Hey all, I'm not a beginner per se, been all grain for over a year, but I did do my first batch with a base of pilsen malt and it tastes a little tangy. I'll post the recipe below, just wondering if this is normal. I can't really describe it as anything but tangy. It's a peach wit. Anyway, here's the recipe:
9lb Belgian pils malt
3lb white wheat
1lb flaked wheat
mashed @ 130-135 (cant remember exactly) pro rest 30 mins
then 154 for an hour
got 1.055 sg and 1.012 fg
the recipe did call for 2 row base but I wanted to try it this way. Guess that may have been a mistake. The only thing i can think of with my experience is that maybe my water is a bit too hard to brew with pilsen malt, but thats just a guess from stuff I've read. I did use 5.2 to stabilize PH but didn't take any kind of PH reading. Anyway, just curious if this makes sense to anyone?
Thanks!
9lb Belgian pils malt
3lb white wheat
1lb flaked wheat
mashed @ 130-135 (cant remember exactly) pro rest 30 mins
then 154 for an hour
got 1.055 sg and 1.012 fg
the recipe did call for 2 row base but I wanted to try it this way. Guess that may have been a mistake. The only thing i can think of with my experience is that maybe my water is a bit too hard to brew with pilsen malt, but thats just a guess from stuff I've read. I did use 5.2 to stabilize PH but didn't take any kind of PH reading. Anyway, just curious if this makes sense to anyone?
Thanks!