Before I get to the meat of my first post here, I want to thank all the experienced brewers here who have posted so much useful information. Without reading loads of old threads on this board (and Palmer's How To Brew), I probably would have been lost with just the instructions from my LHBS's kit.
So, my very first homebrew - an English IPA - has been in the bucket for a week now, so I went in and took a sample to read SG. Things seem to be moving along, and the sample tastes and smells more or less like beer, with no detectable satanic and/or anal flavors. :rockin: But, there is a pretty strong tannic flavor. I suspect this is because I accidentally let a big clump of hop sludge fall into the fermenter when transferring the wort. Granted, I sampled the beer at room temp, so chilling the finished product should help some, but it was pretty intense. So, what should I do?
A.) Rack to secondary to get the beer away from the hop sludge.
B.) RDWHAB (I don't have any HB yet), and trust the yeast to take care of weird flavors.
C.) A third (or fourth or fifth) option.
So, my very first homebrew - an English IPA - has been in the bucket for a week now, so I went in and took a sample to read SG. Things seem to be moving along, and the sample tastes and smells more or less like beer, with no detectable satanic and/or anal flavors. :rockin: But, there is a pretty strong tannic flavor. I suspect this is because I accidentally let a big clump of hop sludge fall into the fermenter when transferring the wort. Granted, I sampled the beer at room temp, so chilling the finished product should help some, but it was pretty intense. So, what should I do?
A.) Rack to secondary to get the beer away from the hop sludge.
B.) RDWHAB (I don't have any HB yet), and trust the yeast to take care of weird flavors.
C.) A third (or fourth or fifth) option.