arcadiaacres
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I hate that my first post here is going to be a "help, I may have screwed up" thread, but the reality is that I need help because I think I screwed up!
For my third batch of beer, I found a recipe for a Chocolate Raspberry Stout. The recipe called for "gypsum to create hard water" which I purchased and which came in a small ziploc baggie. I added the gypsum at the start of the boil but it wasn't until later that I noticed the instructions on the gypsum said to use 1-2 tsp per 5 gal. I had put the entire amount, 2 oz, into the boil.
After 6 days in the primary, I went to rack it this evening. I gave it a taste and it wasn't good...had a weird almost tangy taste. The SG was 1.020 (started at 1060).
I'm assuming the odd taste is from the extra gypsum and not some other mistake I may (or may not) have made! Any thoughts on this issue? Can it be saved? Will that much gypsum just ruin the entire batch?
Thanks in advance
Mark
For my third batch of beer, I found a recipe for a Chocolate Raspberry Stout. The recipe called for "gypsum to create hard water" which I purchased and which came in a small ziploc baggie. I added the gypsum at the start of the boil but it wasn't until later that I noticed the instructions on the gypsum said to use 1-2 tsp per 5 gal. I had put the entire amount, 2 oz, into the boil.
After 6 days in the primary, I went to rack it this evening. I gave it a taste and it wasn't good...had a weird almost tangy taste. The SG was 1.020 (started at 1060).
I'm assuming the odd taste is from the extra gypsum and not some other mistake I may (or may not) have made! Any thoughts on this issue? Can it be saved? Will that much gypsum just ruin the entire batch?
Thanks in advance
Mark