AR-Josh
Well-Known Member
I am just getting back into the hobby after a 6 or 7 year break. I wanted to brew something simple since I was having off flavor issues with all my batches when I stopped. My off flavor issue tasted like too warm fermentation flavor. Any way here is the recipe I used to make a come back...
5 gal batch
9lb Pale Ale Malt mashed at 148F for 60min.
Cascade Hops: 0.75 oz @60min, 0.42 @ 30min, 0.42 @ 15min, and 0.42 at 1min.
Safale US-05
Yeast Nutrient
I was hoping for some cascade nose and flavor but what I got was a yellow beer that everyone has had before. Meaning...it's yellow, a little bitter, but no real hop flavor or aroma. I picked those hop amounts because it broke up 2 oz of hops evenly. I would have thought I would have gotten some nose and flavor out of that. I fermented at 62 degrees. I may just be sensitive to that hot ferment off flavor but I feel like it is barely in this beer. It may just be the US05 doing what it normally does and I'm just sensitive. But I feel like those yeast flavors might be masking hops that are there. I keep a "bilge" bucket to bleed off the yeast and flat line beer when I first draw from the keg. I hot water in the bucket and I know I smelled some grapefruit. I expected that grapefruit would be in my beer.
So as you can see I'm torn between fighting with an off flavor and trying to make something. Anyway, what do you think of that recipe and what I'm reporting as far as the resulting flavor?
Thanks
5 gal batch
9lb Pale Ale Malt mashed at 148F for 60min.
Cascade Hops: 0.75 oz @60min, 0.42 @ 30min, 0.42 @ 15min, and 0.42 at 1min.
Safale US-05
Yeast Nutrient
I was hoping for some cascade nose and flavor but what I got was a yellow beer that everyone has had before. Meaning...it's yellow, a little bitter, but no real hop flavor or aroma. I picked those hop amounts because it broke up 2 oz of hops evenly. I would have thought I would have gotten some nose and flavor out of that. I fermented at 62 degrees. I may just be sensitive to that hot ferment off flavor but I feel like it is barely in this beer. It may just be the US05 doing what it normally does and I'm just sensitive. But I feel like those yeast flavors might be masking hops that are there. I keep a "bilge" bucket to bleed off the yeast and flat line beer when I first draw from the keg. I hot water in the bucket and I know I smelled some grapefruit. I expected that grapefruit would be in my beer.
So as you can see I'm torn between fighting with an off flavor and trying to make something. Anyway, what do you think of that recipe and what I'm reporting as far as the resulting flavor?
Thanks