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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Wasatch Beers, Utah


I was recently on a trip to Park City, Utah and was able to sample some various beers. The trick to making sure you have regular strength beers in utah is to buy by the bottle from the bar or at the liquor store. When you by a beer on tap or buy bottles from the grocery store they are 3.2%. Essentially they are a watered down version of what the beer is supposed to be. So if you don't want to be dissapointed follow that little piece of advice.




With that being said one of the beers I tried was a Wasatch Winterfest Seasonal Ale. @ 7.1% ABV it is a pleasantly balanced beer of malts and hops. The pour reveals a nice ruby copper colored beer with a nice tan laced head retention. It has a nice amount of caramel smoothness and a very complimenting addtioned of hop aroma and flavors. Some winter ales can be over powering but I find this one to be refreshing. I would give this beer an A-.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Winter Ales

This months post is about winter ales. I brewed a Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale this winter. It is on Keg now and there isn't a bad thing I can say about it. It has a nice copper color, hoppy floral aroma on the head, and the taste has the perfect balance of hops and maltiness.

the recipe is attached below.

12 lbs. American 2-Row
.75 lbs. American Caramel 80L
.25 Dextrine Malt
1 oz. Chinook 60 min.
.5 oz Chinook 30 min.
1 oz. Cascade 5 min.
.5 oz Centennial dry hop
.5 oz Cascade dry hop
.5 oz Chinook dry hop
White Labs WLP001 California Ale