A few weeks ago, a colleague and friend of mine (and perhaps a reader of this blog?) gave me one of his homebrews to sample. Thanks, MP! I just now got a chance to taste it. I am embarrassed to say that I can’t remember what style he told me it was. I think that he said it was a Dunkel, and its color certainly supports this. He warned me that it was over-carbonated, so I opened it carefully, expecting a geyser. This did not happen; in fact, I found the beer poured smoothly and contained the right amount of CO2. On my first drink I noted that “sharp” taste that I usually associate with extract homebrew. This is certainly not an unpleasant taste, but a pronounced sharpness down the center of the tongue. The aroma is very malty, and the malt flavor was more pronounced as I got about halfway through the glass. In fact, this beer tasted better and better the closer I got to the bottom of the mug. I wish that I would have poured a bit more vigorously to knock out more CO2, because the flatter the beer got the more the malt presence came to the front.
For some final thoughts - this is a very “clean” beer. There are no noticeable off-flavors which speaks great things about MP’s brewing process. I could definitely drink a few more.
Thanks for the sample. I will return the precious Corona bottle, and repay the kindness with a bottle from my own collection. All I have in bottles right now, though, is a really big Belgian Ale (about 8% A.B.V.) that I have been aging for about 2 years now. So, I hope MP likes "big" beers.
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My gosh, Boyd .. you'd think you were busy with your summer or something by the lack of timely content! Unless I'm mistaken, didn't a coworker of yours give you a sample of his homebrew and don't you think he'd like a little feedback as well? Hmmmm? C'mon, he's probably a big boy and can handle the scathing criticism. I think it was his first brew in many a year, unless I'm mistaken. timely feedback - critical to student engagement, you know.
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