Hello everyone. Hope you are all enjoying your weekend with at least a few homebrews!
I have a question. I brewed my very first homebrew back on December 30th, 2005. It has now been bottled for 3 weeks and I still have an overwhelming hop bitterness to it. It was supposed to be a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone and I JUST noticed something last night in the recipe. Here are the ingredients:
6 lbs. Light Malt Extract
1 lb Crushed 60L Caramel Malt
2 oz. Cascade Hops
2 oz. Perle Hops
Sounds about right I believe....except for the fact that I just realized that the guy at my local Homebrew store had only given me the 3 lb. container of Light Malt Extract!! I'm new to this so I guess I didn't think about it until I brewed my second batch last night and I was reviewing my notes. I brewed a Red Ale last night that called for:
6 lbs. Amber Malt Extract
1 lb Crushed 60L Caramel Malt
1 lb Light DME
2 oz. Cascade Hops
2 oz. Willamette Hops
That made me think that there wasn't nearly enough grist for my SNPA clone! Is this why my hops are still so overwhelming??
Thanks for all of your help....
evans5150
I have a question. I brewed my very first homebrew back on December 30th, 2005. It has now been bottled for 3 weeks and I still have an overwhelming hop bitterness to it. It was supposed to be a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone and I JUST noticed something last night in the recipe. Here are the ingredients:
6 lbs. Light Malt Extract
1 lb Crushed 60L Caramel Malt
2 oz. Cascade Hops
2 oz. Perle Hops
Sounds about right I believe....except for the fact that I just realized that the guy at my local Homebrew store had only given me the 3 lb. container of Light Malt Extract!! I'm new to this so I guess I didn't think about it until I brewed my second batch last night and I was reviewing my notes. I brewed a Red Ale last night that called for:
6 lbs. Amber Malt Extract
1 lb Crushed 60L Caramel Malt
1 lb Light DME
2 oz. Cascade Hops
2 oz. Willamette Hops
That made me think that there wasn't nearly enough grist for my SNPA clone! Is this why my hops are still so overwhelming??
Thanks for all of your help....
evans5150