I’ll begin my blog entries with a quick review of something non-musical…homebrewed beer.

My wife gave me my first homebrew kit for Christmas this year, and we are just now, this evening, tasting it after three weeks of fermenting and priming. Do we need a food and drink area for this stuff?

Anyway, here are the tasting notes :

Tasting notes (by Erica De Angelis) :
The fizzing sound started with the slightest (less than an 1/8) twist of the cap, and the smell of the beer was noticeable immediately after. My bottle didn’t have much fizz, but the flavor was semi-sharp, although it never made the entire journey to crisp, and the smooth texture (Guinness-y) finish started too soon after the sharpness ended. I liked the smell, loved the flavor and appreciated the amber color but it was a bit flat at the finish.

Tasting notes (by Daniel Pipitone) :
While I know for a fact that each bottle was carefully primed with an equal amount of sugar, there was substantially less carbonation in the bottle I opened, versus the bottle Erica opened. While the aroma was nice, a bit strong, and hoppy, it seemed over-carbonated. The taste was downright fruity, or so it seemed, although not crisp. A tiny bit flat with “chunky” large carbonation. Smooth, pleasant taste at room temperature. Being that this is my first homebrew experiment, and one bottle was just right and the other not quite right, I have hope.