I tapped my keg of barleywine at room temp and I thought it tasted delicious and sweet at room temp. Then I cooled the beer down to like 40F and gave it a taste and its very different. It's not sweet when it's cold and it seems like the maltiness is very muted. Is this normal?
I just installed the HBT app on my android phone and I can't get it to launch without it crashing every single time. Anyone know what I can do to get it running?
I just brewed this and it was the best beer I ever brewed and everyone I shared this with said it was one of the best beers (commercial) they ever had!
13 lbs 12.46 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1
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Why would you suspect oxidation? I learned that isomerization of hops happens above 170F. If you don't chill the wort down fast, the flame out hops will turn into 30 or 40 mins hop additions.
Exactly!!! Previously, I never really understood the 170F threshold and its effects on hops so I never bothered to wort chill. At the same time, I always wondered why I had very very little hop flavors from my late addition hops. I read something about isomerization above 170F and it dawned...