kegged to kegs with dip tubes shortened by 1 1/2" and left at room temp for 2 days before putting into the keezer for chilling and carbonating. It was nice for drinking after 2 days in the keezer. Picture below is after a week carbonating in the keezer, and I would say it is now at it's prime.

I think the sweetness was from the carapils, but it may actually have helped with the tartness of the raspberries.

I’m going to bottle a whole keg if anyone wants to try it.

Thanks for the help on the raspberry thread.

[GuingesRock]

Bottling this from the keg today with Blichmann gun. Made up the labels.

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[NASH]

If you didn't somehow sanitize the berries and blender, the beer will go off. Also, you may consider giving the natural raspberry sugars a little more time to ferment out. Just sayin'.

Congrats on the win!

[GuingesRock]

Oh shit! I'm going to have to drink it all right away. How long have I got?