nonamekevin
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Hello all,
Recently brewed a Dunkelweizen from a morebeer kit and thought it would be fun to compare to commercially available Dunkels. I'm very much a beginner, so I thought it would be fun to try and improve my tasting/brewing abilities. First up:
Hofbräu Dunkel on the left, homebrew on the right.
Color/Clarity
First observation was the difference in color. Homebrew is darker, hazy, brown. Hofbräu is dark amber, clear with no haze, slight twinge of orange.
Head
I tried pouring from the keg fairly aggressive and came up with what you see here. Very thin, dissappeared shortly after taking the picture. Hofbräu still has nice head retention, nice visible bubbles coming up from the bottom of the glass. I have had my keg at 15psi for about a week, up from 10psi for about 2 weeks during cold conditioning.
Nose
Hofbräu has a distinctly sweet smell, pumpkin puree like almost. Homebrew...more of a molasse like smell, very faint.
Taste
Homebrew is a little...not sure how to describe it...hits of banana, hints of molasse, feintest hint or chocolate, a little "burny". Not a bunch of distinguishing notes. The Hofbräu, malts front and center. Sweeter, hints of pumpkin, hints of orange.
Mouthfeel
Homebrew is thin, nothing much more. Hofbräu has more of a pallette coating feel.
Ive got two more Dunkels to compare to the homebrew dunkelweizen over the next few days. I appreciate any feedback on how I can better do these tastings and comparisons.
Recently brewed a Dunkelweizen from a morebeer kit and thought it would be fun to compare to commercially available Dunkels. I'm very much a beginner, so I thought it would be fun to try and improve my tasting/brewing abilities. First up:
Hofbräu Dunkel on the left, homebrew on the right.
Color/Clarity
First observation was the difference in color. Homebrew is darker, hazy, brown. Hofbräu is dark amber, clear with no haze, slight twinge of orange.
Head
I tried pouring from the keg fairly aggressive and came up with what you see here. Very thin, dissappeared shortly after taking the picture. Hofbräu still has nice head retention, nice visible bubbles coming up from the bottom of the glass. I have had my keg at 15psi for about a week, up from 10psi for about 2 weeks during cold conditioning.
Nose
Hofbräu has a distinctly sweet smell, pumpkin puree like almost. Homebrew...more of a molasse like smell, very faint.
Taste
Homebrew is a little...not sure how to describe it...hits of banana, hints of molasse, feintest hint or chocolate, a little "burny". Not a bunch of distinguishing notes. The Hofbräu, malts front and center. Sweeter, hints of pumpkin, hints of orange.
Mouthfeel
Homebrew is thin, nothing much more. Hofbräu has more of a pallette coating feel.
Ive got two more Dunkels to compare to the homebrew dunkelweizen over the next few days. I appreciate any feedback on how I can better do these tastings and comparisons.