Well, no baby yet, so I'm going to get to another posting and review my recently tapped Bearded Fury IPA. I've felt for sometime that I haven't quite nailed the bitterness I want in an IPA. The Bearded Fury is definitely a keeper in my opinion, but I still feel like I can up the bitterness a bit more to just add some more of a bite. Regardless, I feel like this is my best IPA yet, so I'm on the right path. It's on the low end of the IBU scale, only at 43. Where the Fury does hit, is the citrusy hoppy sweetness I was aiming for. I think that the Fury is definitely the IPA to be added to the rotation, especially once I figure out this bitterness thing.Onto the review:
Bearded Fury pours a cloudy orange with a finger of white head. Nice citrusy aromas of orange with some nice grapefruit notes. Right away it's sweet with some nice caramel presence in the body, but quickly it's dominated by citrusy, hoppy sweetness. There's some lingering bitterness in the finish, but as mentioned before, not as much as I would want. A nice balance of aromas and sweetness, this is an IPA that goes down nicely on a hot day.
Here's the recipe:
2 lbs organic 2-row
1 lb organic munich
.75 lb org crystal 20
.25 lb org Belgian carapils
Mash @ 152 for an hour
6lbs org Light DME
Hops:
1 oz Nugget @ 60
.50 oz Centennial @ 15
.50 oz Centennial @ 10
1 oz Cascade @ 1
1 oz Cascade @ flameout
1 oz Cascade Dry Hop
Yeast: Wyeast 1272 American Ale 2
More to come.
Salud!
Bearded Brewer
3 comments:
My dad tried it and he really liked it!!
Nice! I'm glad he enjoyed it! I know Jeff liked it too.
I brewed a hoppy pale ale and used 2.0 oz. of Cascade at 60 and got some pretty intense bitterness. I felt like mine was unbalanced in the opposite of yours. I wanted more hop flavor and aroma, but got intense bitterness.
If you want more bitterness, I'd consider adding another 1/2 to 3/4 oz. of Nugget at 60 min. Or add 1 oz. of something with a lower alpha like Cascade.
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