I suppose you'd turn your nose up at a good plum wine too!
Actually, I enjoy plumb wine with Chinese fare once in a while, but it's not made of rice. But good, German, plumb schnaaps is a much more enjoyable drink (please try to remember that German schnaaps and U.S. schnaaps are not akin).
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Have you tried hops schnaaps? Very strong stuff, but good.
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No, where did you have it? Many of the Brauereigasthause in Germany have Bierschnapps -- pretty much distilled down Doppelbock, that is very good, but I enjoy the fermented/distilled fruit styles more.
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Nope. Never heard of it. Sounds like something to avoid.
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I think I saw it in a small store in the Austrian Alps, bought a bottle for hiking (the Stroh name struck a chord), tried a sip at the first stop and about choked.
I smuggled it home and an old brewmaster friend liked it a lot (Dave Norton, King) so he became keeper of the Stroh.
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Back to discussing the beer style... and resurrecting this thread
Anyone have a guide for the BU:GU ratio for the Amber version? Ray Daniel's book doesn't include ambers... just pale ales.
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No, where did you have it? Many of the Brauereigasthause in Germany have Bierschnapps -- pretty much distilled down Doppelbock, that is very good, but I enjoy the fermented/distilled fruit styles more.
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The day you posted this I was in fact having a Bierschnapps in Germany at the brauereigasthause in Zuzenhausen near Heidleburg. Their schnapps was much more of a spirit-very strong with no beer flavor. I did bring back several bottles of the bierschnapps from Hotel Lowenbrau in Bad Worishofen, and the little glasses. That was some tasty stuff.
I did bring back several bottles of the bierschnapps from Hotel Lowenbrau in Bad Worishofen, and the little glasses. That was some tasty stuff.
Oohh.. yer makin' me homesick for my home away from home! I have a little empty flip-top bottle and the shot-sized Maß from BW too -- we spent a nice evening sampling their beer and Schnapps after dinner on our visit.
Sorry Jay -- back to the subject...
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Secondary: Mead... still
Conditioning: Nuttin'
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So for a 1.050 I should be shooting for 25 IBU's? That seems pretty low in my pea brain.
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According to BJCP, American Amber Ales can range between 25 and 40 IBUs and 1.045 to 1.060 OG -- sounds like you have a lot of leeway... as long as you keep the hop aroma down and the flavor up!
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Aroma: Low to moderate hop aroma from dry hopping or late kettle additions of American hop varieties. A citrusy hop character is common, but not required. Moderately low to moderately high maltiness balances and sometimes masks the hop presentation, and usually shows a moderate caramel character. Esters vary from moderate to none. No diacetyl.
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Flavor: Moderate to high hop flavor from American hop varieties, which often but not always has a citrusy quality...Malt and hop bitterness are usually balanced and mutually supportive.
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