So I made a california common a while back and kegged it last week, tasting it now and it has a distinct sweet taste to it. I'm wondering if it didn't fully ferment and has some residual sugars or something else entirely?
My OG was 1.055, the style is 1.048 to 1.054. The FG was 1.018, the style says 1.011 to 1.014, is that .004 too much?
My recipe:
18.41 lbs (was a little short) of 2 row pale malt
2lb crystal 40
1 lb carapils
1 lb flaked corn
1.75 oz northern brewer at boil
.9 oz northern brewer at 15
.5 oz northern brewer at end of boil
white labs San Francisco lager yeast
Primary at 63-68 degrees over 68 days then kegged.
I made an 10 gallon batch, put half each into two different carboys. One had a 1.5L starter and one used a vial only. FG readings came out same. This was the one with the starter.
Any thoughts, advice, greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
My OG was 1.055, the style is 1.048 to 1.054. The FG was 1.018, the style says 1.011 to 1.014, is that .004 too much?
My recipe:
18.41 lbs (was a little short) of 2 row pale malt
2lb crystal 40
1 lb carapils
1 lb flaked corn
1.75 oz northern brewer at boil
.9 oz northern brewer at 15
.5 oz northern brewer at end of boil
white labs San Francisco lager yeast
Primary at 63-68 degrees over 68 days then kegged.
I made an 10 gallon batch, put half each into two different carboys. One had a 1.5L starter and one used a vial only. FG readings came out same. This was the one with the starter.
Any thoughts, advice, greatly appreciated.
Cheers!