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1 - don't waste valuable beer calories on me
2 - tasty, walter approves
3 - so good you should have it for breakfast

Sunday, November 5, 2006

Noche Buena

Noche Buena [Mexican Seasonal Dark Lager] v1
(5 gallon)
11/5/2006

6.6 lbs Muntons dark malt extract syrup
1 lb rice extract powder
1 lb crystal 20
1/4 lb toasted malted barley

1.25 oz Spalt (60 min)
1 oz Saaz (15 min)
1 oz Hallertauer (5 min)

60 min boil

yeast:
Wyeast German Ale Yeast

Bottled 11/28/06, 1.015 FG
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Gareth said...

This was an attempt to clone a "legendary" Mexican Christmas beer called Noche Buena, though since it's no longer available it's hard to know how close we came.

I was surprised at how sweet and heavy the result was, pre-carbonation. Indeed, when I sampled a mouthful I thought for a moment that something had gone wrong. However, when we tried a carbonated bottle- in mid-December - whatever tasted strange to me had disappeared.

The beer had a slightly smoky taste that was quite enjoyable, and although it's a winter beer, that means Mexican winter, so it's no heavy barleywine!

June 18, 2007 at 12:42 PM

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