Pig is dead and I've started into bottles on McLuckey Ale 2.
I did share the pig during a get together at Boone's place. It went over pretty well. Boone's reaction was perhaps the best example of what happened.
Me: "Keep in mind, I made this one for me, so I got a little more aggressive with the alcohol and the flavors."
Boone: *takes a swig* "Whoa, this is a lot...uh...sharper than the first one...I LIKE it."
Me: "That was the goal...let's see what 5 of them do..."
Yup. 'Twas good. 'Tis still good. And a great way to manipulate relatively small details in the recipe and see the results. This thing is a witbier by name only. Essentially I just used the light maltiness and subtle spices of a witbier as a blank canvas for my idea of the ideal hop flavor of a light beer. This beer is a touch more bitter than batch 1, but it mostly comes through as a dryness. The aroma is just wrong for the style, but very floral and nice in general. The beer is good throughout. The only weakness is that the adjuct came through towards the end of the beer....definitely alerting you to the fact that something was done to this beer for the pure interest of alcohol.
My next beer is a partial mash kit sitting in the kitchen. Details and awesomeness to follow.
-James
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