Hi all,
I've recently set myself up to start doing lagers, and my first batch, a Munich Helles from a recipe kit, came out great.
I brewed my second using a "seat of my pants recipe", with ingredients I already had on hand - extra light malt extract, yeast harvested from the helles, and homegrown hops (brewer's gold for bittering, cascade for aroma). Fermentation went fine, did a diacetyl rest, and have been lagering @ about 35 degrees for six weeks or so. I tasted it a couple weeks ago and it was kind of blah, so I threw in another ounce of homegrown cascades as a dry hop.
Tasted last night, and think that the dry hopping idea was a mistake, because I now have a pretty distinct grassy off flavor. A few threads on the topic have suggested that once I bottle, the off flavor should subside, and others have suggested dry hopping with another variety to hide the grassiness a bit.
So, any thoughts? I'm thinking either bottle it up and hope for the best, or order an ounce of citra pellets, dry hop for another week and bottle then. Other ideas would be welcome - I hate the idea of losing a whole batch!
Thanks!
I've recently set myself up to start doing lagers, and my first batch, a Munich Helles from a recipe kit, came out great.
I brewed my second using a "seat of my pants recipe", with ingredients I already had on hand - extra light malt extract, yeast harvested from the helles, and homegrown hops (brewer's gold for bittering, cascade for aroma). Fermentation went fine, did a diacetyl rest, and have been lagering @ about 35 degrees for six weeks or so. I tasted it a couple weeks ago and it was kind of blah, so I threw in another ounce of homegrown cascades as a dry hop.
Tasted last night, and think that the dry hopping idea was a mistake, because I now have a pretty distinct grassy off flavor. A few threads on the topic have suggested that once I bottle, the off flavor should subside, and others have suggested dry hopping with another variety to hide the grassiness a bit.
So, any thoughts? I'm thinking either bottle it up and hope for the best, or order an ounce of citra pellets, dry hop for another week and bottle then. Other ideas would be welcome - I hate the idea of losing a whole batch!
Thanks!