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**CoalCracker** · 05-14-2010, 03:09 PM

I have to say, I must have messed this up somewhere. I'm not digging it. Seems too heavy on the sweeter end. I mashed at 154. Got side tracked so I missed my temp. Still in all, very sweet. Might just need to age a bit. Definitely not ready right out of the fermenter like some have said. It has been kegged and carbed for about a week now. I'm going to give it another few weeks in the keg and see if it balances out. Sat in the fermenter for 3 weeks. From pictures it looks like the SRM is right on, maybe a shade darker but still pretty close.

MilwaukeeBrewGuy · 05-14-2010, 04:56 PM

did you take any hydrometer readings?

wildwest450 · 05-16-2010, 03:25 AM

Try dry hopping it. It will only add aroma, but your nose can fool your tastebuds.

Cart · 05-16-2010, 04:33 AM

A week in the bottle and carbed up reasonably. Awesome, and SWMBO really likes it, so score, more support for the hobby, not to mention another convert. Another week to fully carb and mellow a bit and it should be fantastic.

Razorbrew · 05-16-2010, 09:41 PM

I brewed an 8 gallon batch yesterday! My first AG. I put 4 gallons in a corny key to ferment using the Notty yeast, and the remainder in a 5 gallon carboy to ferment using some washed WLP 530 (trappist yeast). Should be an interesting comparison.

I hit an OG of 1.049, a little lower than what the recipe calls for but not bad for my first AG. I'll let you know how it turns out.

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Originally Posted by Razorbrew

I think I will be using this to jump into all grain. Very soon!

bafroom · 05-20-2010, 03:10 PM

well, used this to brew my first AG last night. i screwed up the sparge (actually 2 since i was working with a zapap lauter tun) by not letting it sit long enough. i did manage to keep my temps pretty right (i think they got a little high for the first 10 min...had my thermometer in a cold spot, i guess) even still i got a og of 1.058, so we'll see how it goes!

btw, using my oven to hold the mash temps in my boil kettle kind of sucked. i think i need to scrounge up a cooler.

edit: i figured out my efficiency, which was 84%. not bad for my first time! though, i guess we'll see how it tastes!

**smakudwn** · 05-20-2010, 05:45 PM

I just kegged a batch of this and i messed up the mash temp because i didn't preheat my mash tun. mashed at 148. On top of that i think i had a bad batch of notty cause it took a while to start off. Well the beer is good but my question is, this seems to be a grapefruit bomb. is that normal? or does the flavor seem more intense because of the mash temp?

Redbeard5289 · 05-21-2010, 02:46 AM

Has anyone gotten a really strong yeasty taste from using nottingham yeast with this recipe?

The reason I asked is that I made this brew without any problems with a partial mash recipe, even hit my OG. Fermentation didn't get really active till about 48-60 hours after I pitched the Notty yeast. (I think my pack was getting old). Left the beer sit in the primary for 8 days then bottled it with about 5 oz corn sugar. Got about a 1/2 bottle to sample from what was left after bottling. The sample was really great considering it hadn't carbed up. Let the brew bottle condition for 2 weeks in the dark closet at 63-65ºF. I put a couple in the fridge this am and my neighbor and I sampled the finished product tonight after work.
I was hoping it was my head-cold that was playing havok with my tastebuds when I sampled it tonight but my neighbor confirmed my disappointment. The beer was a beautiful golden color, a bit hazy (not quite sure why, either yeast or perhaps starch haze), very good head retention. But the taste was rather yeasty, almost bready and was very dominate. Could taste some bitterness on the back end but couldn't identify is clearly. Decent mouthfeel. Definately a difference taste than what I has sampled at bottling. What I sampled at bottling time was light, very balance taste of the vienna malt and the cascade hops.

So my questions are, Does the Nottingham yeast have a strong taste presences for lighter beers when you use it? Am I getting this weird yeasty taste because the notty yeast pack I used was old or did I get an infection? (believe the expiration date on the notty pack was aug or sept 2010)
Is this batch worth saving and hoping it gets better with time?

Thanks for the help.
Redbeard5289

jamesnsw · 05-21-2010, 03:11 AM

Just drank the last bottle of this that I've been saving for over a year. Beautifully clear, best looking beer of my own I've ever poured. Should have taken a picture. It's aged well, but the hops have faded enough that I'm glad I have a new pale in the pipeline.

Jughead · 05-21-2010, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Redbeard5289

Has anyone gotten a really strong yeasty taste from using nottingham yeast with this recipe?

The reason I asked is that I made this brew without any problems with a partial mash recipe, even hit my OG. Fermentation didn't get really active till about 48-60 hours after I pitched the Notty yeast. (I think my pack was getting old). Left the beer sit in the primary for 8 days then bottled it with about 5 oz corn sugar. Got about a 1/2 bottle to sample from what was left after bottling. The sample was really great considering it hadn't carbed up. Let the brew bottle condition for 2 weeks in the dark closet at 63-65ºF. I put a couple in the fridge this am and my neighbor and I sampled the finished product tonight after work.
I was hoping it was my head-cold that was playing havok with my tastebuds when I sampled it tonight but my neighbor confirmed my disappointment. The beer was a beautiful golden color, a bit hazy (not quite sure why, either yeast or perhaps starch haze), very good head retention. But the taste was rather yeasty, almost bready and was very dominate. Could taste some bitterness on the back end but couldn't identify is clearly. Decent mouthfeel. Definately a difference taste than what I has sampled at bottling. What I sampled at bottling time was light, very balance taste of the vienna malt and the cascade hops.

So my questions are, Does the Nottingham yeast have a strong taste presences for lighter beers when you use it? Am I getting this weird yeasty taste because the notty yeast pack I used was old or did I get an infection? (believe the expiration date on the notty pack was aug or sept 2010)
Is this batch worth saving and hoping it gets better with time?

Thanks for the help.
Redbeard5289

IMHO in only 8 days of fermentation you didn't get a lot of yeast settling out of this. Did you cold crash it before bottling? I think it's more the amount of yeast left in the beer, not the strain. I usually get a clean taste out of knotty. But could be wrong, next time if you only use a primary leave it closer to 14 days and cold crash it before bottling and I bet it will be a lot cleaner. ALWAYS SAVE THE BATCH! just let it sit and try not rouse the yeast before you pour it in a glass. Good luck!