aomagman78
Well-Known Member
So I brewed the recipe below, but it took longer than expected and I had to go to class during my wort cooling. I'd iced it, and water bath-ed for probably 30 minutes so it was down to ~120 or 130°F when I had to leave. Normally I do an open drain (in the sink) with a little water running in order to cool, but I didn't want to return to a flooded apartment so I had no choice but to shut it off and just leave it in water.
When I came back in an hour it was still 115+, hadn't really lost much heat. I restarted my normal procedure. Anyway, now a week later I did a hydro sample (1.015) and tasted it - seems pretty bitter. Is this too early to judge bitterness? Are my calculations wrong and it's just bitter because of the hop additions, or did this long cooling affect my bitterness? I only use BeerCalculus - told me 25.6IBU, which I know is off by some margin.
What other ill effects can I expect? I just wasn't expecting 25.6IBU to be real bitter, but maybe my taste buds are off (my other brew going is 27IBU and is definitely not that bitter), or is it going to mellow over the next 4 weeks? Thanks for advice.
3.15lbs Pilsen LME
1lbs Pilsen DME
3lbs Pilsener Malt (partial mash)
1/2lb Carapils
1/2lb Light Carastan
(pellets)
1oz Northern Brewer 60mins
1/2oz Tettnang 15mins
1/2oz Hallertauer Flameout
1/2oz Hallertauer Dry-Hop 2wks
3 gallon boil
Safale US-05
When I came back in an hour it was still 115+, hadn't really lost much heat. I restarted my normal procedure. Anyway, now a week later I did a hydro sample (1.015) and tasted it - seems pretty bitter. Is this too early to judge bitterness? Are my calculations wrong and it's just bitter because of the hop additions, or did this long cooling affect my bitterness? I only use BeerCalculus - told me 25.6IBU, which I know is off by some margin.
What other ill effects can I expect? I just wasn't expecting 25.6IBU to be real bitter, but maybe my taste buds are off (my other brew going is 27IBU and is definitely not that bitter), or is it going to mellow over the next 4 weeks? Thanks for advice.
3.15lbs Pilsen LME
1lbs Pilsen DME
3lbs Pilsener Malt (partial mash)
1/2lb Carapils
1/2lb Light Carastan
(pellets)
1oz Northern Brewer 60mins
1/2oz Tettnang 15mins
1/2oz Hallertauer Flameout
1/2oz Hallertauer Dry-Hop 2wks
3 gallon boil
Safale US-05