1990dtgl98
Well-Known Member
So, I just bottled my citrus hefeweizen.
I used: 7lbs fresh LME, 2 oz hops, 1/2lb each victory, crystal 20l and munich. I also added the zest of 5 oranges, 1 lemon and 1 lime at flameout and transferred to the primary.
My OG was 1.050 and my FG (after 3 consistant days) was 1.018. Now I realize I only got about a 60% attentuation. I also added 4.5oz of priming sugar (since I heard hefe's work better a little higher carbed. Should I worry about fermentation starting again and having bottle bombs?
Secondly. I tasted the hefe during bottling. I get this great aroma and good looking beer, but the taste...its...off. The best way to describe it is almost like dish soap. Its not appealing at all. SWMBO washed the primary with dawn, but when I fermented (2-3 weeks after she washed it), I used oxyclean to clean it, then sanitized with star san. I don't think it could be from washing the primary with soap since I re-cleaned it, and it was 2 weeks later I used it. So, any reason for this taste? Will it mellow/disappear? This is the first brew I tasted at bottling that I didn't like, so it's a bit off putting. The dawn dish soap taste plus the high FG worries me.
Whaddya think guys?
I used: 7lbs fresh LME, 2 oz hops, 1/2lb each victory, crystal 20l and munich. I also added the zest of 5 oranges, 1 lemon and 1 lime at flameout and transferred to the primary.
My OG was 1.050 and my FG (after 3 consistant days) was 1.018. Now I realize I only got about a 60% attentuation. I also added 4.5oz of priming sugar (since I heard hefe's work better a little higher carbed. Should I worry about fermentation starting again and having bottle bombs?
Secondly. I tasted the hefe during bottling. I get this great aroma and good looking beer, but the taste...its...off. The best way to describe it is almost like dish soap. Its not appealing at all. SWMBO washed the primary with dawn, but when I fermented (2-3 weeks after she washed it), I used oxyclean to clean it, then sanitized with star san. I don't think it could be from washing the primary with soap since I re-cleaned it, and it was 2 weeks later I used it. So, any reason for this taste? Will it mellow/disappear? This is the first brew I tasted at bottling that I didn't like, so it's a bit off putting. The dawn dish soap taste plus the high FG worries me.
Whaddya think guys?