I brewed a keg of pale ale. It's been aging for 6 weeks. I dropped a stainless herb ball into the keg with 1 oz of Cascade pellets.
A few days later I tasted the beer. It had a very intense, almost medicine like taste. I ended up pulling the hop ball out of the keg, and the beer tastes fine now.
My question is: Should I have waited for the hops to mellow a bit, or was 1 oz too much? I'm a big fan of IPA, but this flavor was pretty bad. I would like to try this method again in the future, but I'm wondering if anyone has had similar experiences in the past.
Thanks
A few days later I tasted the beer. It had a very intense, almost medicine like taste. I ended up pulling the hop ball out of the keg, and the beer tastes fine now.
My question is: Should I have waited for the hops to mellow a bit, or was 1 oz too much? I'm a big fan of IPA, but this flavor was pretty bad. I would like to try this method again in the future, but I'm wondering if anyone has had similar experiences in the past.
Thanks