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OK this is weird. I cooked up a Brewers Best American Cream Ale on 1-10-2011. Followed the recipe exactly. I let the beer sit on primary for 4 weeks, didn't check gravity as my hydrometer was missing. I cold crashed in the fridge on primary for 3 days then racked to keg on a packet of dissolved gelatin. I quick carbed with CO2. It's been in the keg for what 3+ weeks now?
The issue I would like to discuss is this; I pour a glass and it's a crap shoot whether the beer is a little too hoppy or smooth as can be. It's been calming down over these last couple of weeks but strange that I can let it set for a couple three days and pour a really smooth beer but the next one has more hop presence.
Funny the first time I brewed this (my first ever) it was bitter until the last four beers in the keg. I had rushed that one and figured I just had to let it sit and do it's thing. RDWHAHB and all. But this time I thought I let it ride long enough.
Thanks,
txinga
The issue I would like to discuss is this; I pour a glass and it's a crap shoot whether the beer is a little too hoppy or smooth as can be. It's been calming down over these last couple of weeks but strange that I can let it set for a couple three days and pour a really smooth beer but the next one has more hop presence.
Funny the first time I brewed this (my first ever) it was bitter until the last four beers in the keg. I had rushed that one and figured I just had to let it sit and do it's thing. RDWHAHB and all. But this time I thought I let it ride long enough.
Thanks,
txinga