Following on from my other post this week I've cracked open another beer in a similar style Jet Black Heart, however it doesn't either call itself a stout or really fit into the style quite right either.
Batemans Mocha Beer isn't a bad beer, however after the initial wow (taste of coffee and chocolate) within first 1/4 of the bottle I felt then kind of bored with it.
It smells much like it tastes. Coffee with a chocolate, almost syrupy like flavour. Some little dark malts. Pretty [.....]
I thought to do a different kind of post, a quick post looking into styles that I could try to clone an existing beer or create a recipe of my own of this style.
This time I'm trying a bottle of Jet Black Heart from Brewdog, bought from Tescos Extra.
Ive read and watched alot on this beer and thought it was a good starting point to the style as I generally like Brewdogs beers.
As for the important sniff and taste test!
Well [.....]
While Mrs Panda (aka wifey aka Mrs Brann) was away for a friends hen do I thought to get a cheeky brew on.
Few weekends ago I had a bottle of 5am Saint, a very enjoyable Red IPA from Brewdog. I generally like what Brewdog produce even though some of what is out there is abit too bitter (in a hoppy way) for me.
What it did do for me is wanting re-evaluate my previous attempt of this style (in the form of Red Baron). [.....]
The big night came and went, with some great beers to try at the end after the results.
I met some new faces in the local home brew community, trying their beer they entered too and going by it was only their 3rd brew they are getting things right and was probably better than some of the brews I did at a comparable stage.
Regarding my result.....
From what I learnt after the results talking to Malcolm Irving from Irving & Co. Brewers, I [.....]
In my other most recent post ( A gift that has kept on giving ) I mentioned that the recent beers I've brewed have been somewhere over ...
