So I tasted the jalapeno and coffee beers last night. Both were great. I don't know why we don't rack to a secondary every time. The beers were really clean. Neither was overly foamy and they both poured nicely. The bitter was disappointingly yeasty so its nice to have figured that problem out.
Anyway, I had the jalapeno ale first. It starts out as a nice amber ale. Smells good and has nice darker amber color. The jalapeno is best described as a peppery aftertaste. I really enjoyed it and then a minute or so after a big sip you get a nice warm feeling in your belly. Great beer overall, I am really impressed with it. I think that we need to drink these right away though, something tells me they won't taste great if left in the bottles too long. One other note, I don't know if I was off or something but it seemed to have a decent amount of alcohol or at least it went right to my head. Maybe the jalapenos carry that good stuff to all the right parts of your brain.
I was going to wait a little longer on the coffee stout, but I couldn't help myself. I tried the wort before we bottled and I wasn't too excited. It's hard to tell with a dark beer but it just didn't seem right. Well, the time in bottle serve the stout well. After only two weeks it has really come together. It's completely drinkable now and I really don't see it improving much. I think it will keep well however and we really had brewed this with colder weather in mind. As for the beer, it looks and smells great, really dark almost black. It tastes like an American Porter, at least that's the closest I can think of. It's a little hoppy and slightly sweet. It has a molasses / chocolate flavor without being syrupy but balanced with a slight roastiness. This balance isn't perfect but it's still good and some more bottle time might help this out.
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