I just racked my chocolate porter to the secondary after about 5 weeks. I moved it to the secondary because there was a lot of trub in the bottom and a skim of chocolate fat/solids floating on top. I wanted to move to secondary to hopefully let it clear.
After racking most of it to the primary I tasted some of it and it had a very bitter taste. The only way I can describe it is think if you just took a spoon full of cocoa powder and put it in your mouth. Now Im hoping that im over reacting here and the beer will lose its bitterness over time.
Im planning on keeping this in the secondary for another week and then bottling. I think this one may stay in the bottles a little longer in order to help it mellow out. Im just not sure why it came out so bitter?
After racking most of it to the primary I tasted some of it and it had a very bitter taste. The only way I can describe it is think if you just took a spoon full of cocoa powder and put it in your mouth. Now Im hoping that im over reacting here and the beer will lose its bitterness over time.
Im planning on keeping this in the secondary for another week and then bottling. I think this one may stay in the bottles a little longer in order to help it mellow out. Im just not sure why it came out so bitter?