I brewed up Ed Worts Bee Cave Hef about 6 weeks ago and its now done and fully carbed in the keg. It has a strange alcohol type taste to it. I pitched at 68 and fermented in a temp controlled fridge at 67 the entire time. Why would this be?
I have made this recipe 4 times and the last 2 have tasted like this. I lowered the ABV to 4.6% and it still has this strange taste. I have only noticed this since I have been doing salt additions from RO water with this recipe, but no other recipe out of like 15 with salt additions has this taste so I am not sure that is it.
It definitely has a decent hef taste but the aftertaste when you swallow has a slightly unpleasant alcohol taste. I am wondering if I possibly over pitched as the yeast was only a couple days old and I made a litre starter, though it still tastes decently hef like so I am not sure that is it either.
I have made this recipe 4 times and the last 2 have tasted like this. I lowered the ABV to 4.6% and it still has this strange taste. I have only noticed this since I have been doing salt additions from RO water with this recipe, but no other recipe out of like 15 with salt additions has this taste so I am not sure that is it.
It definitely has a decent hef taste but the aftertaste when you swallow has a slightly unpleasant alcohol taste. I am wondering if I possibly over pitched as the yeast was only a couple days old and I made a litre starter, though it still tastes decently hef like so I am not sure that is it either.
