Homebrewcrazy
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Guy's Please HELPPPPPPPP!!
I'm still striving for greatness, but struggling.... I have made some really good AG beers in the past (9 to date), and everyone that has tasted them has always come back for more, and more, and more, but I would never enter them in a home brew contest because to the trained pallet
I brewed a Sierra Clone which I thought was going to be perfect, I poured the batch on top of an old yeast cake and it fermented out like a son of a gun... 1.062 Starting gravity 1.009 Ending, the yeast cake did it's job and I couldn't be happier..
I opened my first bottle last night and was happy with the taste and aroma, but it had a distinct alcohol taste... Nothing horrible, but definitely detectable... I realize this is close to a 7% beer, but have had others this strong in the past and never noticed this flavor...
Could this be an Oxygenation problem, or something else?? I have since bought an oxygenation kit and used it on my last batch which is in the fermenter now.... Any suggestons would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks,
Frank
I'm still striving for greatness, but struggling.... I have made some really good AG beers in the past (9 to date), and everyone that has tasted them has always come back for more, and more, and more, but I would never enter them in a home brew contest because to the trained pallet
I brewed a Sierra Clone which I thought was going to be perfect, I poured the batch on top of an old yeast cake and it fermented out like a son of a gun... 1.062 Starting gravity 1.009 Ending, the yeast cake did it's job and I couldn't be happier..
I opened my first bottle last night and was happy with the taste and aroma, but it had a distinct alcohol taste... Nothing horrible, but definitely detectable... I realize this is close to a 7% beer, but have had others this strong in the past and never noticed this flavor...
Could this be an Oxygenation problem, or something else?? I have since bought an oxygenation kit and used it on my last batch which is in the fermenter now.... Any suggestons would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks,
Frank