j-crash
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brewed my first batch on my own
supposed to be gumballhead clone...ish
5 gallons
3lbs. wheat dme
1lb. extra light dme
steeping bag was 2lbs 2row, and one 1lb. wheat
1 ounce of Amarillo @ 60, 30, and 5
1968 London esb
i left it in primary for 1 week, then transferred to secondary (as of today its been 11 days since brew day) onto 1 ounce of whole leaf centennial (no whole leaf Amarillo available)
beer seemed EXTREMELY bitter (and not very tasty)when i transferred and checked gravity... 3 ounces of hops is a lot though. my other concern is that it is waaayyy darker than i thought it should be (reciepe says srm should be 3.6) looks similar to new castle brown. i think i may have added too much top off water after i chilled it so i thought it might be even lighter than expected ... weird
can anybody give me some insight i what might have happened??
also the ambient temp during fermentaion was between 65 and 69... and the top off water was straight bottled water, that i did not boil (could that have caused a problem?
brewed my first batch on my own
supposed to be gumballhead clone...ish
5 gallons
3lbs. wheat dme
1lb. extra light dme
steeping bag was 2lbs 2row, and one 1lb. wheat
1 ounce of Amarillo @ 60, 30, and 5
1968 London esb
i left it in primary for 1 week, then transferred to secondary (as of today its been 11 days since brew day) onto 1 ounce of whole leaf centennial (no whole leaf Amarillo available)
beer seemed EXTREMELY bitter (and not very tasty)when i transferred and checked gravity... 3 ounces of hops is a lot though. my other concern is that it is waaayyy darker than i thought it should be (reciepe says srm should be 3.6) looks similar to new castle brown. i think i may have added too much top off water after i chilled it so i thought it might be even lighter than expected ... weird
can anybody give me some insight i what might have happened??
also the ambient temp during fermentaion was between 65 and 69... and the top off water was straight bottled water, that i did not boil (could that have caused a problem?