nreed
Well-Known Member
Hi all.
I'm just started drinking my 4th brew which was a SMaSH with Maris Otter and Mosaic. I'm really happy with the results after having to toss my 3rd batch for some really off-medinal flavours. A mix of building a fermentation chamber to keep my temps level and using camden tablets seems to have done a good job and the end result has been good.
Whilst this is by far my best brew yet and is super drinkable, I was expecting a little more of the Mosaic hop flavour to come through. I can get the nice flavour but its very subtle - wife loves it and tells me I'm over thinking it. I used c5-6g of Hops per litre with 50% of these in a 76C hop stand if this helps.
When doing a bit of reading, and checking my water report, I notice that my water is low on the sulphates at c45mg/l with BeerSmith recommending 150-300 for a hoppy ale. Could this be why I'm not getting the full punchy flavours coming through in the final beer? For reference my water is:
Ca 60
Mg 12
Na 29
SO4 45
Cl 55
HCO3 148
Thanks in advance!
I'm just started drinking my 4th brew which was a SMaSH with Maris Otter and Mosaic. I'm really happy with the results after having to toss my 3rd batch for some really off-medinal flavours. A mix of building a fermentation chamber to keep my temps level and using camden tablets seems to have done a good job and the end result has been good.
Whilst this is by far my best brew yet and is super drinkable, I was expecting a little more of the Mosaic hop flavour to come through. I can get the nice flavour but its very subtle - wife loves it and tells me I'm over thinking it. I used c5-6g of Hops per litre with 50% of these in a 76C hop stand if this helps.
When doing a bit of reading, and checking my water report, I notice that my water is low on the sulphates at c45mg/l with BeerSmith recommending 150-300 for a hoppy ale. Could this be why I'm not getting the full punchy flavours coming through in the final beer? For reference my water is:
Ca 60
Mg 12
Na 29
SO4 45
Cl 55
HCO3 148
Thanks in advance!