The Tropical Toasted Milkshake IPA from
Craft A Brew is done let's check it out
and see what we get.
Welcome back everybody so today we are
gonna have the tasting Mela Kalikimaka
it something like that that's why I keep
on saying just the toasted coconut
because I can't pronounce that I know
it's from National Lampoon's but so yeah
the the beer is done it's been in the
keg for a little over a week now so our
starting gravity was 1062 and Craft A Brew wanted it at 1068 which we were a
bit lower but in the end we did finish
at 7.25 bricks which would give us an
ABV of 6.9%
now that is with us being on the yeast
for 14 days I was thinking it was gonna
go lower cuz Craft A Brew wanted a 5.7
and we started a little bit lower so I
know though I'm almost positive the
yeasts are the ones that brought this
ABV up higher or more in a point but we
will see what we get so after brew day
it did go into the fermenter four days
after that I did add the dry hops of one
ounce of Simcoe one ounce of mosaic one
ounce of citra then at the ten day mark
I did put the coconut out as you saw in
the brew day video I toasted it for five
minutes
I messed it all up or shuffled it laid
it back flat put it back in the oven and
it only took ten minutes I pulled it out
put it in a bag along with another dry
huh dry hop bag of one ounce of citra
one ounce of mosaic one ounce of Simcoe
so very big fruity hops that are in this
beer the last edition of the coconut and
the dry hop were only in there for four
days as
craft a brew on the sheet that they send
you said after 14 days pull it out and
keg it or bottle it whatever you're
gonna do so here it is head has died
down since I've been talking so much
color color is a orange juice very hazy
I don't know I am using the the the mug
that is sent in the first pack when you
become a member I thought a might as
well do them all in here since it is the
craft Society so yeah color looks on
point to me very hazy can't see through
it a nice golden orange color pretty
much like orange juice head that I do
have left is very white small and medium
bubbles but that's just around the edges
it's not even a quarter finger of head
let's smell this and see what we get
I am getting a lot of juiciness out of
this I'm not really getting the coconut
if anything I am picking up on the
lactose it's almost like a vanilla fruit
juice smell
maybe that coconut is mixed in there
with that lactose but that lactose I I
know it smells like vanilla it's there
but I would say that fruit juice sticks
out the most and then that vanilla maybe
some coconut but as far as coconut beers
go I'm gonna say I'm not smelling the
coconut just that big juicy fruit and
that lactose let's go ahead and get a
taste
I do get that juicy for but if anything
when it goes to that middle of the
palate I get a very big exit hrus taste
very good and that's mixing with that
lactose going back and then it falls off
aftertaste is like a sweeter fruit juice
citrus maybe a touch of yeast in there
I do not pick up on coconut at all no
toasted coconut
yeah it's I I think to me that citrus
that juicy citrus almost like a
grapefruit orange combination is what
sticks out the most to me in this beer
medium bodied beer
I think the carbonation level is perfect
for a milkshake to me because I don't
know if it's because it's too cold but
that that coconut I'm not picking up
to me this is a very well done New
England IPA again I don't know if it's
because it's too cold because I did when
I do my kegs I let them sit for the week
or week and a half before I touch them
then what I do is draw a whole bunch off
into a one gallon glass carboy before I
pour it so this is cold very cold coming
out yeah I I don't know if it's because
it's too cold I'm not getting any of
that coconut and with a pound of toasted
coconut
I would really think that would be
coming out but maybe it's because of all
the dry hop in this beer that's taking
over and it's adding more of a
background but like I said that juicy
fruit you can pick it out up front and
then it goes into that big juicy
grapefruit orange citrus taste then you
get some of that lactose it's almost a
vanilla in there
but for this being in extract beer it's
it's perfect I don't think you could
have asked for anything more except for
that toasted coconut to come out I will
let it warm up and maybe do an update
video when everything gets flowing I do
know that Steve will be over this
weekend so maybe we'll do a second
tasting I know it'll only be a couple
days apart but yeah I think this is
solid especially for a 20 minute boil if
you're looking for a beer to have on tap
and you're into those milkshake IPAs
New England IPAs even I don't know what
this would be like without that coconut
but like I said I'm not picking it up
but to do an extract batch and only boil
for 20 minutes then do a hop stand for
30 and you're pretty much done this is
you know it's outstanding right now I
would probably have to go with a four
point two five out of five I'm going to
knock it a lot for not having that
coconut but what more could you want if
you took out toasted coconut in this
beer
mine is higher and ABV obviously than
what they wanted I'm still not picking
up any alcohol in the taste so that's
perfect
I I was thinking that 14 days on that
yeast cake was probably going to be too
low I think I said that in the beginning
I felt that U-04 that they were using
was gonna sit there and eat through this
because of all those sugars in there it
wasn't really gonna stop until it was
drunk so I did think but still I don't
know what you could ask for like I keep
saying more in this beer I hope that
toasted coconut does come out once it
warms up a little but other than that if
you're a Brewer extract brewer all grain
brewer
I definitely think making this beer and
trying it even if you don't add coconut
is well worth the time and like I keep
saying 20 minutes for the boil and then
a 30 minute hop stand you're gonna cut
your brew day down pretty much to less
than two hours probably there's probably
there's probably almost the same amount
of time in the dry hoppin and adding the
coconut then or as there is in making
this beer because of the hot bags or hop
sacks that you'll probably have to get
unless you put them straight in there
but yeah I don't think you can beat it
so thank you that Craft A Brew for
setting this let me know if you guys
have any comments I would like to see
somebody make this the recipe can be
found in the overview of this kit and
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