Since my last post, I have finished my Chocolate Raspberry Porter and have given it a most appropriate name: The Chuck Norris Raspberry Round House Kick to the Face. After adding more raspberries, chocolate, and maltodextrin to the secondary carboy I was satisfied with the product. It is at about 9.5% alcohol, and is a very refreshing tart beer. The carbonation level is extremely high resulting in a soda like mouth feel. The chocolate flavor is present in the after taste. Overall, the result is an aggressive tart beer that kicks you in the face with a refreshing soda like body.
About 2 weeks after bottling I noticed that the beer became extremely over carbonated, and foamed all over the place when opened. About 3 weeks after brewing, I rolled over in my bed to the pain of cutting my elbow on a piece of broken brown glass. I thought i smelt beer in the air. One of The Chuck Norris Raspberry Round House Kick to the Face beers had exploded in my room leaving shards of glass everywhere, and a very pleasant raspberry beer aroma.
About 3.5 weeks after bottling, I put a case of The Chuck Norris Raspberry Round House Kick to the Face in my car and brought it to sample with my coworkers. After about half the beer foamed out of the bottle I was able to sample it out. Many liked the tart kick and some did not. Overall I was happy with the acceptance of this aggressively tart raspberry beer. After the tasting I am driving home with 5 bottles left of The Chuck Norris Raspberry Round House Kick to the Face in my back seat. Exited about the new Jersey Shores episode on television I rush inside leaving the 5 beers in my car, in the 90 degree heat. ( Just kidding I don't watch Jersey Shores, but yes I left the beer in my hot car) About 20 minutes pass when I remember that I have The Chuck Norris Raspberry Round House Kick to the Face in my car. I am greeted by a overwhelming beer smell as I open the car door. One of the Kicks had exploded in my car spraying beer, and glass everywhere. I clean up my mess and proceed to carry the box of beers up the driveway. I stop at the front on the driveway to removed the 4, not broken, bottles from the beer soaked box. As I remove one it explodes in my hand with a sound similar to a small bomb. I had officially been Chuck Norris round house kicked to the face by this aggressively tart beer. Oh and yes I named the beer before this occurrence. With a bleeding ear lobe, and bleeding shin, I bow down to the monster I had created. Lets just be glad that I never gave the beer out to anyone.
Forever The Chuck Norris Raspberry Round House Kick to the Face will have a place in my heart. Now to creating a recipe that does not literally kick you in the face.
Fear Chuck Norris,
In Love,
JayHarp
