uwmgdman
Well-Known Member
I'm guessing this question is stemming from impatience on my part but here it goes. I've had my first brew, an amber ale in the bottle for 2 weeks and had a bottle after 1 week in the bottle (flat, but a nice pssst when opened) and again this week (2 weeks in the bottle), actually formed a little head and bubbled, but didn't last long. Right now the beer tastes, a bit sweeter than I was hoping and a bit thin. Also, the carbonation isn't where it needs to be yet, so maybe that has something to do with it tasting a bit different than I was hoping (eg:-unfermented priming sugar, needing to mellow more, need to carbonate more).
Is the sweetness likely from priming sugar that hasn't fermented yet or not enough hop to balance the malty sweetness? And I'm not sure why it would taste rather thin. So would you guys think it will 1) Become less sweet tasting with time? 2) Taste less thin, maybe as it carbonates more?
Here's the receipe:
6.0 LME (Northwestern Amber)
1oz. 4.0% Fuggles Pellets 60 min
1/2 oz 5.0% Kent Goldings 20 min
1/2 oz 5.0% Kent Golding 5 min
Nottingham Dry Yeast
OG: 1.040
FG: 1.010
3/4 cup corn sugar 2 cups of water as priming solution
Primary: 5 days, started mid 70sF, finished upper 60sF
Secondary: 10 days, 64-66F
Bottle conditioning: 70-75F.
Hopefully that's enough info.
Thanks,
Justin
Is the sweetness likely from priming sugar that hasn't fermented yet or not enough hop to balance the malty sweetness? And I'm not sure why it would taste rather thin. So would you guys think it will 1) Become less sweet tasting with time? 2) Taste less thin, maybe as it carbonates more?
Here's the receipe:
6.0 LME (Northwestern Amber)
1oz. 4.0% Fuggles Pellets 60 min
1/2 oz 5.0% Kent Goldings 20 min
1/2 oz 5.0% Kent Golding 5 min
Nottingham Dry Yeast
OG: 1.040
FG: 1.010
3/4 cup corn sugar 2 cups of water as priming solution
Primary: 5 days, started mid 70sF, finished upper 60sF
Secondary: 10 days, 64-66F
Bottle conditioning: 70-75F.
Hopefully that's enough info.
Thanks,
Justin