Tactical-Brewer
Well-Known Member
"Hey, this is actually really good. D@mn Joe, you made actual really good beer!" from my "Lost a lot of friends due to his no filter" brother in law. Lol
I've got a stout recipe I've been refining for a couple years now - 2 iterations back, I entered it in a competition that was judged, among others, by an area LHBS and Brewery owner. He didn't score it particularly highly - but he found me afterward to explain.
He told me that it wasn't quite to American Stout style, but (and this is where the comment comes in): he emphatically told me "Don't change a thing! This beer isn't 100% to style, but it's damn near perfect for what it is." I've since shared a bomber with him of newer iterations, to the exact same advice (little does he know I've been making very minor tweaks - but nothing that's intended to impact flavor).
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