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Are kids still memorizing the times tables? Or has that gone the way of cursive?
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More pretty ingredients-
Ah, you gorgeous sugar crystal- I’m going to convert you into booze and ingest you. It could be worse?
Some of the stunningly pretty ingredients that went into the brew boiling away in the video just posted…
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SOB Advent Calendar- December 2nd - Bitter Harvest!!
Next up we have a beer made by one Tony McNelly- “Bitter Harvest”: a “Basic wheat with an extra bitter punch from a bit more bitter orange than usual.”
This beer was quite highly carbonated, and threw a huge, moussy head! Reminded me of a big snow bank- Very seasonal! Not so carbed as to gush thou- a fine line well walked.
This beer has a wonderful aroma- very much witbeir-like. Sold as “Basic Wheat”, but there is lots of great complexity here! Hard to sort out what is spice and what is yeast-derived. These notes carry through into the taste- coriander, yeast, and, as advertised, tons of bitter orange! There is enough spice, and enough higher alcohols, that the flavor becomes almost hot- spicey- ginger beer-like. For me, this high level of orange and spice was overwhelming the other flavours, and damaging the complexity and drinkability of this beer. I could tell that this was a very well made beer, but like when you get an extremely well made meal garnished with too much salt and pepper for your liking, I found it challenging to enjoy. Not so my Wife! She prefers, in all things, more spice, more flavor, MORE, to the degree that I often find her meals over-spiced and have begun to suspect that she might be a non-taster. She drank and enjoyed the majority of this one.
In anycase- A very well-made beer! Thank you Tony!!
