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jds · 01-22-2010, 11:04 PM

Then again, you could brew up a nice malty amber, and blend it with the UberIPA until you reach a bitterness level you like.

forces · 01-23-2010, 11:14 PM

Well, now that it has been sitting around for a couple months, it has actually mellowed out nicely. I wish it had finished out a little drier, but thats an anrelated issue.

Since I am doing partial boils, would low hop utilization cause the bitter to subside faster after bottling?

Brewinator · 01-26-2010, 02:52 AM

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Hop flavor and aroma on the other hand, you could get rid of quickly.

And you could get rid of horny playmates in a hurry too, but WHY!?!?!?

**joety** · 01-26-2010, 03:01 AM

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So, the IBU's came out to 125! and to top it off, I under pitched it, so the FG was 1.020.

That would actually help balance the beer, not make it more bitter. 1.060 is not a massive beer, I would think more might be at work here than underpitching as to why you finished high. Since this is an extract thread, I'll assume it was not mash temp related. What yeast did you use and what temperature did you ferment at?

forces · 01-26-2010, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by joety

That would actually help balance the beer, not make it more bitter. 1.060 is not a massive beer, I would think more might be at work here than underpitching as to why you finished high. Since this is an extract thread, I'll assume it was not mash temp related. What yeast did you use and what temperature did you ferment at?

I used US05. I don't recall the dermentation temp, but I remember this was fermenting during some of the colder months of winter. It would have never been below 55 degrees F though. Since it has been a few months, this beer seems to have mellowed out a lot. Because of the high FG, It is now a little too MALTY. I beleive that you are correct though, there was another contributing factor; I wasn't patient enough with the primary fermentation. With it fermenting at a lower temp, I should have left it in the primary for another week or so to compensate. I didn't know that at the time.

**joety** · 01-26-2010, 10:02 PM

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I used US05. I don't recall the dermentation temp, but I remember this was fermenting during some of the colder months of winter. It would have never been below 55 degrees F though. Since it has been a few months, this beer seems to have mellowed out a lot. Because of the high FG, It is now a little too MALTY. I beleive that you are correct though, there was another contributing factor; I wasn't patient enough with the primary fermentation. With it fermenting at a lower temp, I should have left it in the primary for another week or so to compensate. I didn't know that at the time.

Yes, it's a lot harder to underpitch with dry yeast. Zymurgy or BYO did a recent experiment going from something like 1/4 pack up to 4 packs in the same wort, and there was no difference in FG in the four/five batches. This was done concurrently with multiple brewers with the same result. Taste was impacted as well as total time of the fermentation, but not final gravity. They did not try it with liquid yeast. I think they felt the experiment would be too hard to control.

**petep1980** · 01-26-2010, 11:56 PM

Let it sit, the high FG may actually help balance the hops I bet.