The appearance is hazy and hard to see through like a big March dump up at Snowbird. The taste is heavily malty, but not overly sweet. It is a relatively strong beer, especially for a golden, coming in at about 5.8%, but it's unnoticeable in flavor and aroma. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how this beer came out and can't wait to have some more!
Unfortunately, this week also came with a few home brew hardships. The Gold Pass Ale was my first ever bottle bomb! However, the cardboard and garbage bag took care of a good majority of the mess.
Likewise, in starting my next beer, I decided to brew a Belgian pale Ale after having Epic Brewing's Belgian IPA and Upslope's Belgian Pale Ale. I really enjoy these styles and wanted to try out my own. Unfortunately, my yeast got a bit aggressive and blew through my airlock!
I cleaned up the mess and all should be good. I'll rack this one to a secondary next week, and by next weekend, I'll be brewing my award winning Chilli Pepper Pale Ale again!
I also stumbled upon an interesting quote today: "Kids today who are 21 are graduating with better taste in beer than their parents," he says. "Before when you came home your father may have said, 'Sit down, let me open you a Pabst Blue Ribbon.' Now, it's, 'No, Dad, let me offer you an IPA."
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In my experience, if one were to trade "Pabst Blue Ribbon" for "Long Trail Ale," I think this quote would be spot on. Though maybe some old timers would like to disagree?
I also almost forgot, my Vanilla Nut Brown placed third n the 4th Annual Greg Noonan Memorial Homebrew Competition in my hometown!
Slainte!
