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26-01-2012, 10:22
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If you want to learn about beer, you’d do much worse than to start homebrewing. What better way to understand the ingredients and processes integral to beer, than to get hands-on with them? I’m always reminded of this when I drink beers like Brewdog’s Blitz! (http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article/the-2011-prototype-challenge). Beers of super-low strength that aim to deliver the same flavour hit as their heavyweight rivals.
Attempting to brew one (http://www.beerbirrabier.com/2010/03/low-abv-us-ipa-single-hop-brewday.html) of my own made me appreciate just how difficult it is. 5 IBUs either side of target and you’ve missed by 25 percent, a final gravity that’s 5 points too low and you’ve screwed up your ABV and dried out your beer. It’s a balancing act where everything sits on a knife edge, the slightest mistake will stand out like a sore thumb and there’s nowhere to hide.
Step up Brewdog Blitz!, a modest 2.8 percenter that’s clearly inspired by recent legislative change (http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Legislation/Duty-to-fall-on-low-strength-beers) to halve duty on beer brewed between 1.2 and 2.8 percent ABV. Described as a West Coast hop bomb, it’s brewed with a grist of only caramalt and is probably best described as a US amber ale.
There’s lots of caramelly, malty, sticky toffee aroma that follows through into the taste. I’m thinking sweets with too much sugar in them, Flumps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flump_(sweet)) and candy floss. Sitting atop that is a load of American hops. Not in a traditional citrus and pine West Coast IPA sort of a way though; more a reserved, jammy, tutti frutti ice cream, candied peel sort of a way. The body is thin and watery, but whatever, what were you expecting for 2.8 percent!?
5am Saint (http://www.brewdog.com/5am_saint) Junior.
Consider me a fan. This is the beer that Nanny State (http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article/153) should’ve been. Beers of this strength might not deliver the depth of flavour and character of those that are stronger, but what they do offer is a decent alternative for those that want something weak but worthwhile.
I tried Blitz! when the Camden bar opened (http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article/brewdog-camden-is-oficially-open) and I loved it. Here, in the bottle, it’s great too. This should be on at all times in Brewdog bars, I would drink a lot of it and I can see other people doing the same. Top marks.
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If you want to learn about beer, you’d do much worse than to start homebrewing. What better way to understand the ingredients and processes integral to beer, than to get hands-on with them? I’m always reminded of this when I drink beers like Brewdog’s Blitz! (http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article/the-2011-prototype-challenge). Beers of super-low strength that aim to deliver the same flavour hit as their heavyweight rivals.
Attempting to brew one (http://www.beerbirrabier.com/2010/03/low-abv-us-ipa-single-hop-brewday.html) of my own made me appreciate just how difficult it is. 5 IBUs either side of target and you’ve missed by 25 percent, a final gravity that’s 5 points too low and you’ve screwed up your ABV and dried out your beer. It’s a balancing act where everything sits on a knife edge, the slightest mistake will stand out like a sore thumb and there’s nowhere to hide.
Step up Brewdog Blitz!, a modest 2.8 percenter that’s clearly inspired by recent legislative change (http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Legislation/Duty-to-fall-on-low-strength-beers) to halve duty on beer brewed between 1.2 and 2.8 percent ABV. Described as a West Coast hop bomb, it’s brewed with a grist of only caramalt and is probably best described as a US amber ale.
There’s lots of caramelly, malty, sticky toffee aroma that follows through into the taste. I’m thinking sweets with too much sugar in them, Flumps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flump_(sweet)) and candy floss. Sitting atop that is a load of American hops. Not in a traditional citrus and pine West Coast IPA sort of a way though; more a reserved, jammy, tutti frutti ice cream, candied peel sort of a way. The body is thin and watery, but whatever, what were you expecting for 2.8 percent!?
5am Saint (http://www.brewdog.com/5am_saint) Junior.
Consider me a fan. This is the beer that Nanny State (http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article/153) should’ve been. Beers of this strength might not deliver the depth of flavour and character of those that are stronger, but what they do offer is a decent alternative for those that want something weak but worthwhile.
I tried Blitz! when the Camden bar opened (http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article/brewdog-camden-is-oficially-open) and I loved it. Here, in the bottle, it’s great too. This should be on at all times in Brewdog bars, I would drink a lot of it and I can see other people doing the same. Top marks.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7851750605430732694-5836262240058566919?l=www.beerbirrabier.com
More... (http://www.beerbirrabier.com/2012/01/brewdog-blitz.html)