CS12 - Barnsey Clone

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Permalink Reply by Duncan Emo on December 24, 2014 at 2:58pm

Hey Peter - First Case Swap 12 beer for me and its a good one. As you know I'm a heathen with UK Bitters but as the last case swap did - it opened my palate to "bitter" goodness.

Apperance - nice dark golden/brown with a good head that remained for a long time. Good carbonation.

Aroma - not familiar with Bramling Cross hops but picked up the floral but sort of butterscotch scent

Taste and Mouthfeel - good bit of bitter zing on the tongue. Roasty and malty.

Good stuff Peter - nice to get a 740ml!

Permalink Reply by Ryan Perkins on December 29, 2014 at 8:30am

Very enjoyable beer Peter nice and refreshing, could easily drink a few.  Interesting floral aroma that didn't hide the malt and with a slight spicy flavour.  Long lasting head and a colour similar to the beer on the label with a good amount of bitterness that remained.  I will have to look out for the original to compare.

Permalink Reply by Peter Smith on December 31, 2014 at 1:25pm

Cheers guys, I Burtonised the water held back a little bit and had no epsom salts.   I am going to cut the dark crystal back a bit, try about 50g of roasted barley in there. this one came out almost ESB strength so will edge off a touch as I think its better a bit thinner, I didnt temp control this one as my garage was about 16C I think it could have done with a decent lift to 21 for a few days.

I am keen to give BC hops another crack.   I will def use Gelatine next time and keg to get the carb right...   I am a little over bottling

Permalink Reply by Peter Church on January 8, 2015 at 7:57pm

So straight from the bottle this one was over carbed to me, big head, foaming in the mouth, however good flavour.

I let the gas dissipate for a while and came back to it, what a transformation, This is a really interesting beer, I got a spice flavour that was great, clove meets nutmeg. Good malt character, long lasting head. A good beer Pete once the carb level settled down. Thanks for sharing, definitely want to try this yeast.

Permalink Reply by Richard Jack on January 15, 2015 at 8:18pm

Hey, so this was pretty overcarbed for me. It poured cloudy.
Aroma is big malt, with a bit of spice that reminds me of carrot cake. Maybe a touch of banana? Could have been a warm ferment?
Has a nice bitterness, body seems fine but a prickly kind of mouthfeel from the carb.
No idea what the original is like so I don't know how close you are, but there isn't the fruity / floral sort of yeast character that maybe I'd expect to find paired with this malt body? Maybe a yeast change would benefit if you rebrew?
Enjoyable beer, cheers.