loftybrewer
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So I brewed my first trappist-style ale in May. I bottled in the 31st. WLP500 made some delicious banana and pineapple aromas while fermenting at around 80F. I've only been brewing for 6 months and have a low-tech AG thing going, 3 gallon batches and 65-70% efficiency. Anyhoo I got around 1.056 OG and finished about 1.010. I bottled on the 31st, so it's been 2 weeks. I've been sampling it at each stage, and at each stage it has lost some of its flavor, if that makes sense. Great mouthy fruit notes during primary. Fruity notes leaving by bottling time. Gone by the first week. Today I cooled one down to see how it's carbing, and the trappist taste is gone. GONE. Carbing great, but it has almost no body and all those wonderful flavors have disappeared. I had considered that since it was a low OG maybe the yeast ate up all the malty and belgian sugar tastes that trappist ales have going on, whereas a higher OG might have left those flavors intact after bottle conditioning? Can anyone tell me what is going on?