Simcoe Tasting

Ok, so my IPA in Muenchen II (an All-Simcoe beer) recipe had been bottled, and is now ready for tasting. Let me first say how excited I am about this beer. This beer is basically a hop delivery system. First, it consisted of a late hop addition, exclusively. Second, I did not dry hop it because I did not want to impart extra aroma due the experiment with this late hop only (10 minutes, all hops went into the boil).

I needed to check how much aroma went into the brew without staining of a dry hop addition.

So, the tasting, look and feel of the beer. LOL

1. The head is thick, and long lasting. So far so good.
2. The color is spot on according to the recipe I posted earlier. Nice
3. The aroma... piney and fruity, I can not say much more about it, except that it is obvious.
4. Bitterness, normal for a pale ale, not necessarily IPA numbers, according to taste of course.
5. Flavor... yes, this beer is a hop delivery system. The first impression I had when I drank it was ORANGE. Nice. No need to add fruit extracts when you can pull similar flavors from the hops.
6. Mouthfeel. Great, it is not as dry as my last beer. I am not sure what the FG gravity is at the moment since I do not have a hydrometer. But, I would guess 1.012 - 1.015 or so.
7. It must be the Munich water. I can not complain, the water is the best tasting tap I have ever had, and this goes into the beer somehow.