watery beer... - Page 2

tradclimber123 · 06-05-2009, 06:50 AM

Just thin unlike commercial beers of the same style. if feels like your drinking water rather than that satisfying gulp of a commercial beer

**944play** · 06-05-2009, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by bikeboy389

Under-aged beer is often described as watery.

+1. Green beer lacks body.

ifishsum · 06-05-2009, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mroberts1204

I am fairly new at this as well...I have about 7 or 8 brews under my belt...but steeping with .5# of carapils can help to add some body to the beer (Also known as maltodextrin I think).

Just to clarify, cara-pils is also known as dextrine malt but it's not the same thing as maltodextrin. MD is a powder that can be used later in the boil (I even used it once at bottling time) and for extract batches with no steeping grains. They do accomplish similar goals but are not the same.