PokeFan
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About two weeks ago I was going to brew a Cherry Stout for the impending Christmas Holiday. I was using my 2.5 gallon fermenter as I only wanted a small batch to drink with my father-in-law. The original recipe called for 2.5 pounds of crushed cherries. Not wanting to mess with crushing cherries I thought I would get smart and use the cherry flavoring. Thankfully, my LHBS realized my error and helped me formulate a new plan using grain and some additional LME. However, my calculations were wrong and instead of halving that amount I replaced a full 2.5 lbs.
I didn't realize my error until I took my OG and got a whopping 1.142. It's been holding at an FG of 1.04 for the last 3 days. During the process of taking FG's and drinking my samples I've noticed a very strong alcohol taste...it feels like drinking Jack on the rocks.
Is there any way I can mellow this out now? Either by adding stuff (cinnamon, vanilla, etc) and making it a bastardized Holiday Ale or adding hops...it's not hoppy enough to be an Imperial.
Will the addition of the cherry flavoring change the over riding alcohol taste?
I didn't realize my error until I took my OG and got a whopping 1.142. It's been holding at an FG of 1.04 for the last 3 days. During the process of taking FG's and drinking my samples I've noticed a very strong alcohol taste...it feels like drinking Jack on the rocks.
Is there any way I can mellow this out now? Either by adding stuff (cinnamon, vanilla, etc) and making it a bastardized Holiday Ale or adding hops...it's not hoppy enough to be an Imperial.
Will the addition of the cherry flavoring change the over riding alcohol taste?