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oily mouthfeel "trappist"

Discussion in 'Recipes/Ingredients' started by bloke, Mar 6, 2014.

 

  1. #1
    bloke

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Mar 6, 2014
    I recently brewed a trappist style beer with pilsner 13% weat malt 32% and pale ale malt about 39 % and some speacial b and 500g of candy sugar.
    OG=1.080

    fermentation(wyeast 3787) around 19-20 degrees celsius was starting explosevly obout 12 hour after pitch. and fermenting for 3 weeks very slow in the end down to 1.015

    now when its finnished it has a lot of body and tastes good but i get this oily feel in my mouth almoust like the same fell when you taste cream... slippery mouthfeel "lubricated";)

    why does it do this?

    cheers
     
  2. #2
    Yooper

    Ale's What Cures You! Staff Member  

    Posted Mar 7, 2014
    Diacetyl, in low amounts, presents as an oily feeling on the mouth or tongue. In larger amounts, it has a "buttery" or "butterscotch" taste. It sounds like you have some diacetyl in your beer, causing the oily mouthfeel.
     
  3. #3
    bloke

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Mar 8, 2014
    thanks yooper! I did not think of diacetyl at all, maybe because i cant seem to find any buttery butterscoth taste. i have reanalyse and se if i can find it afterall. i guess i could have eliminated tha diacetyl by boosting the fermentation temp at the end, which i didn´t


     
  4. #4
    Aonghus

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Mar 8, 2014
    Are you still on the primary yeast cake? If you leave it on the cake for a bit longer it could clear up that problem, perhaps give it a swirl or two to get some yeast in suspension. Hopefully you just tasted your gravity reading (I always do that) and so are still in the primary.
    I have cured a Diacetyl problem in the past by pitching a one liter starter into my lager and letting that chew up the Diacetyl. I resolved next time to just pitch way more yeast initially.
     
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