Hi Guys,
I just racked my first batch in 15 years or so and did a little test tasting.
It's an American Ale using John Palmer's recipe pretty much as is.
The wort going into the primary was sweet at the beginning and middle of the taste, then it was followed up by a blast of bitter hops.
After a week in the primary I racked it and my taste sample was taken afterward from the primary.
This leads me to believe I might have picked up some of the trub. But it now tastes pretty awful, I expected some off flavors since it's green and just coming off fermentation, and it still has the hop bitterness at the end.
It looks like beer, it smells like beer, the numbers appear to be correct right now (SRM in the mid-20s, ABV at 5.4%)
So, my questions are:
Do you taste the wort as you go through the process and can you draw any conclusions about what the end product will taste like?
Also, will the hop punch mellow out after 2 weeks in the secondary and 2 more weeks in the bottle?
Thanks.
I just racked my first batch in 15 years or so and did a little test tasting.
It's an American Ale using John Palmer's recipe pretty much as is.
The wort going into the primary was sweet at the beginning and middle of the taste, then it was followed up by a blast of bitter hops.
After a week in the primary I racked it and my taste sample was taken afterward from the primary.
This leads me to believe I might have picked up some of the trub. But it now tastes pretty awful, I expected some off flavors since it's green and just coming off fermentation, and it still has the hop bitterness at the end.
It looks like beer, it smells like beer, the numbers appear to be correct right now (SRM in the mid-20s, ABV at 5.4%)
So, my questions are:
Do you taste the wort as you go through the process and can you draw any conclusions about what the end product will taste like?
Also, will the hop punch mellow out after 2 weeks in the secondary and 2 more weeks in the bottle?
Thanks.