Monday, April 9, 2007

Some Updates

After another week or so, the Chocolate Hazelnut Porter's roastiness has really mellowed out. It is quite amazing what one week can do for this particular beer in the bottle.

I have opened a bottle of the "Weizenbock accident", and the beer is superb. It is basically a weak Weizenbock. Not quite dunkelweizen, but supremely smooth and drinkable. Even though the FG fell below 1.010, it seems to have very good body. This must be due to a good percentage of wheat (I think I was a hair over 60% or so). I did not have high hopes for it, but it has turned out much better than expected.

I believe I still owe all of these great beers to the Munich tap water. This is by far the best tasting water I have ever drank (this includes all bottled water as well). When brewing in other cities, I vow to replicate this water as best I can. I know the RA is for darker beers, but if I need to make a lighter beer, I guess I could try to get many of the minerals as close as possible, while keeping the RA down.

I must admit, if the above sounds crazy, it is because I do not know much about water chemistry. Soon enough I will need to start mucking with it.