brycejh
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After a couple weeks in the primary I took a hydro of my first stout. I smelled and tasted the sample and it smelled and tasted like wine.
I got the recipe for the stout from my LHBS.
1/2 lb Crystal
1 Lb Roast
1 Lb chocolate
1 Lb flaked barley
7 lbs light LME
4 ozs perle hops
Beerton Yeast (White Labs w/ starter)
OG 1.055
SG tonight 1.015
I did run into a problem when I was adding the water from the steeped grains and I don't think I got as much out of the grains as I needed. Would this contribute to the wine taste? I think the problem is that I didn't get enough out of the grains and this left me without many unfermentable sugars in the wort which contributed to a dry/wine or alcoholy taste. Is this a correct assessment?
Last question is what should I do? Should I just let it sit in the primary for another couple weeks? Should I bottle this weekend as planned? Thanks for the input.
I got the recipe for the stout from my LHBS.
1/2 lb Crystal
1 Lb Roast
1 Lb chocolate
1 Lb flaked barley
7 lbs light LME
4 ozs perle hops
Beerton Yeast (White Labs w/ starter)
OG 1.055
SG tonight 1.015
I did run into a problem when I was adding the water from the steeped grains and I don't think I got as much out of the grains as I needed. Would this contribute to the wine taste? I think the problem is that I didn't get enough out of the grains and this left me without many unfermentable sugars in the wort which contributed to a dry/wine or alcoholy taste. Is this a correct assessment?
Last question is what should I do? Should I just let it sit in the primary for another couple weeks? Should I bottle this weekend as planned? Thanks for the input.