CS3 - James P's Patriot

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Permalink Reply by Alasdair on July 27, 2009 at 9:55pm

Had this one last night.

Big, fresh citrus hop aroma with a touch of sweetness too. Damn this beer is clear. Quite pale too.

I got lemon/lime flavours - hop flavour doesn't quite live up to the promise of the aroma - with some caramel flavour and some malty sweetness in the finish alongside an assertive but very more-ish bitterness.

More like a summer ale for me in body and flavour. A bit on the thin side and could do with more hop and malt through the middle. But really easy drinking and well brewed.

Cheers.

Permalink Reply by denimglen on July 28, 2009 at 5:17pm

Floral and citrus - lemon and mandarin nose. Some gentle caramel and bread coming through in the aroma.

Clear, golden.

Peachy/apricot hop-ester-combo flavour, nice crisp, slightly resiny, bitter finish. Clean beer.

Improvements, maybe a dry hop, and a little Cl just to round out those malt flavours.

Good work, brew strong!

Permalink Reply by Soren on July 28, 2009 at 6:06pm

nice label, perfect golden color and very clear.
some citrus but the aroma is dominated by sweet malt and also an undefinable (by my nose) sweet-doughyness, could be yeast maybe.
Flavour is fresh with a dry palate but also some under lying sweet caramel.
Don't really know what I'd do different, maybe add some more late/dry hops.

Not bad, cheers!

Permalink Reply by Ally Mcg on July 28, 2009 at 9:50pm

Just enjoying this one tonight.

Pours golden with a white head that lingers, leaving some nice lacing on the glass.

On the nose, lots and lots of grapefruit, judicious use of American hops jim.
Nice wheatbix/biscuity combination from the malt but could perhaps do with a bit more malt weight. I've been brewing a few with Pils ahead of PA and they end up tasting like this - i've put it down to subbing pils for pale ale but it could just be me.

Slight bitterness to clean the whole thing up quite nicely.

Not sure its an APA but its a bloody good hoppy lager/pale ale. Its the kind of beer you want to drink on a sunny day so I'd brew it again in the middle of December.
Cheers Jimmy

Permalink Reply by Stu McKinlay on August 13, 2009 at 10:15am

Had this two weeks back while out in the studio weighing out some grain... brought my notes in but they got lost in a pile of bills (and I've been procrastinating).

Here's the notes, word for word:
Bubblegum and peach nose. Very pale. "PALE!"
S05? bubblegum unusual for that though.
Clean, very dry, herb and citrus hop flavour, an almost leathery bitterness.
Very drinkable.
Unusual, very nice.

Well brewed, thanks James.

Here's a patriotic song to go with the beer...

Permalink Reply by James P on August 13, 2009 at 11:28am

Thanks to all your comments Alasdair, DG, Soren, Ally McG and Stu.

The original receipe is back into the "to brew" section, with changes to base malt, hop additions, and mineral additions along with a change to the yeast selection (probably liquid 1056).

Reminds me I need to get into the other beers I have left to drink!! I have Torsion and Ahem in the fridge, so hopefully one tonight.

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