Recently brewed a brown ale back in October and the flavor never really developed the way I thought it would. Any help and advice would be appreciated.
9 lbs Maris otter
.5 lb victory
.5 lb crystal 60
.5 lb honey malt
.25 lb chocolate malt
.125 lb roasted barley
.75 oz willamette 7.5% aa 60 min
.5 oz east kent goldings 5.7% aa 10 min
Wlp002 English ale yeast
Mash at 154
sparge 4 gallons at 169
The malt in this never really stood out. It just tasted very bland with a hint of chocolate. Did I use too many malts? I forgot to take a fg but I feel like the yeast didn't attenuate well as it was very sweet tasting.
Also, like I mentioned earlier, I brewed this early October and kegged it late November or early December. It developed an off flavor I can't really describe other than trashy and disgusting and kinda soured. I finally just dumped it today. Did I just wait too long to drink on it and it turned or what? Also had 2 other beers that tasted awesome and developed some off flavored after time that were dumped. They were brewed only a week apart from the brown. What's going on here?
9 lbs Maris otter
.5 lb victory
.5 lb crystal 60
.5 lb honey malt
.25 lb chocolate malt
.125 lb roasted barley
.75 oz willamette 7.5% aa 60 min
.5 oz east kent goldings 5.7% aa 10 min
Wlp002 English ale yeast
Mash at 154
sparge 4 gallons at 169
The malt in this never really stood out. It just tasted very bland with a hint of chocolate. Did I use too many malts? I forgot to take a fg but I feel like the yeast didn't attenuate well as it was very sweet tasting.
Also, like I mentioned earlier, I brewed this early October and kegged it late November or early December. It developed an off flavor I can't really describe other than trashy and disgusting and kinda soured. I finally just dumped it today. Did I just wait too long to drink on it and it turned or what? Also had 2 other beers that tasted awesome and developed some off flavored after time that were dumped. They were brewed only a week apart from the brown. What's going on here?