stepcg6
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Black Cherry Porter
9 lbs Pale Malt Extract (Liquid)
Grains:
American Chocolate Malt 1 lb
British Crystal 77 12 oz
Hops:
Galena (12%) 1oz 60mins
Williamette 1oz 15mins
Williamette .5oz 0mins
Yeast:
White Labs WLP001 California Ale
Brewed 3/28
Transferred to Secondary 4/2 (5 days in primary)
1lb frozen dark cherries boiled for 10 mins, mashed, cooled, added to
secondary fermenter 4/21 (19 days in secondary)
Bubbles start again but subside in a few days
Bottled 4/24 (3 days later for a total of 22 days in secondary, 27
days total fermenting)
Starting Gravity: 1.073
Ending Gravity: 1.027
ABV: 6 to 6.3%
First bottles put in fridge exactly 3 weeks later. First bottle opened
foamed really bad. It's almost immediate and foam comes right up. No
off flavors and the head itself is actually very tasty, slightly
chocolately. The beer itself tastes great, but the cherry flavor
doesn't come through as much as I'd hoped. The body is great, its
really thick and malty. But something is wrong with the carbonation. In panic, I put all the bottles in the fridge. I don't know if this is a wild yeast gusher infection, if it just didn't complete fermenting, if I didn't let it bottle
carbonate long enough.
I'm really confused this is my first time where the carbonation is reeeeaaaaalllly off. Any suggestions?
9 lbs Pale Malt Extract (Liquid)
Grains:
American Chocolate Malt 1 lb
British Crystal 77 12 oz
Hops:
Galena (12%) 1oz 60mins
Williamette 1oz 15mins
Williamette .5oz 0mins
Yeast:
White Labs WLP001 California Ale
Brewed 3/28
Transferred to Secondary 4/2 (5 days in primary)
1lb frozen dark cherries boiled for 10 mins, mashed, cooled, added to
secondary fermenter 4/21 (19 days in secondary)
Bubbles start again but subside in a few days
Bottled 4/24 (3 days later for a total of 22 days in secondary, 27
days total fermenting)
Starting Gravity: 1.073
Ending Gravity: 1.027
ABV: 6 to 6.3%
First bottles put in fridge exactly 3 weeks later. First bottle opened
foamed really bad. It's almost immediate and foam comes right up. No
off flavors and the head itself is actually very tasty, slightly
chocolately. The beer itself tastes great, but the cherry flavor
doesn't come through as much as I'd hoped. The body is great, its
really thick and malty. But something is wrong with the carbonation. In panic, I put all the bottles in the fridge. I don't know if this is a wild yeast gusher infection, if it just didn't complete fermenting, if I didn't let it bottle
carbonate long enough.
I'm really confused this is my first time where the carbonation is reeeeaaaaalllly off. Any suggestions?