Taz
New Member
I've just started my latest brew which was brewed as an IPA with coriander. It was in secondary for a good 2 weeks, and then put in a pressure barrel with a small amount of priming sugar.
It's been sitting in the barrel for, ooh... probably 2 months now, which is unusual for me, but I have my reasons. Tasting when I transfered to the barrel, it seemed pretty good. Still had that "young beer" bite to it, so I assumed it was all okay.
It carbonated well, and has a great head on it, which is a little unexpected with the coriander. Unfortunately though it's gone and got itself too sweet. Tastes wonderful, but you wouldn't want more than a pint in one evening because you'd be worried about your teeth falling out of your head.
So the obvious question is this: Is there anything I can do to knock out some of the sweetness, now that it's in a barrel? I'm not worried about losing pressure because I'm confident it'll self carbonate again. Just don't want to knacker it and end up with a bad batch... never had one yet, and I don't intend to start any time soon.
Also, does anyone have any suggestions for what I should make next? I have a distinct lack of inspiration today, and it's about time I got another brew on.
It's been sitting in the barrel for, ooh... probably 2 months now, which is unusual for me, but I have my reasons. Tasting when I transfered to the barrel, it seemed pretty good. Still had that "young beer" bite to it, so I assumed it was all okay.
It carbonated well, and has a great head on it, which is a little unexpected with the coriander. Unfortunately though it's gone and got itself too sweet. Tastes wonderful, but you wouldn't want more than a pint in one evening because you'd be worried about your teeth falling out of your head.
So the obvious question is this: Is there anything I can do to knock out some of the sweetness, now that it's in a barrel? I'm not worried about losing pressure because I'm confident it'll self carbonate again. Just don't want to knacker it and end up with a bad batch... never had one yet, and I don't intend to start any time soon.
Also, does anyone have any suggestions for what I should make next? I have a distinct lack of inspiration today, and it's about time I got another brew on.