I have been a fan of the Brew Dudes blog, one of the longest running homebrew blogs around, for just about as long as I have been homebrewing. Needless to say, I was stoked when fellow Vienna enthusiast John from Brew Dudes reached out to me on Twitter and asked if I was interested in exchanging Viennas with him for a new Homebrew Swap segment they were doing–I did not realize I was going to be the first! Exciting!
As for my impression of John’s Vienna: it has a great soft bready/toasty malt profile and is very nicely balanced with a moderate bittering with a light floral hop character. Color and clarity is spot on and it is overall a very clean and soft Vienna; very well made indeed! 🍻
I told him I hoped he entered it in a few comps, I predict it will do very well. Hopefully he entered it in NHC too, maybe we will have a showdown in the final round 😉
Marshall Schott says
Yeah, but did yours take 3rd place in European Amber Lager at NHC this year? Uh huh, uh huh…
Derek Springer says
We’ll find out this weekend! It’s mine already has one medal from AFC!
Marshall Schott says
AFC, pssh. What the hell is AFC, anyway?!
Wilby Jackson says
I think with the bantering in these comments I’m going to have to see your talk at NHC. There are so many I want to see that I was going to skip the blogger round table but I predict a hilariously good time!
Derek Springer says
Hah, I certainly wouldn’t hold it against you if you went to a different presentation. We are gonna try our best to make sure everyone has a blast though! 🙂