PenPen
Well-Known Member
I brewed an irish red ale in late March. Fairly malty, low IBU beer. (first batch btw).
Anyway, I started with a 6g boil, hoping to end up with 5. I'm using a 30qt stock pot and thought I could prevent boil overs, but did so probably 5 times, a little each time.
I thought I was close to 5 g when I finished, but recently racked from my 6.5 to my 5g carboy and holy sh_t am I low. I am probably a tad over 3/4 full. Will this have a big impact on taste? (i.e. more hoppiness?) I tasted after two weeks in the primary and it smelled good, but had a bit of a bitter finish. I know it's not ready to drink yet, so I'm hoping the bitterness will mellow in time. Thoughts?
Here's the recipe:
7lbs Munich LME
.5lbs 2-2row
.5lbs Caramunich
.5lbs Crystal 120L
1.5 Hallertau 3.7 (60 min)
.5 Cascade 5.8 and Hallertau 3.7 (15 min)
.5 Cascade 5.8 (5 min)
White Labs Irish Ale #1084
BTW - I left it in the primary for 2 weeks due to a slow fermentation, and it will sit in secondary for a week before it's racked to a corny for cold conditioning. My OG was 1.052 and my last gravity reading was 1.18, which is a little short of the target gravity of 1.12, but I can deal with a 4.5abv beer. I'm more worried about how it will taste. Any thoughts on how it might turn out?
Anyway, I started with a 6g boil, hoping to end up with 5. I'm using a 30qt stock pot and thought I could prevent boil overs, but did so probably 5 times, a little each time.
I thought I was close to 5 g when I finished, but recently racked from my 6.5 to my 5g carboy and holy sh_t am I low. I am probably a tad over 3/4 full. Will this have a big impact on taste? (i.e. more hoppiness?) I tasted after two weeks in the primary and it smelled good, but had a bit of a bitter finish. I know it's not ready to drink yet, so I'm hoping the bitterness will mellow in time. Thoughts?
Here's the recipe:
7lbs Munich LME
.5lbs 2-2row
.5lbs Caramunich
.5lbs Crystal 120L
1.5 Hallertau 3.7 (60 min)
.5 Cascade 5.8 and Hallertau 3.7 (15 min)
.5 Cascade 5.8 (5 min)
White Labs Irish Ale #1084
BTW - I left it in the primary for 2 weeks due to a slow fermentation, and it will sit in secondary for a week before it's racked to a corny for cold conditioning. My OG was 1.052 and my last gravity reading was 1.18, which is a little short of the target gravity of 1.12, but I can deal with a 4.5abv beer. I'm more worried about how it will taste. Any thoughts on how it might turn out?