vasie
Well-Known Member
I put together my first cream ale--well, my first light SRM beer ever, and just racked that golden beauty off to a secondary. The FG indicates that this one is going to be a around 8-8.5 ABV , so this is my biggest beer ever as well.
Well, to the point, I am a bit concerned that with that much alcohol in such a light beer, the beer being so dry will taste far to hot and bitter. When I drank the hydrometer sample, it tasted like a bit of both. It started at 1.066 and ended up at 1.011. At least I know that the bitterness will fade over time.
Have any of your brewed up big light beers before? How did the results turn out? Approximately how long did you have to let it age before it hit the "sweet spot." If you want my recipe, you can hit my brewblog ( from my signature ).
[EDIT: OG is 1.066 not 1.064 ]
Well, to the point, I am a bit concerned that with that much alcohol in such a light beer, the beer being so dry will taste far to hot and bitter. When I drank the hydrometer sample, it tasted like a bit of both. It started at 1.066 and ended up at 1.011. At least I know that the bitterness will fade over time.
Have any of your brewed up big light beers before? How did the results turn out? Approximately how long did you have to let it age before it hit the "sweet spot." If you want my recipe, you can hit my brewblog ( from my signature ).
[EDIT: OG is 1.066 not 1.064 ]