TimpanogosSlim
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A week or so back when I was in salt lake city I stopped by the original site of Epic Brewing and spent over $100 on a box of beers.
And four of them were their new Horchata Cream Ale.
https://www.epicbrewing.com/horchata-cream-ale
As opposed to the horchata beer recipes I could find here that did not contain rice, the rice flavor was very very forward. And I appreciated that a lot.
It's also back-sweetened with lactose—no mention of vanilla on the label.
It was rich and enjoyable. I could see having 5 gallons of it on tap, maybe a little less sweet. Maybe stronger than 5% ABV.
I've brewed with rice before. Years ago I made a brown basmati Kolsch I called Rasenmaher (lawn mower). Pushed the limits of the adjunct capacity of my primary malt, and overshot the predicted brewhouse efficiency per brewtarget. It was pleasant if a bit on the cloudy side.
I figure maybe I hit up the meximart for rice grown in Mexico (I hear it makes a difference in regular horchata?) and maybe push the adjunct to the limit. And get some Mexican cinnamon, which is very different from Saigon aka cassia cinnamon. It's weaker but also doesn't have quite the same flavor profile as the high-test stuff. It's a different tree.
I'm unsure where to guesstimate the cinnamon and lactose quantities, I guess.
And four of them were their new Horchata Cream Ale.
https://www.epicbrewing.com/horchata-cream-ale
As opposed to the horchata beer recipes I could find here that did not contain rice, the rice flavor was very very forward. And I appreciated that a lot.
It's also back-sweetened with lactose—no mention of vanilla on the label.
It was rich and enjoyable. I could see having 5 gallons of it on tap, maybe a little less sweet. Maybe stronger than 5% ABV.
I've brewed with rice before. Years ago I made a brown basmati Kolsch I called Rasenmaher (lawn mower). Pushed the limits of the adjunct capacity of my primary malt, and overshot the predicted brewhouse efficiency per brewtarget. It was pleasant if a bit on the cloudy side.
I figure maybe I hit up the meximart for rice grown in Mexico (I hear it makes a difference in regular horchata?) and maybe push the adjunct to the limit. And get some Mexican cinnamon, which is very different from Saigon aka cassia cinnamon. It's weaker but also doesn't have quite the same flavor profile as the high-test stuff. It's a different tree.
I'm unsure where to guesstimate the cinnamon and lactose quantities, I guess.