Cascade 2-Row Smash
This Smash beer is using Cascade hops and Rahr 2-Row malt. Recipe is the following
2 LBs Rahr 2-Row
.39 oz Cascade 30 mins
.29 oz Cascade 5 mins
.32 oz Dry hops (3 days)
US-05 Yeast
I wanted to test more than just the malt and hops in this beer. Cascade is a standard hop that must people are using. It works well in a lot of styles of beers. If you are new to homebrewing this would be a good hop to start with. One thing that I wanted to test is how long does a beer take to carb up using the carb tabs. So the first set of notes are tasting this beer in the bottle for 2 weeks. If you use Beersmith you will know it wants you to age this beer for 30 days be for drinking.
Color: Looks like a NE IPA. Nice yellow orange color with chill haze.
Smell: You get a little malt out of this homebrew. Citrus dank with some toasted bread.
Taste: Very young beer, Thicker beer. Lemon grass from start to finish in the taste. Carbonation is very low. Maybe an oat taste.
Update 1 AKA Tasting 2
Steve did join me for this tasting
Lots of trub in this beer. We think this is from the carbonation. Nice white head on this homebrew.
Color: Nice NE IPA color hazy. Lots and lots of bubbles
Smell: Steve is getting some melon out of the smell. Sweet malt I get melon also.
Taste: It taste bright like very fresh beer. Could be from carbonation. Getting some sweetness in the taste. Dry in the finish.
Overall. I think this homebrew turned out ok. We are not getting the cascade taste like we think it should. For hops we went with 30 mins, 5 mins and dry hop. I think I would add some hops at 60 mins to bring out more of the cascade. I think the malt is taking over.
Tasting 3
Color: Light yellow and hazy
Smell: Floral upfront then some sweetness in the end
Taste: Smooth citrus pine hint of yeast and sweet malt
Overall: I think this homebrew is doing well. I think the 2-Row helps keep the beer balanced.
Final Tasting
Carb lvl is high in this one. Im not sure why as the version using Pilsner malt was not like this.
Color: Light orange yellow. Light haze
Smell: Hint of sweet malt. Citrus pine
Taste: Sweet malt upfront hint of floral with some citrus pine in the back. I think this one is a little more balanced
Overall: Its ok. The flavors are goings down. It does taste old. The malt taste is more in this one vs the Pilsner version.