Hey, everyone.  Just a little note to say I will be without any posts for the next few weeks due to conferences and vacations.  That also means I won't be brewing for a few weeks, either, so there won't be much to post. Hope to catch up again in August.

So, in a couple of weeks, I will be heading down to Hilton Head, SC for a yearly vacation with my wife's family.  It is always a good time.  We usually keep a nice stash of beer on hand, but this year I want to do something extra.  I want to take a corny keg of homebrew down to share.  Since we will be at the beach, the beer should be easy to drink and yet flavorful.  This led me to a pale ale - hence why I have brewed so much pale ale recently. The second pale ale recipe I am trying comes from the same book as the first: Brewing Classic Styles .  It takes out the biscuit malt and adds some caramel malts and a higher mash temperature to give it a fuller mouthfeel.  Recently, the batch was ready.  Here's what I think. Mine's the one on the left... if you couldn't tell. Aroma:  No hop aroma, which is ok since this is a pale ale.  I get sweetness up front with a little bit of malt finish.  There is not a stand-out aroma. ...