Since bottling the honey bock last month, I’ve tried a bottle last week and this week. While it is a very nice beer, the honey flavour is not very noticeable. That said, the second bottle I tried had a slightly stronger honey flavour than the first so it might just need to mature for another month or so.
If I was to do this beer again, it would make sense to use a stronger flavoured honey or just use more honey. Then again, perhaps it isn’t worth trying honey flavoured dark beers.
One beer I’d like to make again is Chilli Beer. I haven’t seen any commercial equivalent to it, and it was great on a hot summer afternoon. Since there were chilli pieces in the bottles of the last batch, it got hotter as it matured. It is an interesting experience where taking a sip of the beer cools your moth down, but it starts heating up again once you swallow.
Wow. Chilli beer does sound great. One of my favourite beers is Badger Blandford Fly. A beer flavoured with ginger. The taste is so powerful it’s difficult to consume a whole bottle but it’s great to share.
Well, honey can make really great imperial stouts. Check out this one:
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/n%C3%A4rke-kaggen-stormaktsporter/58057/
Amazing flavour. It is a very small bottle but I would suggest sharing it with one or more persons.
The Sail and Anchor in Fremantle has done a chilli beer as a summer feature on a couple of occasions before.
Check out Rogue’s Chipotle Ale … http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/132/354
Mix it with their Chocolate Stout to make “the mole”. 😉
That honey bock sounds great!
Here’s a chili beer that I’ve enjoyed: http://www.chilibeer.com/index2.htm (music on site)
Rob: Sounds nice. I think the last ginger flavoured beer I had was Speight’s Samradh Ale from Dunedin NZ. Maybe I’ll try and find some Blandford Fly next time I’m in the UK.
Sebastian: I see that that beer says it has been aged for 2.5 months. I guess I’ll hold off judgement on my beer for a few more months.