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Offline klickitat jim

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Puzzle
« on: November 29, 2017, 06:58:04 am »
I like some English beers. London Pride is probably my favorite. I got it at something or other Station in Portland, Oregon a couple years ago.

I'm drinking one of my APAs right now. Simple grain bill, moderate bittering, gob of Vic Secret and Cascade in whirlpool, 1056... I brewed it in February. The keg has been in at 35f ever since. I just noticed, it's developing an "English" character,  just like the London Pride I got in Portland.

What do you think is causing that?

Makes me think I should bottle a few and enter it as an ESB. Instant 45 point winner lol.
« Last Edit: November 29, 2017, 07:03:13 am by klickitat jim »

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Re: Puzzle
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2017, 08:00:36 am »
Oxidation.
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Re: Puzzle
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2017, 12:37:23 pm »
Oxidation.
I hate to say it, but that's probably it. Fullers ESB is one of my favorite English beers, but the flavor is night and day when you compare a fresh sample versus one with some age on it.

That said, I don't mind older samples. They start to lose their fresh hop flavor, but they start to pick notes of honey/caramel/fig. For whatever reason, English styles seem less adversely affected by oxidation compared to something like a pale lager or an IPA.
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Re: Puzzle
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2017, 01:09:29 pm »
Oxidation.

This.

I actually don't mind a bit of oxidation in my beer.  In competition, it's usually a fault.  But in non-comp situations, it's okay with me.
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Re: Puzzle
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2017, 05:37:27 pm »
Oxidation.

This.

I actually don't mind a bit of oxidation in my beer.  In competition, it's usually a fault.  But in non-comp situations, it's okay with me.

Unless the competition judges only have Fullers or other British beers from bottles as a point of reference. Then they want that sweet oxidized character. Having had it fresh at the brewery, and in bottles here, I no longer drink the bottles here.
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Re: Puzzle
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2017, 01:42:40 pm »
Yeah, if I want an English Bitter, I make my own  ;)
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