Friday, February 14, 2014

Batch 58 Vienna tasting notes

Pours cloudy orange amber, bigger head than needed, light tan head, laces and stays ok.

Aroma - vanilla/caramel malt smell, with hints of spiced fruit.

Mouthfeel - somewhat toothy, but overcarbonated, taking away/interfering too much with body.  Could skip the 154 mash rest, but need less priming sugar, too.

Flavor - pleasant malt flavor, kind of 'scotchy' (could introduce some pils, reduce golden promise), munich doesn't really work here, could reduce caramel a touch.  Hop bitterness is too high, but aroma is missing and would help this balance better.

Finish - underlying hop bitterness comes through, malt finish is munich, slight fruity yeast at finish, but not enough to balance.

Overall - overcarbed so hard to tell what's going on, might be a good effort with 20% less priming sugar.

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