Yesterday we brewed our second batch of Positive Contact. Our Cider-Beer hybrid that has a bit of farro, cayenne, and cilantro as well. I brewed the first batch with Ben a few weeks ago and that one will go on tap at our reho pub on Monday. I cooked up the recipe with a friend in the music-biz. Jesse and Ben are doing this second batch.
Ben Pressin' (oops, it is sideways)
We did a bunch of tests and really dig the first batch but decided for the second one to bump the ratio of fermentables from organic fuji apples up even higher and we decided to add the whole dried cayenne peppers later in the process for less heat and more earthy aromatics. We are stoked for this beer and looking forward to feedback from folks who come to the pub on which batch is best liked. We don't do focus groups or market research. We just rely on the kindness of beer folk. We will also be taking a few kegs of this beer to the Extreme Beer Fest in Boston.
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Would love to try this over here on the West coast. Share the love with us southern California Fish heads!
Always willing to go with a brewpub exclusive, I tasted Positive Contact on Tuesday 12/27 and was pleasantly surprised. Okay, I loved it and was a bit saddened that it was limited edition, draft only. The apple taste is what had me pleasantly surprised. I would describe this as not an apple-flavored beer, but a beer with strong tastes of apple. For me, fruity-flavored beers are either too much fruit flavor overwhelming the beer or the fruit flavor comes across as weak or even fake tasting. Not so with Positive Contact. The two tastes are in perfect proportion here.
I also picked up the slightest hints of cayenne as well—a nice touch. I didn't register the cilantro or farro, though I wouldn't know farro if it hit me upside the palate, and speaking of palates, mine may have been a bit compromised (in the best way) after 120 Minute IPA, Low Rider, and a scrumptious DH burger.
My wife, who's not a beer drinker but has an excellent sense of taste when it comes to wine and food, had a taste and she liked it. I think that might say more than my experience.
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