Water softened Well water. Should I get it tested to see if that is an issue? it is definately a delayed bitterness, like well after the finish. Grassy? Don't know, never eaten the stuff. Just super bitter but my alpha was pretty low on the hops I used. Fermented in my basement which is...
The recipies were different but results were same. This last one was Sierra Madre Pale ale (hops are chinnook .75, german perle-1, and 2 ounces of cascade (one at flame out and one dry hopped). 1 week in primary fermenter, 1 week in primary fermenter dry hopped. Has been in the bottle now 3...
This will be my 4th batch so I am a beginner, with basic equipment. What I have been doing is dry hopping in the fermenting bucket after one week of fermenting. I don't have a glass carboy so that is why I do it in the fermenting bucket. To dry hop I put an ounce of cascade hop pellets in a...