Hey all. I'm on my 2nd brew. My first brew was Midwest's Irish Stout and the one currently fermenting is their Liberty Cream Ale. The Irish Stout turned out ok, but has this weird bitterness to it.
I just cracked the fermenter to get a gravity reading on the Cream Ale, and it has the same exact weird bitterness to it! I don't get it! Here's exactly what I did with the Cream Ale:
Steeped the grains at 155 for 30 minutes. Added the LME, brought to a boil. Added .75 oz Cascade hops beginning of boil. Added 1 oz of Cascade hops for last 2 minutes of boil. Cooled wort to 65 degrees. Stirred vigorously and and poured hard into the bucket to aerate. Topped off wort to a little over 5 gallons. After top off, wort was 68 degrees. Pitched one vial of WLP001, no starter.
According to Fermometer, fermenting wort never got above 66 degrees once fermentation began. Took the gravity reading today (6 days after fermentation began) and we're at 1.009.
Any ideas on the bitterness? It's bugging the crap out of me and ruining my beer.
I just cracked the fermenter to get a gravity reading on the Cream Ale, and it has the same exact weird bitterness to it! I don't get it! Here's exactly what I did with the Cream Ale:
Steeped the grains at 155 for 30 minutes. Added the LME, brought to a boil. Added .75 oz Cascade hops beginning of boil. Added 1 oz of Cascade hops for last 2 minutes of boil. Cooled wort to 65 degrees. Stirred vigorously and and poured hard into the bucket to aerate. Topped off wort to a little over 5 gallons. After top off, wort was 68 degrees. Pitched one vial of WLP001, no starter.
According to Fermometer, fermenting wort never got above 66 degrees once fermentation began. Took the gravity reading today (6 days after fermentation began) and we're at 1.009.
Any ideas on the bitterness? It's bugging the crap out of me and ruining my beer.