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mmmmm, otter malt and fuggles.
 
Marris Otter is a winter harvested barley that is malted using the traditional and much more labor intensive floor malting technique. Is is the gold standard English malt and the only base grain I use any more.

Fuggles...I don't really like. They are common in the kinds of bitter I brew but I have switched to using exclusively East Kent Goldings hops. Many people describe fuggles as having a distinct cat piss quality and I pretty much agree. If in that beer they are the bittering hop then the cat piss character will be minimal to nonexistent. If they are the finishing hop then I might end up not liking that beer.

East Kent Goldings has a somewhat earthy and floral character. Germany has the corner on what are called noble hops, but EKG is often considered either a noble or a nearly nobel hop. Nobel hops are low in alpha acids and cumulone, making them especially smooth and plesant.

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I brewed today so I'm feeling especially frisky when it comes to beer.

I made an Imperial Irish Red Ale, but I'm flipping the script and calling my imperial ale a Dynastic ale, because this beer was originally brewed in honor of my wife.

Just to throw extra info out there that no one probably cares about but the first version of the beer I brewed today I brewed under a blood moon. It was called "Young Red Dragon Dynasty" but I'm still working on the name. The first one was a 5%ABV beer, this one is an "imperial" version meaning that it has a higher abv, which should come in a little above 7%. So, instead of calling it "Young Red Dragon Dynasty" I'm going to call it "Red Dragon" a Dynastic Irish Red Ale. I think it's a funny play on the use of the word imperial and it still honors my wife.

Just for unneeded clarification, my wife has red(ish)--don't tell her I said red(ish), she's pretty sure it's red--hair and was born the year of the dragon and her name is Dynasty.

Here's a pic I want to use for the label but it is copyrighted.

the_young_red_dragon_postcard-r58edb95717854155b3df01cdd131b0b1_vgbaq_8byvr_324.jpg
 
Gameface said:
I brewed today so I'm feeling especially frisky when it comes to beer.

I made an Imperial Irish Red Ale, but I'm flipping the script and calling my imperial ale a Dynastic ale, because this beer was originally brewed in honor of my wife.

Just to throw extra info out there that no one probably cares about but the first version of the beer I brewed today I brewed under a blood moon. It was called "Young Red Dragon Dynasty" but I'm still working on the name. The first one was a 5%ABV beer, this one is an "imperial" version meaning that it has a higher abv, which should come in a little above 7%. So, instead of calling it "Young Red Dragon Dynasty" I'm going to call it "Red Dragon" a Dynastic Irish Red Ale. I think it's a funny play on the use of the word imperial and it still honors my wife.

Just for unneeded clarification, my wife has red(ish)--don't tell her I said red(ish), she's pretty sure it's red--hair and was born the year of the dragon and her name is Dynasty.

Here's a pic I want to use for the label but it is copyrighted.

the_young_red_dragon_postcard-r58edb95717854155b3df01cdd131b0b1_vgbaq_8byvr_324.jpg
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That a picture of danaerys?
 
fishonjazz said:
Cool
When am I coming over to drink beer with you?
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Yeah, I still owe you big time.

This batch will be ready to drink in about three weeks.

But forreal, you want to hit up 'Bout Time or somewhere else one of these weekends the tab is on me.
 
Gameface said:
I brewed today so I'm feeling especially frisky when it comes to beer.

I made an Imperial Irish Red Ale, but I'm flipping the script and calling my imperial ale a Dynastic ale, because this beer was originally brewed in honor of my wife.

Just to throw extra info out there that no one probably cares about but the first version of the beer I brewed today I brewed under a blood moon. It was called "Young Red Dragon Dynasty" but I'm still working on the name. The first one was a 5%ABV beer, this one is an "imperial" version meaning that it has a higher abv, which should come in a little above 7%. So, instead of calling it "Young Red Dragon Dynasty" I'm going to call it "Red Dragon" a Dynastic Irish Red Ale. I think it's a funny play on the use of the word imperial and it still honors my wife.

Just for unneeded clarification, my wife has red(ish)--don't tell her I said red(ish), she's pretty sure it's red--hair and was born the year of the dragon and her name is Dynasty.

Here's a pic I want to use for the label but it is copyrighted.
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That sounds like a really good beer. Irish reds are always my favorite. Hard to find good ones here though. When is all of Jazzfanz coming over to watch a game and drink your beer?

Joking aside someone should arrange a Beer and Jazz night. Where everyone brings good beer and we try a bunch of different stuff and watch the Jazz. I would do it since I have a decent movie room to watch the games in but people dont like coming to Provo.
 
Broncster said:
That sounds like a really good beer. Irish reds are always my favorite. Hard to find good ones here though. When is all of Jazzfanz coming over to watch a game and drink your beer?

Joking aside someone should arrange a Beer and Jazz night. Where everyone brings good beer and we try a bunch of different stuff and watch the Jazz. I would do it since I have a decent movie room to watch the games in but people dont like coming to Provo.
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Yeah, Provo sucks.

I'm kidding though, If you'd do something like that I'd do everything I could to be there and to have some beer for people to try.
 
Gameface said:
Yeah, Provo sucks.

I'm kidding though, If you'd do something like that I'd do everything I could to be there and to have some beer for people to try.
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Well maybe if we had some interest I would think about it, would have to be in March or after for me.
 
Broncster said:
That sounds like a really good beer. Irish reds are always my favorite. Hard to find good ones here though. When is all of Jazzfanz coming over to watch a game and drink your beer?

Joking aside someone should arrange a Beer and Jazz night. Where everyone brings good beer and we try a bunch of different stuff and watch the Jazz. I would do it since I have a decent movie room to watch the games in but people dont like coming to Provo.
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I would definitely come but you are right about provo being an issue..... that's a long way to drink and drive
 
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