DD2000GT
Well-Known Member
I keep reducing the boil hops to lower the IBUs, but my brews keep coming out bitter. The bitter on the back and sides of the tongue you associate from long boil hop additions. I just cracked open a bottle of my Octoberfest to see how it is coming along - excelent malt profile and flavor up front, low aroma and flavor hops, but slightly overwelming bitternes on the finish. Beer Smith shows the IBUs at 20.2, the very lowest end for the style (which is how I planned it), but it is still pretty bitter like a 50 IBU brew.
Must be something other than the hops at play here. I have this issue with most light colored ales, the darker ones seem to do much better.
Must be something other than the hops at play here. I have this issue with most light colored ales, the darker ones seem to do much better.