Spike Ale was meant to be a blonde ale. I tried it after three weeks and after one beer I felt a little pressure in the head. A couple of days later I have two and have a little bit of a hangover. The beer was very fruity. I think this is due to yeast easters. I am unhappy with it. I feel a blonde should be clean and not overly fruity. Further I have deemed this to be a hangover beer.
I think the reason for this is that the yeast was sickly. I had the yeast shipped during a hot week in September. The ice pack was fully melted and even warm. I did make a pint starter. The yeast behaved a little weird. Normally with WLP001 I get a nice krausen, a good ferment for a few days, and in about a week the yeast has flocculated out. In this case the yeast hung out on top of the beer for two weeks. It was thick and creamy the entire time. Not normal.
Kevin and Ellie tried it and thought it was ok. Then we went to Ireland. When we got back I had the beer again and thought maybe it had improved. At this point, the Pooleys and Ty came over and drank some. Ty said it wasn't so bad. The Pooleys seemed to like it. They took a gallon home. I also made sure they drank three each and report back with hangover news. No hangover. I then took it to the homebrew club in Bakersfield. Everyone there seemed to be ok with it too. I guess no one has issues with this but me.
This week I bottled what was left from the keg. I got 8 bombers. One went to Rachel's bfs parents. So there are seven in the fridge in the office now.
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