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[chuck_d]

https://goodbeerseal...archives/180The Good Beer Seal folks asked me to write up this article about my brewing philosophy and recipe formulation.

[stellarbrew]

Nice article, Chuck. Very good example of how you can subtly change a beer by tweaking it's recipe slightly. I like that you pointed out how a beer evolves with age, and can be on target with the brewer's intent at one point, but can be a miss earlier or later in the beer's life.Btw, I hadn't realized that Rock & Roll originated with the Brits; I was under the impression that it was an American original genre of music.

[chuck_d]

Thanks. I appreciate the comments. Um, well, yeah, technically. I mean, we were telling jokes before The Office made its way across the pond too. It's funny that none of the people who reviewed this mentioned that. Whatever man... I needed some way to punch in.

[Malzig]

Instead of thinking in termas of Helles and Weissbier, did you ever think to ask Belle what she thought of Dunkles, since she is Bayerin and that style has some of the character you were looking for? The different brands of Dunkles in Muenchen even vary from almost no roast (HB) to some of the chocolate flavors you were considering (Augustinerbraue).

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

https://goodbeerseal.com/archives/180The Good Beer Seal folks asked me to write up this article about my brewing philosophy and recipe formulation.

belle = German lady friend?

[chuck_d]

Instead of thinking in termas of Helles and Weissbier, did you ever think to ask Belle what she thought of Dunkles, since she is Bayerin and that style has some of the character you were looking for? The different brands of Dunkles in Muenchen even vary from almost no roast (HB) to some of the chocolate flavors you were considering (Augustinerbraue).

Well, Weiss is what she brought up after I brought up Helles. She actually doesn't drink that much beer, she's more of a mixed drinks kind of girl. But that was part of my point, you have to step outside of beer in your conversations in order to figure out what beer you should brew for someone who doesn't know they are a beer lover yet I had given her some chocolates from my favorite maker in the world that I picked up for her when I was in Brussels, so it was a natural direction for that conversation.

belle = German lady friend?

That's a longer story than the one about the recipe. BTW, for Windows users out there, use the Alt key and number pad to make...ä - Alt-0228ö - Alt-0246ü - Alt-0252ß - Alt-0223Useful keycodes to remember for brewers: Märzen, Kölsch, München, Scheiß (oops, I mean Weiß)

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

That's a longer story than the one about the recipe.

[jimdkc]

BTW, for Windows users out there, use the Alt key and number pad to make...ä - Alt-0228ö - Alt-0246ü - Alt-0252ß - Alt-0223Useful keycodes to remember for brewers: Märzen, Kölsch, München, Scheiß (oops, I mean Weiß)

And for Macs:ä - Option-u then aö - Option-u then oü - Option-u then uß - Option-sOption-u creates the umlaut diacritical mark, then type the character that goes underneath it.Jim

[Malzig]

BTW, for Windows users out there, use the Alt key and number pad to make...ä - Alt-0228ö - Alt-0246ü - Alt-0252ß - Alt-0223Useful keycodes to remember for brewers: Märzen, Kölsch, München, Scheiß (oops, I mean Weiß)

No number pad here. I can't believe how poorly windows still handles this, greek letters and the degree symbol.Anyway, it's also acceptable in German, and quite common, to add an "e" after a vowel in place of the umlaut (e.g., Maerzen, Koelsch, Muenchen) or a "ss" in place of the scharfes s (e.g., weiss, scheisse kopf).

[3rd party JKor]

° - Alt-248That's the only one I have committed to memory.