THESULLI
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Hi all!
So my latest batch has been sitting in the keg for 2 weeks now. I am not going to lie.... It is very disappointing. It almost reminds me of Pepsi? It is very sweet. My first thought was "well it only fermented down to 1.018 so that would make sense." But considering the fact that it started out at 1.080... Should be sitting at about 8%. The hops are also non existent... 6 oz and there isn't even a hint of them whatsoever. The only thing I can think of here would be that my hops were in the fridge for a maybe 6 months? So freshness is a factor but for 6 oz to not come through at all? What do you guys think?
Here is the recipe:
5 gallon batch
6 lbs - Golden Light DME
2 lbs - Pilsen Light DME
1 lb - Crystal 20L
1 lb - Carapils
2 oz - Nugget at 60 mins
2 oz - Falconers at 30 mins
2 oz - Amarillo at 5 mins
2 packets of US-05, 1 packet was new, the other expired 3 years ago
Since it hurts me to dump anything... This has already turned into a cooking beer. The girlfriend made an AWESOME marinade for some chicken and tuna steaks we grilled up the other day. They both came out amazing.
Anyway, please let me know what you think. Can the freshness of the hops leave them completely useless like this?
So my latest batch has been sitting in the keg for 2 weeks now. I am not going to lie.... It is very disappointing. It almost reminds me of Pepsi? It is very sweet. My first thought was "well it only fermented down to 1.018 so that would make sense." But considering the fact that it started out at 1.080... Should be sitting at about 8%. The hops are also non existent... 6 oz and there isn't even a hint of them whatsoever. The only thing I can think of here would be that my hops were in the fridge for a maybe 6 months? So freshness is a factor but for 6 oz to not come through at all? What do you guys think?
Here is the recipe:
5 gallon batch
6 lbs - Golden Light DME
2 lbs - Pilsen Light DME
1 lb - Crystal 20L
1 lb - Carapils
2 oz - Nugget at 60 mins
2 oz - Falconers at 30 mins
2 oz - Amarillo at 5 mins
2 packets of US-05, 1 packet was new, the other expired 3 years ago
Since it hurts me to dump anything... This has already turned into a cooking beer. The girlfriend made an AWESOME marinade for some chicken and tuna steaks we grilled up the other day. They both came out amazing.
Anyway, please let me know what you think. Can the freshness of the hops leave them completely useless like this?
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