The next 3 or 4 Tech Meetings I have planned will be a series of Off Flavor training exercises. The club purchased a kit from Flavor Activ (similar to the Siebel kits) with 20 off-flavors. Each capsule has to be dissolved in 1L of a lightly flavored beer (likely a 40 of BMC Light). The goal of these meetings is two-fold. First, being able to identify off flavors more clearly will help each of us become better brewers. Second, it will improve the quality of our comp judging.
Quinton has again agreed to let us hold these meetings at Lion Bridge. I'll work with him to schedule the meetings - I would expect the first to be in late September or early October.
http://www.flavoractiv.com/drinks/beers/enthusiast-kit/
Off Flavor Training Tech Meeting
Re: Off Flavor Training Tech Meeting
Outstanding! We've been talking about doing this for quite some time and I'm glad we're finally going to do it. It's nice to have the funds in the kitty to be able to do these kinds of things. It makes us a much better club for it.
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Re: Off Flavor Training Tech Meeting
This is one I have been looking forward to for a long time.
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Slappy Brewing North
On Tap:
American IPA
Strata Hazy IPA
Dr. Lee Orval
American Strong Ale
Friend of the Devil Belgian Golden Strong
Imperial Stout
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Re: Off Flavor Training Tech Meeting
Love this! Hope we can do it later in the week. Monday and Tuesday are always bad for me
Re: Off Flavor Training Tech Meeting
Good idea. I know something is wrong with aneer many times but I can't describe it
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Re: Off Flavor Training Tech Meeting
Great, I was just debating doing some 'wrong' things to a bottle here and there to experiment and see what the mistakes taste like - post fermentation O2, hot side o2, hifh ferm temp.
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Re: Off Flavor Training Tech Meeting
Dude. Don't do anything "wong" to a bottle.
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Re: Off Flavor Training Tech Meeting
OK, I fixed it.Steven P wrote:Dude. Don't do anything "wong" to a bottle.