i think i screwed up
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Yeah, you remove the steeped grains before the boil. Boiling grain extracts astringent tannins
Just age and bottle as normal but you'll likely have a beer with a grainy bite to it.
Just age and bottle as normal but you'll likely have a beer with a grainy bite to it.
ok, i removed the bag of grains with the boiling hops after 18 minutes into the boil and put the flavoring hops in 12 minutes early.
its a double IPA with lots of hops, so hopefully it still comes out ok. i still have finishing hops to add.
its a double IPA with lots of hops, so hopefully it still comes out ok. i still have finishing hops to add.
Ooompa Loompa
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morganm said:
As Denny said it may have a grainy bite to it, but I don't think it will taste terrible. Only time will tell. You never know, it may turn out to be the best beer you have ever drank. Relax, don't worry about it.
Well, it ain't going to be an IPA and it might be a bit grainy tasting.
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Boiling hops need to be in there for an hour or more. The Alpha acids (bittering) need to isomerize in the wort. Flavoring (beta acids) boil off after a few minutes.
Worth bottling this anyway. Can't hurt and you'll learn things along the way.
What was the original recipe? I'll try and figure out you IBU's.
Check out howtobrew.com
Boiling hops need to be in there for an hour or more. The Alpha acids (bittering) need to isomerize in the wort. Flavoring (beta acids) boil off after a few minutes.
Worth bottling this anyway. Can't hurt and you'll learn things along the way.
What was the original recipe? I'll try and figure out you IBU's.
Denny's Evil Concoctions said:
This is the kit: http://***********/recipe/1655.html
as stated, i got the grains out after 18 minutes, but the boiling hops also came out early.
thanks for the help, i REALLY appreciate your time.
Morgan
By The flavoring hops you put in 12 min early, was that the 30 min addition? I see that recipe calls for a 60min, 30min and end of boil addition.
Based on that recipe and having boiled the bittering hops for only 18 min and the 30 min additon for 42 minutes and assuming the end of boil and dryhops are as per recipe, then you will have around 85 IBU's!
Still a very bitter beer with less flavor impact than the original recipe. That said this recipe has a number of end of boil and dry hops so it will still work out fine. And definitely still a bitter IPA with substantial flavor.
You might not even notice the astringency from grain tannins much since this beer is very bitter/hoppy anyway. Just let this one age a while. You should do that with a beer this hoppy anyway. Aging will mellow out this beer and also mellow out the tannins.
Based on that recipe and having boiled the bittering hops for only 18 min and the 30 min additon for 42 minutes and assuming the end of boil and dryhops are as per recipe, then you will have around 85 IBU's!
Still a very bitter beer with less flavor impact than the original recipe. That said this recipe has a number of end of boil and dry hops so it will still work out fine. And definitely still a bitter IPA with substantial flavor.
You might not even notice the astringency from grain tannins much since this beer is very bitter/hoppy anyway. Just let this one age a while. You should do that with a beer this hoppy anyway. Aging will mellow out this beer and also mellow out the tannins.
Tankard
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+1 for waiting it out and hoping for the best...
I committed several errors during my first brewing session (including spilling vodka into the wort), and I was convinced that my beer was going to turn out horrible. I was surprised when the beer turned out very, very well.
Even if it doesn't turn out as good as you would like, I'm sure it will still be very drinkable and you'll do better next time. Keep us posted.
I committed several errors during my first brewing session (including spilling vodka into the wort), and I was convinced that my beer was going to turn out horrible. I was surprised when the beer turned out very, very well.
Even if it doesn't turn out as good as you would like, I'm sure it will still be very drinkable and you'll do better next time. Keep us posted.
Brew Dude said:
I won't ask
Denny's Evil Concoctions said:
Yes, I was supposed to put the flavoring hops in at 30 minutes and I put them in at 42 minutes. (thinking this may compensate for lost hops that came out with the grains at 42 minutes) Then I added the end hops at 2 minutes.
Noob question: what are IBU's and judging by the exclamation, im guessing 85 is high?
Thanks again everyone. The batch appears to have come out ok.
Ooompa Loompa
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morganm said:
Here is the wiki definition/explanation of IBU http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Bitterness_Units_scale
Tankard
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Revvy said:I won't ask
Hah! I wish I had a funny and hilarious story for it. I transported my full carboy into the garage with the airlock on, and it was filled to the brim with vodka. When I got there, it was almost all gone. LOL, I guess it is kind of funny in a n00b'ish way. I won't make that mistake again.
I am planning on screwing up on purpose on my next few batches, just so I can see how different things effect the taste of the beer.
I'm going to write down what I did wrong and what I did or didn't like about it, and eventually just take what I learn and make a super beer.
I'm going to write down what I did wrong and what I did or didn't like about it, and eventually just take what I learn and make a super beer.
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