Advent # 31 "Yule Cat" Oud Bruin

[gm-]

Named after a horrid Icelandic yuletide monster, the Yule cat, that ate poor children that didn't get anything for Yule.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_Cat


Style: Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin
OG: 1.068 SG
Estimated Color: 19.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 22.5 IBUs
FG:? probably low, will measure it when I bottle tomorrow

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
5.16 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 86.0 %
0.21 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 2 3.5 %
0.21 kg Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.5 %
0.21 kg Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.5 %
0.11 kg Amber Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 5 1.8 %
0.10 kg Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 6 1.7 %
45.00 g Tettnang [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 22.5 IBUs
1.0 pkg Roselare Belgian Blend (Wyeast Labs #376 Yeast 8 -
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 9 -

Was first fermented with US-05 for 4 days, then transferred to a carboy with the Roselare bug blend where it has been sitting for almost 4 months. Few grams of US-05 added before bottling to ensure carbonation.

[jeffsmith]

Really looking forward to this one. Love the flavour that the Roselare blend produces.

[mcgster]

Jon if you have any extra i'd love to try one of these!

[CorneliusAlphonse]

Haha, yule cat is awesome!

[Keith]

Gonna be epic. Best for last? We shall see!!!

[gm-]

Very excited to taste all those beers in the calendar. Bottled this on Saturday, tasted very good imho. Maybe a bit too much chocolate malt, but it has some nice funk/sourness from the roselare blend. Brewing up another batch on Wednesday, this time without the amber and chocolate and pitching the dregs from the first version.

[CorneliusAlphonse]

Just drinking this, very delicious. Nice tart aroma. Flavour more balanced flavour. Nice.

[Jimmy]

Drinking this right now and really enjoying it. This is one of my favourite styles and I've yet to brew one. Hoping to get on the Flanders train this year.

[jtmwhyte]

Never tried one of these before but I'm digging it. Can't see myself being interested in brewing sours of any kind based on my experiences with them, but this is great

[GuingesRock]

First night I didn't drink the beer on the proper day. This one sounds awesome. Was out at a party but back drinking martinis with my wife (it's our anniversary at midnight too) and I wouldn't do it justice. She's putting Max to bed. Why do I feel guilty? I promise I'll drink it tomorrow ...if only to cure a hangover. This Advent has been a fantastic event for us (Brewnosers) and has furthered brewing in the maritimes to no end.



Next time we should expand it with shipping to include our Newfoundland brodders (Max refers to his brother as "my brodder") and sisters (he doesn't have a sister so I don't know the proper terminology for that).

[CartoonCod]

Very nice, the funky character is somewhat restrained but its complex and interacts nicely with the malt. I like the chocolate character in this one. There is just a bit of tartness but in the right range. I'm getting a hint of diacetyl which is ok for the style and adds complexity.

Cheers, this calender finished on quite a high note!

[jmacdonald]

Another great beer. Well done! A great end to a great advent.

[jeffsmith]

Enjoyed this with our take our Chinese take out last night. Really great beer. Not as sour as I was expecting but still tasty.

[Woody]

I enjoyed this beer as well. I'm not someone who is into the sour beer as much as others but they are slowly growing on me. I really enjoyed the small amount in this along with the darker malts. Good job and thanks!!

[GuingesRock]

Even though I have a cold, this seems full of flavour and is smooth drinking. A special beer.

Thanks Jon,

[jtmwhyte]

Unless it's getting muled I'm not paying for shipping. It was tough enough to get everything ready and to Halifax from this area on time let alone to Newfoundland and Labrador.

[HappyHopper]

Wow this guy is yummy!

[gm-]

Glad you guys liked it, going to crack one of mine open tonight

[gm-]

Drinking one of mine right now, the tartness has definitely increased since I tasted it last time. Will save my last bottle.for comparison with batch 2.0 of this beer.

[HappyHopper]

Id like to have the one year old version of this