pmkealiher
Well-Known Member
My wheat beer has a strong black pepper like taste to it, and an equally strong smell. Definitely does not taste like a wheat beer.
It was suppose to just be an American wheat, used 5 lbs. of 2-row, and 5 lbs. of red wheat. Made a starter with coopers dry yeast.
I mashed for about an hr. in my cooler, but, unfortunately, smashed my hydrometer before the mash was done so have no gravity readings. Boiled for an hour, one week in primary, one week in secondary, then bottled.
I thought the smell was a litte off when I bottled, but after two weeks in bottles its pretty strong. I never came across this black pepper taste before and couldn't find anything describing it in my homebrew books. The color is perfect, and so is the clearity. It has really nice head retention, also. Just wish I had some gravity readings. Looking at the beer in a glass you would think its going to be really good. What could be wrong?
Thanks
It was suppose to just be an American wheat, used 5 lbs. of 2-row, and 5 lbs. of red wheat. Made a starter with coopers dry yeast.
I mashed for about an hr. in my cooler, but, unfortunately, smashed my hydrometer before the mash was done so have no gravity readings. Boiled for an hour, one week in primary, one week in secondary, then bottled.
I thought the smell was a litte off when I bottled, but after two weeks in bottles its pretty strong. I never came across this black pepper taste before and couldn't find anything describing it in my homebrew books. The color is perfect, and so is the clearity. It has really nice head retention, also. Just wish I had some gravity readings. Looking at the beer in a glass you would think its going to be really good. What could be wrong?
Thanks