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greatplainsbrewer
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English brown ale
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May 24, 2013, 08:47:23 PM »
I have a friend ( no it isn't actually me
who brewed an older kit of brewers best English brown ale. The beer tastes strongly of dried fruit and he's worried. It isn't a particularly bad taste but I've never run across an English brown with really pronounced dried fruit tastes. Any thoughts?
Thanks
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Joe Sr.
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Re: English brown ale
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May 24, 2013, 09:07:14 PM »
Old LME? Older LME will give you off flavors. It also darkens as it ages.
IIRC, over pitching helps reduce the old flavors.
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greatplainsbrewer
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Re: English brown ale
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May 24, 2013, 09:20:48 PM »
My understanding was that it was lme-I'm not actually familiar with the kit. I thought old lme would be more of an oxidized flavor
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tschmidlin
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Re: English brown ale
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May 25, 2013, 02:04:01 AM »
Oxidized flavors can be like dried fruit, depending on the malt bill. But it could also be the recipe, dark crystal comes across as dried fruit too.
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Tom Schmidlin
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Re: English brown ale
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May 25, 2013, 03:28:58 AM »
Quote from: tschmidlin on May 25, 2013, 02:04:01 AM
But it could also be the recipe, dark crystal comes across as dried fruit too.
+1 - especially the darker English crystal malts. Personally, that plummy/toffee note is a flavor I really enjoy. I'm always sneaking some Extra Dark English Crystal into my malty English beers whenever I can (including my browns).
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