Jose's Jalapeno Wheat

Taste test this evening as this weekend got away from me.  Sometimes life gets in the way.  Aroma of fresh green jalapenos.  Flavor of fresh green jalapenos with a slightly grainy/nuttiness, finishing with a mild to moderate heat from the jalapenos.  I will bottle within a day or two as I am awaiting a little more clarity.  I like this one already!  Carbonated it will be even better!
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Jose's Jalapeno Wheat

Quick tasting update:  Aroma of fresh green jalapeno peppers.  Flavors of fresh green jalapenos, smooth wheat beer, and a slightly spicy finish.  I don't think it is going to get too spicy.  I'll check again in three days.  The yeast is starting to drop out of suspension and the beer is starting to clear.  As for the citrus flavor, it is diminished from what I can tell.

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Jose's Jalapeno Wheat

Racked onto 14 oz fresh green jalapeno peppers today after 6 days in primary with no activity in the airlock. gravity.  (The gravity is 1.016, right where it should be, placing the ABV at 4.46%.)  I Took the gravity sample after racking onto the peppers to get a "hint" of the jalapeno flavor.  I already have the aroma of fresh green jalapeno with a smooth slightly nutty wheat beer profile.  I am also detecting at this time some slight citrus notes, not sure if it is from the jalapenos or the yeast.  (I used Fermentis T-58.  I love this yeast for wheat beers.)  This should prove to be a tasty brew!  It's one of my favorites!  I think I'll have to keep checking on the heat level though as I just taste sampled a slice of jalapeno and it did have quite a bite!  I want some heat, but not too much.  If the heat level gets to where I want it before next weekend, I'll have to rack to tertiary so it doesn't get too hot.  Here is pic of the sliced jalapenos floating on the wheat beer.  It is hazy, but that is normal and expected for a wheat beer at this point in time.
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Jose's Jalapeno Wheat

Mashed in at 6:45 a.m. with strike water temperature @ 169F for a mash temperature of 156F.  Batch sparged and headed to boil at 8:00 a.m.  Boiled for 90 minutes and measured OG is 1.050. ( Just a couple points shy of of projected, 1.052.)  The mash bill consisted of pale wheat, dark wheat, and pilsner malts from Weyermann.  I'll be using Fermentis T-58 yeast for its peppery/spicy phenolics, although with the jalapenos it is not very detectable.  Cluster hops for the earthiness/grassiness they bring to the party, also usually undetectable but harmonious with the brew.  IBU's are 27.  Will post again when racking to secondary.
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Jose's Jalapeno Wheat

Brewing tomorrow will be Jose's Jalapeno Wheat.  This is one of my favorite summertime brews!  I create a nice wheat beer following BJCP guidelines, then rack onto fresh jalapeno peppers for secondary.  I've found this creates the fresh green jalapeno aroma and flavor with just enough spiciness.  I've converted a few non-chile beer drinking folk into chile beer drinkers with this one.  I even converted a Bud-Light drinker with this one.  Projected OG will be 1.052.  I'll post up specs after brewing tomorrow.

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Cherry Bomb Blonde

Sampling at 11 days bottle conditioning.  Color: Amber with ruby red tones.  Aroma: Sweet grain and sweet and tart cherries.  Flavor: sweet cherries up front transitions to tart cherries and black currant from the Bramling Cross hops, then gives way to subtle sweet grain with a slightly tart, bitter, almost tannic finish likely due to the cherry puree.  I think an extra week or so of bottle conditioning will smooth it out.
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Cherry Bomb Blonde

Bottled today with FG at 1.014 placing ABV at 4.98%.  Color is a nice pale pinkish-red.  Flavor is good.   Slightly malty-grainy with a subtle cherry flavor on the finish.  I didn't want an overly sweet or cloying brew and I didn't wan't to add flavor extracts either.  I'll post again after two weeks.
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