Brewer’s Cache

Just finished the last glass of Elaine’s Big Head Pale Ale and the keg went dry.   The hop flavor of this beer mellowed out nicely over time hoppyness but it maintained a fantastic balance with the malt. ’Tis a shame that it didn’t last a couple of more days.  I have some relative coming in tomorrow and was hoping to share a glass of this ale with them.   The Somegood wheat beer has also improved considerably in the last month.  For a while there, I was always tasting some faint aftertaste that I just couldn’t identify; this has since disappear and Somegood wheat has turned out to be a nice drinkable pint.

I only have a two tap system and this provided me to a chance to tap the Sim City India Pale ale that has been waiting in the keg for almost two months now.   I drew a pint of the Sim City IPA to clear the bottom of the keg and then filled one up for me.   Being my first IPA, and a homegrown recipe at that, I had been concerned with the bitterness.  With a Bu/Gu of .75, a harsh bitterness would put the tastebuds on your tongue into and then out of their misery.  I was pleased to find that this new beer has a nice smooth but distinct bitterness that I think will really continue to age nicely.  I will give an observation on this ale in about a week when it reaches it terminal carbonation level.

Also today,  after leaving Jamil’s American Brown Ale in the primary one full month to they day, I will be racking it off directly into the keg where it will sit cold condition until the other tap is free.

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