ChrisHouston
Member
Hi all.
First let me say I am new here and have been reading the forums for a while. After a month of waiting I finally got to try out my first brew. I used Mountmellick Export Ale, the extract.
OG: 1.044
FG: 1.008
7 days in Ale Pale
14 days in glass Carboy
14 day in bottles after racking
When I opened the beer it had a snap of carbonation as expected, small foam, looks normal. The taste is fine, not off by any means, but seems diluted or watery. Will this improve with more time in the bottles?
The only things I can think that might have affected this are that we boiled 2 gallons for the wort and added 3 gallons to bring it to the total of the 5 gallon volume. OR... When I was cooling the wort after adding the 3 gallons it brought the temperature down quickly to about 70 degrees..where I then pitched the yeast.
Has anyone else had a similar problem? Any advice or comments are greatly appreciated. Im going to also talk to my LHBS and get the next batch under way! thanks in advance
First let me say I am new here and have been reading the forums for a while. After a month of waiting I finally got to try out my first brew. I used Mountmellick Export Ale, the extract.
OG: 1.044
FG: 1.008
7 days in Ale Pale
14 days in glass Carboy
14 day in bottles after racking
When I opened the beer it had a snap of carbonation as expected, small foam, looks normal. The taste is fine, not off by any means, but seems diluted or watery. Will this improve with more time in the bottles?
The only things I can think that might have affected this are that we boiled 2 gallons for the wort and added 3 gallons to bring it to the total of the 5 gallon volume. OR... When I was cooling the wort after adding the 3 gallons it brought the temperature down quickly to about 70 degrees..where I then pitched the yeast.
Has anyone else had a similar problem? Any advice or comments are greatly appreciated. Im going to also talk to my LHBS and get the next batch under way! thanks in advance