Honey Bomb Wheat #1 ready for tasting
On Sunday we did a brew at Chas’s place. It was fun and you can read all about it. As well as having another attempt at The Friedlieb Coffee Porter we also got to taste the Honey Bomb Wheat that we bottled a couple weeks ago.
When we brewed this about a month ago we were surprised that there wasn’t any speciality grain. Normally the BrewSmith kits include some. But it doesn’t seam to have been an issue here.
After pouring the first thing you notice is a sweet light aroma. Hints of apricot and peach smells coming out. Overall it is soft.
First taste, sweet up front and light. A bit of citrus is there. Then the sweetness, which is clearly from the honey, builds. This is slightly creamy, maybe due to the honey used. Around mid way the apricot flavour comes in. This works pretty well with the honey sweetness. At the end there it’s a dryness that creeps in. It is strange as the sweetness doesn’t drop away. Overall it leaves an odd dry sweet finish.
Food matching, maybe some fruit or cheese. Great for a beer at a picnic or to kick off a party where there’s sweet snacks.
I was never going to make this kit, as I’m not a fan of wheat beers. But I’m glad Chas decided to do this. While there is no clear wheat beer flavours in this, and it being a nice light beer, I’m not likely to want to get one of these kits myself. Tasty beer.
-Mikey
We make home brew 
Been nearly three weeks since I had this last. Had another bottle at home that’s been sitting in the fridge.
Wow, it cleaned out really well. It just looks great. But, and this is odd, the flavour is a little rougher than first time. The flavours are all still there; the honey, the fruit (less apricot), the sweetness. It just feels a little dryer and not as smooth or creamy as first time.
That’s beer for you, it just keeps changing as it gets older. Unless you heat treat it or other stuff like the big breweries do.
Again, nice enough beer even if I wouldn’t make it.