weimerbp
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I consider myself fairly new to brewing. I just brewed my 10th and 11th batch and encountered a new problem I haven't had before. My previous batches were fine.
I just brewed a Pale Ale with. I used Northern Brewer Pale LME, 1lb of Crystal, 1lb of munich malt, and Wyeast American Ale II. OG was 1.061 and estimated IBU 34. It was in a primary fermenter for 7 days, transferred to secondary for clarification for a total of 7 days, then I racked it into a keg and will allow it to age for a couple weeks. When I tested the FG before racking it into the keg, it read 1.015 (at room temp).
The problem is that I tasted it when I measured the FG and it tasted very very light, almost like a bud light. It had a great hop taste and aroma to it, but I barely got any malt flavor and the body was lacking. I actually did the same thing again with a stout brewed in the same manner with OG 1.072 and FG 1.018 and it tastes very light too.
I was hoping that the beers just needed time to age and develop flavor. ANyone have any thoughts? Am I missing something? Thanks in advance for the help.
Brian
I just brewed a Pale Ale with. I used Northern Brewer Pale LME, 1lb of Crystal, 1lb of munich malt, and Wyeast American Ale II. OG was 1.061 and estimated IBU 34. It was in a primary fermenter for 7 days, transferred to secondary for clarification for a total of 7 days, then I racked it into a keg and will allow it to age for a couple weeks. When I tested the FG before racking it into the keg, it read 1.015 (at room temp).
The problem is that I tasted it when I measured the FG and it tasted very very light, almost like a bud light. It had a great hop taste and aroma to it, but I barely got any malt flavor and the body was lacking. I actually did the same thing again with a stout brewed in the same manner with OG 1.072 and FG 1.018 and it tastes very light too.
I was hoping that the beers just needed time to age and develop flavor. ANyone have any thoughts? Am I missing something? Thanks in advance for the help.
Brian