Sunday, January 19, 2014

Batch 54 Tripel tasting notes

Side by side with Chimay White Cinq Cents Tripel

Pours slightly hazy gold, big white even head, identical.

Aroma: original a little boozy, slight perfume, mine more malty, yeast. Very close.

Mouth feel: original a tad more toothy, but carb is identical, mouth feel very similar.

Flavor: mine has a little more malt bite, otherwise yeast dominant flavor, slight hop edge near the end.

Finish: almost identical, slight hop edge cleans palate nicely.  Original is more hoppy/aromatic/fragrant to finish on big gulp.

Overall: Wow, very good try, could back off on Munich a little, find a more perfumy hop for later in the boil, maybe add 5 IBUs at 15 mins with something piney like Simcoe, raise mash temp 1 or 2 df.

Pretty buzzed after this tasting!

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