I brewed an IPA a little over a month ago and I kegged it and force carbed it and tried it but it tastes a bit too malty. The FG was 1.019, is that a bit too high? I racked it to a secondary after two weeks and I didnt see any action in the airlock after that. I'm getting the same sort of malty taste that I got with my octoberfest I brewed a few months ago. Could temperature be a factor in it? After two weeks of fermenting the heat went on in my house and the beer went from low 60s to high 60s
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I now have a similar problem with my second IPA. Rather than spamming the boards with another similar topic I'm just gonna add it here. I brewed a second IPA over a month ago and I drank it a few nights ago and it doesn't taste bad but it should taste a lot more hoppier. It tastes more like a really pale ale (although the color is kinda dark). I have two theories I'm going with. One is that I used these new muslin hop bags. They didn't seem very permeable to me but I said "hey screw it" and tried them anyway. Maybe they didn't let enough of the oils get through the bags? I'll post pictures of the bags later and probably a video of water draining through the bags so you guys can get an idea of how permeable they are. My second theory is goes like this. I bought all the ingredients for two batches of beer. This IPA was the second batch. I didnt think to freeze the hops or anything since they were in a vacuum sealed bag. When I opened up the hops two weeks later when I was going to brew this batch everything seemed fine, they smell great and everything. I don't really buy this theory but I figured I would mention it anyway. My only plan to fix this is to maybe get some more hops from the store and dry hop the beer. However the beer is already in the keg and carbonated. Would this be a problem? Here is my recipe that I used. I got it off the forums somewhere, I just can't remember.
1lb Crystal 40
1/2 lb Munich
8lbs LME
2oz Northern Brewer (60min)
1oz Willamette (30min)
1oz Cascade (30min)
1oz Cascade (5min)
1/2 tablet Whirlfloc (5min)
Yeast: White Labs WLP001
OG: 1.055
FG:1.016
EDIT:
I now have a similar problem with my second IPA. Rather than spamming the boards with another similar topic I'm just gonna add it here. I brewed a second IPA over a month ago and I drank it a few nights ago and it doesn't taste bad but it should taste a lot more hoppier. It tastes more like a really pale ale (although the color is kinda dark). I have two theories I'm going with. One is that I used these new muslin hop bags. They didn't seem very permeable to me but I said "hey screw it" and tried them anyway. Maybe they didn't let enough of the oils get through the bags? I'll post pictures of the bags later and probably a video of water draining through the bags so you guys can get an idea of how permeable they are. My second theory is goes like this. I bought all the ingredients for two batches of beer. This IPA was the second batch. I didnt think to freeze the hops or anything since they were in a vacuum sealed bag. When I opened up the hops two weeks later when I was going to brew this batch everything seemed fine, they smell great and everything. I don't really buy this theory but I figured I would mention it anyway. My only plan to fix this is to maybe get some more hops from the store and dry hop the beer. However the beer is already in the keg and carbonated. Would this be a problem? Here is my recipe that I used. I got it off the forums somewhere, I just can't remember.
1lb Crystal 40
1/2 lb Munich
8lbs LME
2oz Northern Brewer (60min)
1oz Willamette (30min)
1oz Cascade (30min)
1oz Cascade (5min)
1/2 tablet Whirlfloc (5min)
Yeast: White Labs WLP001
OG: 1.055
FG:1.016