Thursday, September 2, 2021

Batch #212 - Capitol Creek Red Ale

 

I used a  medium-bronze colored barley malt called "Caramel 90L", to give this ale a distinctly red tint.  The US Fuggle and Chinook hops added a sharp bitter to this batch, and I took a shortcut, by re-using the yeast from the prior batch, along with some background bitterness from Batch #211's Cascade hops.  It's an interesting experiment you can't repeat more than once on a repeat batch, but this one turned out pretty nice.

This image is from a hike to Williams Lake with my friend Doug, on one of the few midsummer days we've had so far that was less than 90° outside.  I hope seeing a green winderness landscape like this doesn't become too rare, as western wildfires don't discriminate against beautiful landscapes, they'll consume any dry fuel, and there's a lot of that out here now.

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