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Beer Review – Phillips Krypton Rye IPA
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Beer Tasting, Photography on March 19, 2012
Name: Phillip’s Krypton Rye IPA
Origin: BC, Canada
Style: IPA (6.5%)
Apperance: A very yellow ale, though a bit more cloudy then the Hop Circle. Nice, foamy head with very good retention.
Taste: Lots of grassy hops in this IPA. A malty base, followed up quickly with a very bitter, floral hop flavour. Some notes of pepper are also detected.
Mouth Feel: A filling ale just like its brother. Chalky mouth feel from the high IBU.
Final Thoughts: 3.0/5 – This is an IPA with lots of hops, but this ale does not balance out well. The lack of sweetness really made the hops overbearing and almost (I hate to say it) unpleasant.
Beer Review – Alley Kat Cringer Ale
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Beer Tasting, Photography on February 22, 2012
It’s been over a month since my last review. Too be honest I have only tried a couple new beers in the past several weeks so now I am drawing on old, unwritten reviews I have saved for these dry periods. With the child coming any day now beer is off the menu.
Name: Alley Kat Cringer Ale
Origin: Edmonton, Canada
Style: Fruit Ale (4.8%)
Apperance: A cloudy, caramel coloured ale, that pours with a soft, creamy head. Excellent retention.
Taste: The aroma is sweet and cranberry like, also with some spicy ginger that really dominates. The flavour is similar, starting spicy, with strong notes of ginger on a malty background. Some sweet notes of cranberries are detected which balances the strong spiciness of the ginger.
Mouth Feel: Medium body, filling, creamy to drink. Surprisingly easy to quaff considering the ingredients used to spice up this ale.
Final Thoughts:3.5/5 – A very unique and interesting beer from Alley Kat. I drank this back in the Christmas season so it really fit well with the holidays. Even though its called Ginger Ale, it is NOT a ginger beer, but rather an ale spiced with ginger and cranberry.
I believe this is approaching Everest. Great shot by my friends!
日本語の勉強 ー 新しい言葉
Posted by bradinator in Japan, Japanese Language, Language Practice, Photography on February 16, 2012
友達のブログから 新しい言葉を 習いました。
New Words —
変える （かえる） － To Change （V）
湿地 （しっち） － Wetlands （N）それとも Wetland （のーAdj）
特に （とくに） － Especially （Adverb）
ふとん － Futon （N）
頃 （ごろ） － Around, approximate (time) （N）
やはり － Also, in spite of （N）
行動 （こうどう） － Action, behaviour, mobilization （N－する）
充実 （じゅうじつ） － Fulfillment （N－する）
生活 （せいかつ） － One’s life, living （N－する）
~ように － Seems like （http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/j_gram_summ.html#appendix）＜＜ 日本語の文法は いい文献です。
Home Brew – Mead. Is. Go.
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Home Brewing, Photography on January 21, 2012
You know last week I would have been happy if the mead finished at anything around 1.030 (which would have been horrifically sweet). Just took a reading and its sitting at 1.011 (11%ABV) and still fermenting like crazy. If it does not stall out over the next 7 days I think its going to hit below 1.000.
Logan’s Birthday Meads are a go!
Home Brew – Meads away.
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Home Brewing, Photography on January 17, 2012
I just kept throwing nutrient and energizer at it and viola! Mead has started up again. I hope the large amount of nutrient and DAP based energizer won’t affect the final flavour of the mead, but even if it does this is going to age for a long, long time. Todays reading was 1.039. It just needs to drop 40 more points and I will be a happy-pappy.
Mother nature has bared her teeth today. Its hard to believe it was +3C on Friday and -38C (with wind) now.
Beer Review – Phillips Longboat Chocolate Flavoured Porter
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Beer Tasting, Photography, Travel on January 5, 2012
Name: Phillips Longboat Chocolate Flavoured Porter
Origin: BC, Canada
Style: Chocolate Porter (5.2%)
Apperance: Nice dark brown, nearly black porter. Big froathy head that shrinks away quickly leaving a tan cream coloured top for the duration of the drink.
Taste: The main aromas are cherries and chocolate. The flavour is very similar, starting with sweet cherries and raisins. It then a sweet chocolate which proceeds to a bitter chocolate and piney hop flavour. Clean finish with just a light aftertaste of chocolate
Mouth Feel: Creamy, very filling and surprisingly refreshing for a porter. Medium body.
Final Thoughts: 4.0/5 – Where most porters are heavy and rich, Longboat akes a different spin on it. It is lighter and very refreshing, but not so much to subdue its fine flavors. Cocoa is very detectable but I am unsure if they used lactose in this batch due to the lighter palette. Nice balance of bitter and sweet.
Donkeys. On a road.
Home Brew – Gravities of Mead and Bitter Ale
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Home Brewing, Photography, Travel on January 4, 2012
I did the first nutrient addition to the mead last night, plus stirred it wildly for about 5 minutes. I added about a 1/2 tablespoon of DAP and Yeast Energizer. This is a few days late, but I believe its better late then never. This morning I continued to stir the mead to remove the CO2 and took a gravity reading which is still showing signs of fermentation; 1.073. Its got a long way to go, but mead is not a rushed brew.
I also took a reading of the Harpy New Years! Bitter ale. Its sitting around 1.020 and appears to still be fermenting. It is probably pretty close to being finished fermenting, but I won’t be touching it until the end of the month.
Another photo my friend took. I believe this is somewhere in Nepal.